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Monday, January 24 AP English
• Hand back papers and grades • Review for final
Advanced Acting
• Read through Translated From Arabic 7/8 Theatre
• Work on ten-minute plays Friday, January 21 AP English
• Literary theory and Ceremony • Timed writing on Ceremony
Advanced Acting
• Overview and problem solving from last night’s performance 7/8 Theatre
• Work on revising ten-minute plays Thursday, January 20 Intro to Theatre
• Finish reading tree play • Monologue workshop
Advanced Creative Writing
• Work on museum pieces for the womb Musical Theatre
• Watch How to Succeed Wednesday, January 19 AP English
• Responses to Ceremony • Big paper
o Is Tayo healed? o What is the meaning/theme of the text? o Is this an environmental novel? o Is this a political/pacifist novel? o What is the ceremony?
o Silko’s style: characteristics/advantages/disadvantages? Advanced Acting
• Run through The Children’s Hour 7/8 Theatre
• Read and discuss ten-minute plays Tuesday, January 18 Intro to Theatre
• Read The Yellow Belly Ponderosa Project Advanced Creative Writing
• Letter/Day in the Life poster • Complete bowling writing
Musical Theatre
• Partay • Reflection
Monday, January 17 NO SCHOOL – MLK Friday, January 14 AP English
• What is the healing process? • How do you heal? • Listen to page 176 on in Ceremony
Advanced Acting
• Finish Act Two, Scene Two/Start Act Three 7/8 Theatre
• Showing relationship through action Thursday, January 13 Intro to Theatre
• Monologue selection
Advanced Creative Writing • Creative Writing Goes To The Museum
Musical Theatre • Run Act Two of Hot Pink, Murder!
Wednesday, January 12 AP English
• One page paper panels • Ceremony guide/discussion
Advanced Acting
• Run Act Two, Scenes 1 & 2 7/8 Theatre
• Relax/Concentrate • Improvisations
Tuesday, January 11 Intro to Theatre
• Rasaboxes o Warm-ups o Sound improvisation o Text
Advanced Creative Writing
• Creative Writing Goes Bowling Musical Theatre
• Run Act Two of Hot Pink, Murder! Monday, January 10 NO SCHOOL – Power outage Friday, January 7 AP English
• Ceremony discussion Advanced Acting
• Run lines/work tech 7/8 Theatre
• Fun Friday: Devise an improvisation around a painting and a prop Thursday, January 6
Intro to Theatre
• Rasaboxes work Advanced Creative Writing
• Letter writing: Who do you need to handwrite a letter to? • A day in the life poster
Musical Theatre
• Run Act One of Hot Pink, Murder! Wednesday, January 5 AP English
• Silko storytelling video • Read “Lullaby” • Opening pages of Ceremony
Advanced Acting
• Run Act One (The Children’s Hour) 7/8 Theatre
• Principles of Acting: Relaxation, Concentration, Observation • Who, What and Where (Theatre Games for the Classroom)
Tuesday, January 4 Intro to Theatre
• Open Viewpoints • Rasaboxes introduction
Advanced Creative Writing
• 100 things that make us happy • Update photos and questions for Wandering Womb
Musical Theatre
• Run dances in dance room Monday, January 3 AP English
• Introduction to Ceremony o Quotes and photos (Lee Marmon text)
• Silko poetry • Native American literature
Advanced Acting • Run Act One (The Children’s Hour)
7/8 Theatre
• Principles of Acting: Relaxation, Concentration, Observation Friday, December 17 Intro to Theatre Take a look at some fringe shows …
• The Right Place at the Right Time • Mr. Serling
Advanced Creative Writing • Sedona! The Fringe Festival • Personal Narratives
Musical Theatre
• Act II Run Thursday, December 16 Intro to Theatre Take a look at some fringe shows …
• Too Close to the Sun • Here • Arrhythmia
Advanced Creative Writing • Sedona? • Next Semester’s Plan
o Letter Writing o Teach a Lesson o Poetry o Fiction o Multigenre
• Personal Narratives Musical Theatre
• Act I Run Wednesday, December 15 AP English
• Listen to the last ten pages of The Crossing • Five Questions on The Crossing
Advanced Acting
• The Children’s Hour, Act II, Scene 2 7/8 Theatre
• Finish open dialogue with stage movement exercise • Characters: 1-10 – status, education, religion, class • Open dialogue with stage movement, Take II
Tuesday, December 14 Intro to Theatre
• Fringe Talk • Look at two more shows
Advanced Creative Writing
• Fringe Talk Musical Theatre
• Act through the rest of the show Monday, December 13 AP English
