Period 4 Drama 12:15 1:05

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Period 4 Drama (1215 - 105)
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 (Day 2) 1215 - 105

• 5 words
• Can you stay in character?
• Story
• Story Story

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5 words
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 (Day 2) 1215 - 105

• Get a post-it note. (Dont write your name on the
  post it note)
• Think about who you are.
• Pick 5 words that represent who you and write
  them on the post-it note.
• Cross off one word.
• Cross off another word.
• Cross off another word.
• Cross off another word.
• How did it make you feel when you crossed off the
  words on your list?

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Room 304 Rules
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 (Day 2) 1215 - 105

• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass

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Drama. Can you stay in character?
Tue, Sep 15, 2009 (Day 2) 1215 - 105

• I love you baby, but I just cant smile

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Drama
Tue, Sep 22, 2009

• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass
• Drama Activities
• Smile if you love me baby
• Human Knot
• Laugh Lines
• Invisible Clay

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Smile If You Love Me Baby
Tue, Sep 22, 2009

• Smile if you love me baby
• I love you baby, but I just cant smile.

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Human Knot
Tue, Sep 22, 2009

• Get into a group of 8-10 people
• Reach into the circle and join hands with two
  different people.
• You cannot join with a person next to you.
• Now communicate to untie the know, working
  cooperatively.
• SAFETY If your hand is being hurt, let go and
  readjust the grip.

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Laugh Lines
Tue, Sep 22, 2009

• Form two lines facing each other
• When the teacher calls A, everyone in line A
  approaches the other line and has 30 seconds to
  try to make anyone in the line smile.
• No touching is allowed.
• If a person smiles, they go back with the others
  to that line (like Red Rover.)

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Invisible Clay
Tue, Sep 22, 2009

• Get a ball of invisible clay
• The clay will be passed around from person to
  person.
• Each person will change its shape for five
  seconds, then pass it along.
• All students will keep their eyes on the clay as
  it gets passed around the circle.
• Which person is most convincing?

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Drama
Tue, Sep 29, 2009

• If you wrote your reading response, please hand
  it in.
• If you would like to borrow a camera to take
  pictures for your Two Truths and a Lie, please
  see me at second recess.
• Finish DRA reading test (30 min)
• Fun with pigs. (20 min)

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Drama
Tue, Oct 6, 2009

• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass
• Drama Activities
• Laugh Lines
• Invisible Clay
• Smile if you love me baby (assessment)
• Try to Cry
• Canned Laugh

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Laugh Lines

• Form two lines facing each other
• When the teacher calls A, everyone in line A
  approaches the other line and has 30 seconds to
  try to make anyone in the line smile.
• No touching is allowed.
• If a person smiles, they go back with the others
  to that line (like Red Rover.)

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Invisible Clay

• Get a ball of invisible clay
• The clay will be passed around from person to
  person.
• Each person will change its shape for five
  seconds, then pass it along.
• All students will keep their eyes on the clay as
  it gets passed around the circle.
• Which person is most convincing?

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Smile If You Love Me Baby

• Smile if you love me baby
• I love you baby, but I just cant smile.
• Level 4 Stays in character Dramatic Flair
  (No guts, no glory!)
• Level 3 Stays in character
• Level 2 Giggles / Loss of character
• Level 1 Cant do it.

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Try to Cry

• Sit in a circle
• Concentrate on a sad situation. (Use a movie or
  TV show instead of a personal tragedy)
• See if you can bring real tears to your eyes in 3
  minutes.

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Canned Laugh

• Whats the difference between fake laughter and
  real laughter?
• Start with a quiet chuckle
• As the teachers hand rises, so does the
  intensity of the laughter.
• Stop laughing when the hands cut down through the
  air.

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Drama / History
Tue, Oct 20, 2009

• Drama
• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Warm Up Activities
• Try to Cry
• Canned Laugh
• Invisible Clay (Assessment)
• Tableau
• High / Medium / Low
• Focus
• History
• French and the First Nations
• Desk Re-enactment
• Tableau

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Drama / History
Tue, Oct 20, 2009

• Tableau
• High / Medium / Low
• Focus
• Practice
• Breakfast
• Getting Ready
• At School
• Cafeteria
• Bus
• Dinner

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The French and the First Nations
Tue, Oct 20, 2009

