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Guideline 3: Make the Active Choice

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 3 “Take the Active Choice” and apply their knowledge through a warm-up and improv exercise.

# Improvisation

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Guideline 4: Make Your Partner Look Good

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 4 “Make Your Partner Look Good” and apply their knowledge through warm-up and improv exercises.

# Improvisation

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Guideline 5: Relax, Have Fun, and Don't Force the Humor

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 5 “Relax, Have fun, and Don’t Force the Humor” and apply their knowledge through warm-up and improv exercises.

# Improvisation

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Unit Project

by Lindsay Price

The final project will allow students to demonstrate their improv skills in a two-person scene.

# Improvisation

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Session 1

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Students are introduced to the concept of gesture in pantomime and apply it in a nonverbal exercise.

# pantomime

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Session 2

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Students are introduced to the concept of specific detail in pantomime and apply it in nonverbal exercises.

# pantomime

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Session 3

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Students are introduced to the concept of specific detail in pantomime and apply it in nonverbal exercises.

# The Basics # pantomime

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The final project for this unit is a simple one-person pantomime. The objective is for them to utilize mime, body language, and facial expression to tell a basic story (an activity that has an obstacle that they overcome or get past).

# pantomime

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Session 1

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to the concept of what makes a good voice and how to achieve it through breathing and proper posture.

# Voice # voice

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Session 2

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Students explore resonance and the resonators.

# Voice # voice

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Session 3

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Students explore articulation and the articulators.

# Voice # voice

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Unit Project

by Lindsay Price

This is a simple project. Your students are going to tell a joke to the class. The reason to use a joke or a riddle (rather than a poem, prose piece, monologue, or scene) is that students in the audience will want to hear the answer. They will be more engaged in the simple joke or riddle than passively listening to something else.

# Voice # voice

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Session 1: Playwriting Project Introduction

by Lindsay Price

Students will receive the criteria for their play project and start work on their outline.

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# Playwriting # playwriting

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Session 2: First Draft Writing

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Students will outline and begin writing their first draft.

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Session 3: What is Theatricality?

by Lindsay Price

Students will discuss the question “What is theatricality?” in terms of what makes a play stageable. Students continue to work on their first draft.

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Session 4: How Do You Give/Receive Feedback?

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Students will discuss and examine how to give and receive feedback. Then students will read their first draft aloud and receive feedback on it.

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Session 5: First Draft Submission

by Lindsay Price

The first draft is due in this class. Students will have time to work and then submit.

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Session 6: Post-First Draft Questions

by Lindsay Price

Students are given time to work on their second draft. Students also review the Post-First Draft Questions to apply critical thinking skills to their draft.

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Session 7: In-Depth Character Profile

by Lindsay Price

Students are given time to work on their second draft. Students will receive an In-depth Character Profile sheet to help them apply critical thinking skills to their draft.

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