• Timed writing – student samples • Quiz on Chapter III of The Crossing • Share subjective commentaries
Advanced Acting
• Actors and techies: Keep on moving on with The Children’s Hour 7/8 Theatre
• Quiz on theatre terms Friday, December 9 AP English
• Eighth Annual Senior Spelling Bee (preliminary rounds) • Four-panel graphic comic most important pieces of last night’s reading
Advanced Acting
• Continue working Act Two, begin Act Three 7/8 Theatre
• Friday Fun Day
Thursday, December 8 Intro to Theatre
• Rehearsal performances: o Mindblowing o Girl in Glass o What Does the Drag Queen Say
Advanced Creative Writing
• Read and discuss second half of tree play Musical Theatre
• Sing through all songs Wednesday, December 7 AP English
• Group work and presentations on The Crossing o Subjective Commentaries o Important passages o Questions o Possible Themes
Advanced Acting
• Techies: Paint/Construct Set • Actors: Finish Act One, begin rehearsing Act Two
7/8 Theatre
• Stage Geography, Types of Stages, Definitions of Acting, Theatrical Shorthand • Chain Murder Endowment (game) • Animals (game)
Tuesday, December 6 Intro to Theatre
• Rehearsal Performances o So, You’re Arima o We Need to Talk o Invitation
Advanced Creative Writing
• Read and discuss first half of tree play Musical Theatre
• All I Care About choreography (Caleb, Max, Charlie)
Monday, December 5 AP English
• Discussion on The Crossing • Timed Writing
Advanced Acting
• Actors: Ideas, watch a piece of the film, begin to work Act One • Techies: Begin set construction
7/8 Theatre Friday, December 3 Intro to Theatre
• (Talent Show: No Class)
Advanced Creative Writing • Final table talk/idea sharing on tree play
Musical Theatre
• Act One acting Thursday, December 2 Intro to Theatre
• Rotations C & D Advanced Creative Writing
• Read and discuss Tests, Enemies, and Allies scenes Musical Theatre
• Time Warp choreography (Coco) • Act One acting
Wednesday, December 1 AP English
• Most profound insight into the first reading of The Crossing • Subjective commentaries • Listen to old man scene
Advanced Acting
• Read and discuss Act Two • Techies: Tear down Fuddy Meers
7/8 Theatre • Bad Acting/Good Acting
Tuesday, November 30 Intro to Theatre
• Rotations A & B Advanced Creative Writing
• Writing day: Tests, Enemies, and Allies Musical Theatre
• Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch choreography (Cat) Monday, November 29 AP English
• Watch beginning of Persepolis • Cormac McCarthy groupwork
Advanced Acting
• Tech talk • The Children’s Hour Compositions
7/8 Theatre
• Watch a scene from Act Three of Our Town • Pre-Acting questionnaire • Bad Acting • Watch a scene from Nightwalk
Tuesday, November 23 Intro to Theatre
• Business meeting on each rotation (props, costumes, sets, etc.) Advanced Creative Writing
• Read through what we have done so far (Act Two) • Map out the rest of the forest play
Musical Theatre
• Act One: Acting Monday, November 22 AP English
• Panel presentations on Persepolis (15 minutes each)
Advanced Acting
• Begin The Children’s Hour 7/8 Creative Writing
• Final writing/workshop day for ten-minute play Friday, November 18 AP English
• Look at four-panel graphic novels • Responses to Persepolis • Groupwork on Perspolis (political reportage, portrait of a culture, memoir,
coming-of-age story, graphic text) Advanced Acting
• Recap on last night’s performance 7/8 Creative Writing
• Continue writing ten-minute play. Thursday, November 17 Intro to Theatre
• Fringe Rehearsals: Rotations A & B Advanced Creative Writing
• Groupwork writing act two of the forest play Musical Theatre
• Choreograph “Someone to Love” (Aspen) Wednesday, November 16 AP English
• Responses to Apocalypse Now • The Grahc Novel: An Introduction
Advanced Acting • Tech: Cue to cue
7/8 Creative Writing
• Continue writing ten-minute play. Tuesday, November 15
Intro to Theatre • Fringe Rehearsals: Rotations C & D
Advanced Creative Writing • Groupwork writing act two of the forest play
Musical Theatre
• Choreograph “Telephone” (Sotida) Monday, November 14 AP English
• Finish Apocalypse Now • Discuss two-page paper on Power/Compare or Contrast between Heart of
Darkness and The Bleeding of the Stone Advanced Acting
• Run Act One 7/8 Creative Writing
• Continue writing ten-minute play: Character Biographies due to me by the end of class.
