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Drama 10 Journals (last updated on February 04, 2008)
Please note that you will need a duo-tang for your journal responses!
Journal 1
1. Why are you taking drama?
2. What areas of drama interest you?
3. Have you ever seen a stage play? If yes, please tell me about some of the things you have seen.
4. Do you have any drama / theatre experience? If yes, provide a few details.
1. Describe the types of “non-language” communication used in the activities such as the gibberish problem, cave people and the chain murder endowment scene.
2. What types of “non-language” communication did you find most effective? Why?
1. Write a one page (single-spaced) response to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Hush”. What would it be like not to be able to speak? How would you communicate? What would the world be like if no-one could speak?
1. In your notebook, write down the feedback you would give yourself on your poetry presentation.
2. Write about some of the positive performances you saw. Which performances were memorable. Why?
1. This was an in-class activity. The student finds an interesting picture of a person from a magazine, etc. and creates a unique character around what they see in the photo. The following questions get answered along the way: A) Who are you? Where are you? What are you doing? B) Get into the person’s head… What do you see, hear, touch, taste and smell? (What are your 5 senses telling you?) C) Now, staying in the moment: What are you thinking? What are you feeling (emotion)? D) Now, BE IN THAT MOMENT: Write the story of what you are experiencing. What is this person’s story (your story)? Why is this moment meaningful (and why is it worthwhile to share with an audience)?
1. Complete the Monologue Idea Sheet
2. Hand in your monologue script.
3. Complete the Character Concept Sheet
1. Describe what you have to do to make mirror mime believable.
2. Describe what you have to do to make slow-motion believable.
3. Why is it important to be able to control how your body moves on stage?
1. Hand in your Four Short Scenes Script with complete blocking notes for the 2 scenes you performed.
2. Complete the Short Scenes Worksheet
1. Hand in your Mime to Music Idea Sheet (Due May 30)
Collage Journal 1 - Personal Survey of Beliefs
1. Complete the following statements:
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I really like these things about myself .... |
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I wish I could change ..... |
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I am most worried about ..... |
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I am most excited about .... |
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I am most creative when ... |
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I feel most vulnerable when .... |
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I feel strong when ..... |
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People in this world need to remember ..... |
Collage Journal 2 - Brainstorming
1. Record 15 - 20 possible ideas for the Collage Collective theme.
Collage Journal 3 - Reflection on Chosen Theme
1. Write a one half-page reflection on the ideas that were shared in class about the theme topic. What ideas did you find most interesting? Were many people thinking of similar things? What ideas did you find surprising or unique?
Collage Journal 4 - Theme Ideas
1. List 5 scene ideas for the Collage Collective theme. Provide a brief description how each of these scenes might be performed.
Collage Journal 5 - Group Work
1. Describe your experience of working with your group. What has been positive? What has been negative?
Collage Journal Final Response
Answer the following questions with neat, well-written paragraphs in your journal duo-tang:
1. a) For you, what was the best part of the Collage Collective experience? (Or, if you had an absolutely awful experience, what was the “least worse” part?)
b) For you, what was the worst part of the Collage Collective experience?
2. What did you learn about yourself with regard to the Collage Collective experience?
3. What did you learn about yourself and your ability to work with a group?
4. Reflect on the pressures of putting on a play. Is it a worthwhile endeavor? What would you have done differently? How did the time pressure affect you?
