This week in 8th grade drama we will continue our investigation of Macbeth. We will work on the scene where Banquo meets his death and explore the banquet held to hide Macbeth's inciting of Banquo's death. We will work on stage combat, understanding the language of Shakespeare and inagining the motives and objectives of the characters involved.
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This week in 8th grade drama we will finish our last unit and begin our Shakespeare Unit. We will play Shakespeare Expert. The students have selected MacBeth. We will read the first scene and come up with a backstory for the witches and explore their motives and objectives. We will explore the subtext of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in a alterego scene.
This week in 8th grade drama we will be finishing our process drama. Students will finish their monologues and create scenes that include tableaus , action, and the monologues. We will select the Shakespeare play we are going to work on and we will learn about the life of Shakespeare playing " Shakespeare Expert" . We will begin the first scene of the play after learning about the backstory of the play.
This week in 8th grade drama. we will create and present a scene where our celebrity returns to their home town. We will create monologues and begin to plan how we will present the monologues.
This week in 8th grade drama we will continue our unit on creating a complex character. We are completing a scene about a meeting between the celebrity and their agent. Then we will create a scene in which a press conference is held. They will be working on creating a backstory for the character.
This week in 8th grade drama we will be working on our famous original characters. We will work on turning point scenes where we see the moment that made our characters pursue the talent that made them famous. We will create scenes where we see our famous characters on a talk show . We will be working on creating back stories for these characters and see what the relationships between the charaters.
Welcome to drama . This is the first week. We will begin by learning about the stage and the drama curriculum. We will talk about the rules and techniques of improvisation. We will play improvisation games including Two Revelations and Table Hopping. We will start our first unit on creating a complex original character.
This week we will continue working on the scene where Lysander and Hermia are lost in the woods. Then we will work on the scene where Bottom is transformed. We will be working on the verbal and physical comedy in the scene.
This week in 8th grade drama we will continue working on Midsummer NIght's Dream. We are working on the Mechanicals scene. We are learning about comic characters and how we can use vocal and physical characterization. Next we will work on the scene where Oberon and Tatania meet in the woods and fight. We will work on physical comedy and slap stick. Then we will start the scene where Lysander and Hermia become lost in the woods. We will be working on the language of Shakespeare.
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