Friday, November 12 Intro to Theatre
• Fringe Rehearsals: Rotations A & B
Advanced Creative Writing • Divide into groups for writing act two of the forest play
Musical Theatre
• Choreograph “Somewhere Only We Know” (w/ Aspen, Nicole, and Lyla) Thursday, November 11 NO SCHOOL: VETERAN’S DAY Wednesday, November 10 AP English
• First half of Apocalypse Now Advanced Acting
• Run Act II • Techies map as actors run
7/8 Creative Writing
• Continue writing ten-minute play: Ideas due to me by the end of class. Tuesday, November 9 Intro to Theatre
• Fringe Rehearsal: Rotations C & D Advanced Creative Writing
• Group write fourth scene (“Meeting the Mentor”) of the forest play. Musical Theatre
• Choreograph “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (w/ Kaiya)
Monday, November 8 AP English
• Groupwork: form, content, and yuku chatroom Advanced Acting
• Run Act I • Techies map as actors run
7/8 Creative Writing
• Begin writing ten-minute play: Brainstorm, share ideas … Friday, November 5 AP English
• Groupwork: form, content, and yuku chatroom Advanced Acting
• Act II Run • Tech: Finish set
7/8 Creative Writing
• What is Art? Compositions w/ Buss’ class Thursday, November 4 Intro to Theatre
• Rotations A & B: Blocking
Advanced Creative Writing • Go into the forest and brainstorm/compose
Musical Theatre
• Hot Pink, Murder! analysis • Lauren: measurements
Wednesday, November 3 AP English
• Africa: Desert Odyssey • Reading experiences
Advanced Acting
• Act I Run (off-book) • Tech: Begin to wrap-up stagework
7/8 Creative Writing
• Perform photograph scenes • Compose and perform overheard dialogue scenes
Tuesday, November 2 Intro to Theatre
• Rotations C & D Compositions Advanced Creative Writing
• Idea sharing • How are we going to write the play? • Read sample children’s play
Musical Theatre
• Hot Pink, Murder! Composition
Monday, November 1 AP English
• SAS Curriculum: revising your paper • Yuku: Bleeding of the Stone • Terms for Bleeding of the Stone
Friday, October 29, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Rotation A & B Composition
Advanced Creative Writing • Posting to Wandering Womb
Musical Theatre
• Begin rehearsing winter musical • Duties, responsibilities, etc.
Thursday, October 28, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Rotations D & A Rehearsal Advanced Creative Writing
• Research day for Forest Play Musical Theatre
• Musical of the Day: Chicago • Finish reading Hot Pink, Murder and discuss • View Pippin performances
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 AP English
• Discussion on Part III of Heart of Darkness • Exam on the novel
Advanced Acting
• Work Act II 7/8 Creative Writing
• Read sample ten-minute plays • Differences between a full-length and a ten-minute • The 12-Line Scene
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Rehearsal for Rotations B & C Advanced Creative Writing
• Finish Crow & Weasel • Research day for the Forest Play
Musical Theatre
• Musical of the Day: The Music Man • Read through Hot Pink, Murder!
