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Week 1
Monday, 8/17 Course Intro
Tuesday, 8/18 What is Acting?
Wednesday, 8/19 Intro to Kiersy's Temperament Types
Thursday, 8/20 What the letters mean
Friday, 8/21 Continue Temperament/symbols
Homework: Journal Entry + 4 inventories
Have your parents take the Kiersy Temperament Inventory. Write a journal entry that addresses one of the following topics:
- How can understanding our type differences and similarities create a more harmonious relationship with my parents?
- Knowing my parents types, I imagined that my type has developed because_____.
- Based on my own and my parents types, I hypothesize that temperament type comes from a)nurture, b)nature, or c)a mixture of both. I think this because_____.
Week 2
Monday, 8/24 How the types relate
Tuesday, 8/25 Temperament and Character
Wednesday, 8/26 Temperament Improvs
Thursday, 8/27 Review Temperament
Friday, 8/28 Temperament Quiz
Journal Entries:
1. Write about anything you want that has to do with temperament types.
2. Create a study guide for your quiz.
Week 3
Monday, 8/31 Intro to Theatre Production
Tuesday, 9/1 ITP
Wednesday, 9/2 ITP
Thursday, 9/3 ITP
Friday, 9/4 ITP
Journal Entries:
1. What did you learn this week about theatre history and stage equipment?
2. Write about touring the theatre. Were there any surprises? What was your favorite part? Your least favorite?
Week 4
Tuesday, 9/8 The Production Team
Wednesday, 9/9 The Production Team (cont)
Thursday, 9/10 Review ITP
Friday, 9/11 ITP Quiz
Homework:
Register for Virtual Stage Manager. Click the link (left) or go to www.stagemanagement.com and enter the code L992Z45B. Journals:
1. After reading the job descriptions of production personnel, which are your favorites and why?
2. Create a study guide for your quiz.
JOURNALS DUE MONDAY!
Week 5 - Operation of Equipment
Monday, 9/14 JOURNALS DUE (7 entries). Sound
Tuesday, 9/15 Miss Purgason out sick
Wednesday, 9/16 Miss Purgason out sick
Thursday, 9/17 Lighting
Friday, 9/18 Intro to voice work
Journal (just one entry this week - happy mid-quarter):
Write about whatever you wish.
Week 6 - Voice
Monday, 9/21 Learning the Vocal Workout - Relaxation/Allignment
Tuesday, 9/22 Vocal Workout cont. - The Vocal Passageway and Connecting
Wednesday, 9/23 Vocal Workout cont. - Resonating and Freeing the Voice
Thursday, 9/24 Using Voice with Text
Friday, 9/25 Articulation
Journals:
1. Write about your voice. This should be a personal entry. How do you feel about your voice? Did you discover anything about it this week? Do you have vocal habits that don't serve you? What can you do to improve your voice?
2. What voices do you admire? Are there any famous actors or politicians or people you know whose voices you like? Why? What is it about their voices that appeals to you? How are their voices alike or different from yours?
Week 7 - Dialects
Monday, 9/28 The Phonetic Alphabet
Tuesday, 9/29 The Phonetic Alphabet
Wednesday, 9/30 Translating into IPA
Thursday, 10/1 Translating into IPA
Friday, 10/2 Pop Quiz and Intro to British RP
Journals:
1. Translate the first part of the "All the world's a stage speech" into American English using IPA.
2. Translate Sonnet 138 into British RP using IPA.
Week 8 - Dialects (cont)
Monday, 10/5 British RP
Tuesday, 10/6 British RP
Wednesday, 10/7 Miss Purgason Out Sick
Thursday, 10/8 Cockney
Friday, 10/9 British RP Quiz
Journals:
1. Translate Sonnet 138 into Cockney using IPA.
2. Write about what you have learned in this class so far. Is the course meeting your expectations? What do you still want to learn that we have not gotten to yet?
JOURNALS DUE ON MONDAY, 10/12/09
Week 9 - Dialects (cont)
Monday, 10/12 JOURNALS DUE! Continue with Cockney
Tuesday, 10/13 Cockney
HAVE A WONDERFUL FALL BREAK!!
Week 10 - Imagination
Monday, 10/19 The Must Game
Tuesday, 10/20 Story Telling
Wednesday, 10/21 The Word Game
Thursday, 10/22 Pretend - back in the olden days
Friday, 10/23 Pretend - school
Journals:
1. Write an imaginative short story.
2. Write about your imagination. Why do you think it is harder to use now than it used to be? What can you do to develop your imagination?
Week 11 - Imagination (cont)
Monday, 10/26 Pretend - house
Tuesday, 10/27 Pretend - day care
Wednesday, 10/28 Pretend - action
Thursday, 10/29 Play by yourself
Friday, 10/30 Story Telling
Journals:
1. Write about one of the pretend exercises we worked on in class. Was it easy/difficult? Why?
2. Write about one of the exercises we worked on in class this week (pretend or play by yourself). Was it easy/difficult? Why?
Week 12 - Sense Memory
Monday, 11/2 Review Relaxation
Tuesday, 11/3 Intro to Sense Memory
Wednesday, 11/4 Breakfast Drink
Thursday, 11/5 Mirror
Friday, 11/6 Improv
Choose an "exercise monologue" for use with upcoming sensory work. It can be any piece of memorized text that you can disconnect from the meaning.
Journals:
1. Write about your experience with the sensory sampler exercise that we did on Tuesday. What was easy/difficult for you? Which sense is strongest/weakest?
2. Write about either the breakfast drink or the mirror exercise.
Week 13 - Sense Memory (cont)
Monday, 11/9 Sensory sunshine
Tuesday, 11/10 3 pieces of material
Wednesday, 11/11 Sharp Pain
Thursday, 11/12 Sharp Taste or smell
Friday, 11/13 chi qong
1 & 2 Pick two of the sensory exercises we did this week and write one entry each about them.
Week 14 - Sense Memory (cont)
Monday, 11/16 Shower or bath
Tuesday, 11/17 overall sensation/weather condition
Wednesday, 11/18 review
Thursday, 11/19 personal object
Friday, 11/20 work on journals - DUE MONDAY
Journals:
1. Often you will hear me say, "Don't decide. Discover." Write about what this means to you.
2. Write about your experience with the sensory exercises so far, using examples from specific exercises we have worked on in class. What is your most sensitive sense? Are the exercises getting easier?
JOURNALS DUE ON MONDAY, 11/23/09
Week 15 - Sense Memory (cont)
Monday, 11/23 JOURNALS DUE. daily activity
Tuesday, 11/24 place exercise
NO JOURNALS THIS WEEK. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Week 16 - Sense Memory/ Putting it together
Monday, 11/130 Prep for Scrooge
Tuesday, 12/1 overall sensation/daily activity/place
Wednesday, 12/2 Juniors out for reconciliation
Thursday, 12/3 Freshmen out for reconciliation
Friday, 12/4 Prep for Scrooge
Week 17 - Putting it together
Monday, 12/7 Strike for Scrooge
Tuesday, 12/8 Affective Memory
Wednesday, 12/9 Work on papers
Thursday, 12/10 Private Moment
Friday, 12/13 Improv
Papers are due to turnitin.com on Monday, 12/14/09.
Good luck on finals! Have a wonderful holiday!
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