• Desk Re-enactment
• Using props (i.e. pens, pencil cases) act out the
  seven paragraphs from the handout.
• Tableau The French and the First Nations
• The Wendat asked the French to become trading
  partners
• French missionaries lived in Wendat villages
• Iroquois distrust of the French
• Fur trade caused competition
• Dutch traded guns to the Iroquois for furs
• French army protects colonists / attacks
  Iroquois
• French and English fight while the Iroquois
  promise to stay neutral

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The Expulsion of the Acadians
Mon, Oct 26, 2009

• Use tableau to create three scenes that show the
  Expulsion of the Acadians.
• Remember to incorporate drama techniques
• Use High / Medium / Low to make your tableau
  interesting
• Create an area of focus to tell your story
• Assessment
• History communication of knowledge
• Drama staying in character / drama techniques

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Drama
Tue, Nov 3, 2009

• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass
• Drama Activities
• Smile if you love me baby
• Invisible Clay
• Soundscape NEW
• Tableau (3 scenes)

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Soundscape
Tue, Nov 3, 2009

• A soundscape is created in the minds eye of
  the listener.
• Part 1
• Divide the class into two groups.
• One group huddles at the back and one group to
  huddles at the front.
• Each group will be given a scape they are going
  to create.
• Groups have 3 minutes to quietly plan what sounds
  they will make.
• Part 2
• One group sits in a tight group in the centre of
  the room with their eyes closed.
• The other group makes a circle around them,
  making their sounds for 1-2 minutes
• At the teachers signal, fade away.

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Tableau
Tue, Nov 3, 2009

• Things to Think About
• High / Medium / Low
• Have one area of focus
• Blocking
• Topic I Remember
• Scene 1 What are the characters like at the
  start?
• Scene 2 A moment of change
• Scene 3 What are the characters like at the
  end?

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Remembrance Day
Tue, Nov 10, 2009

• See slide in History

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Drama
Tue, Nov 17, 2009

• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass
• Warm up Drama Activities
• Soundscape (kinda) NEW
• Diddle / Daddle NEW
• Alphabet NEW
• Morning Mime

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Soundscape
Tue, Nov 3, 2009

• A soundscape is created in the minds eye of
  the listener.
• Part 1
• Divide the class into two groups.
• One group huddles at the back and one group to
  huddles at the front.
• Each group will be given a scape they are going
  to create.
• Groups have 3 minutes to quietly plan what sounds
  they will make.
• Part 2
• One group sits in a tight group in the centre of
  the room with their eyes closed.
• The other group makes a circle around them,
  making their sounds for 1-2 minutes
• At the teachers signal, fade away.

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Diddle / Daddle
Tue, Nov 17, 2009

• Sitting in a circle.
• One book travels around the circle clockwise.
• Person A says, I have a diddle
• Person B responds, a what?
• Person A restates, a diddle
• Person B replies, oh, a diddle! and continues
  to pass the book around.
• Meanwhile, in the other direction, a second book
  travels, but is called a daddle.
• OBJECTIVES 1. Concentration, 2. Group
  cooperation, 3 hilarity to break down
  inhibitions.

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Alphabet
Tue, Nov 17, 2009

• In partners, take turns saying the letters of
  the alphabet using a variety of emotions.
• Different emotions will be called out and you
  will have to change the way you say the alphabet
  to each other (i.e. defiantly, laughingly,
  tenderly, triumphantly.)

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Morning Mime
Tue, Nov 17, 2009

• OBJECTIVE Solve, in various ways, a problem that
  is presented through drama.
• What is mime?
• You will be assigned into groups of 3
• You will be assigned a morning routine. (i.e.
  brushing your teeth.)
• You have 5 minutes to discuss and practice a 30
  second mime.
• Come up as a group and perform
• Members of the audience provides comments on
  strengths in the performances

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Drama
Tue, Nov 24, 2009

• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass
• Soundscape (Modeled example Rain)
• Soundscape (Groups)
• Change in volume
• Staggered sound effects

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Drama
Fri, Nov 27, 2009

• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass
• Zing, Zapp, Bonk, Buzz
• Diddle / Daddle
• Mannequin

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Drama
Tue Dec 8, 2009

• Review of Room 304 Rules
• Active listening
• No put downs / No negative laughing
• You dont have to like everybody, but you must
  treat everyone with respect
• You have the right to pass
• Zing, Zapp, Bonk, Buzz
• Diddle / Daddle (Assessment)