Monday, October 25, 2010 AP English
• Discussion on Part II of Heart of Darkness • HOD timed writing
Advanced Acting • Run Act One
7/8 Creative Writing
• Finish reading Our Town/discussion on the play Friday, October 22, 2010 AP English
• Literary circles discussion on Part I of HOD Advanced Acting
• Run Act One 7/8 Creative Writing
• Continue reading Our Town Thursday, October 21, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Read-through scripts for Rotations C & D • Rotation A rehearsal
Advanced Creative Writing
• Go into the woods and freewrite • Brainstorming session
Musical Theatre
• Performances of Pippin Wednesday, October 20, 2010 AP English
• Discussion, Part I of Heart of Darkness Advanced Acting
• Work Act Two 7/8 Creative Writing
• Begin reading Our Town Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Begin Fringe rehearsals: Look at scripts, highlight lines, read-through/discuss rounds A and B
Advanced Creative Writing
• Psychology of K-5 graders • Read Ponderosa Pete” • Read Crow & Weasel
Musical Theatre
• Final Pippin rehearsal Monday, October 18, 2010 AP English
• Read conference papers Advanced Acting
• Acting: Scenes 5, 6, 7 • Tech: Construct set
7/8 Creative Writing
• Read personal narratives • Begin playwriting
Friday, October 15, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Rehearsal Process • Memorization
Advanced Creative Writing
• Begin “Yellow Belly Ponderosa” Project: NAU Visiting Scholars Musical Theatre
• Pippin rehearsal Thursday, October 14, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• What works on stage? Using different acting techniques • View Compositions
Advanced Creative Writing
• Final Writing/Workshop Day Musical Theatre
• Musical of the Day: Once Upon A Mattress • Melody • Pippin Rehearsal
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 AP English Advanced Acting
• Tech: Design • Acting: Scenes 3-4
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Poetry Poker • Writing the Personal Narrative
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Composition # 3: Composing around a question Advanced Creative Writing
• Writing/Workshop Day Musical Theatre
• Musical of the Day: Into the Woods • Finding the impetus behind your character • Rhythm • Pippin Rehearsal
Monday, October 11, 2010 AP English
• Wrap-up discussion Advanced Acting
• Tech: Design • Acting: Scenes 1-2
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Writing exercises
Friday, October 8, 2010 AP English
• Discussion on essential questions Advanced Acting
• Tech: Clean up space/Begin design work • Acting: Character Work
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Draw and act out scenes • Questions Only
Thursday, October 7, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Composition #2: Love/Reunion Advanced Creative Writing
• Continue working on Fringe play Musical Theatre
• Character Building • Acting the Song • Pippin groups
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 AP English Literature and Composition
• “Lamb”/”Tyger” • One-page paper summaries • Essential questions of Narcissus and Goldmund
Advanced Acting
• Fuddy Meers Composition • Distribute tech roles • Deconstruct Illusion set
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Read ABC story or 13 Ways of Looking at Art Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Montage Composition: Love and Loss
Advanced Creative Writing
• Continue working on Fringe play Musical Theatre
• Musical of the Day: Rooms • Pippin: Preparation and Script Analysis
Monday, October 4, 2010 AP English
• Chapters 1-8 in Narcissus and Goldmund • Writing a thesis statement
Advanced Acting
• Chapter 8 And Then You Act discussion • Finish the Second Exercise • Tech theatre talk/Fuddy Meers finish read-through
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Good writing vs. bad writing • What is poetry?
Friday, October 1, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Vocal Viewpoints with text • The Chair Exercise
Advanced Creative Writing
• Continue working on Fringe play Musical Theatre
• Second half of acting auditions Thursday, September 30, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Open Viewpoints session • Vocal Viewpoints
Advanced Creative Writing
• Problem solving in playwrighting • Continue working on Fringe play
Musical Theatre
• First half of acting auditions Wednesday, September 29, 2010 AP English Lit & Comp
• Peer editing of timed writings • Multiple choice on the AP exam
Advanced Acting
• Roles in technical theatre • Read through of Fuddy Meers
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Poetry of Langston Hughes • Dream Flag Poetry Project
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Recap of Physical Viewpoints • Open Viewpoints session
Advanced Creative Writing
• Continue working on Fringe play Musical Theatre
• Dance auditions (Sotida) Monday, September 27, 2010 AP English Lit & Comp
• Writing: What you should know • Timed writing
Advanced Acting
• Chapter 7 And Then You Act discussion • The Second Exercise: The Phone Call
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Exquisite Corpse • Eat Cat, You Poop • Thirteen Ways of Looking At Art
Friday, September 24, 2010 AP English Lit & Comp
• Writing: Thesis statements, MLA Advanced Acting
• Chapter 5 And Then You Act discussion • Finish First Exercise
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Exercise 10: Make a Banner of Your Day Thursday, September 23, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Physical Viewpoints: Introduction Advanced Creative Writing
• Playwriting: Format and rubric • Read through Wilder’s “The Long Christmas Dinner”
Musical Theatre
• Singing auditions Wednesday, September 22, 2010 AP English Lit & Comp
• Schools of literary criticism Advanced Acting
• Chapter 4 And Then You Act discussion • First Exercise: Habits at Home
7/8 Grade Creative Writing
• Make an encouraging banner
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Intro to Theatre
• Three characters in a situation Advanced Creative Writing
• Playwriting: Intro and overview Musical Theatre
• Finish viewing Kiss Me Kate