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Beginning Theatre (Theatre I)

Instructor: Todd Ford

 Course Objective

 Beginning Theatre is designed to give students an introduction to playwriting, performance, technical theater and theater history. A variety of source material will be used for scene performance.

 

Theatre Arts Goals and Objective:

North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Theatre Arts

 

 Class Topics

  • Vocal & physical warm ups reasoning and practice
  • Monologues
  • Modern scene work (duet scenes)
    • Journal
    • Script analysis
  • Evolution of acting
    • Time line
  • Shakespearean Play 
  • Directing two person scenes
    • Prompt book
    • Rehearsal types
  • Playwriting unit (monologues & short scenes)
  • Production concept  
    • Lighting design
    • Costume design
    • Set design
    • Production scheduling
  • Preparation for Children's Theatre Day Show November 15th and Evening Show November 16th 
    • During rehearsals for the children's theatre show students will receive a daily rehearsal grade. If a student misses a rehearsal they will be required to watch a video clip of a play, provided on canvas, and write a five sentence summary per day missed. 
  • Comedia Dell’Arte
  • Tennessee Williams (monologues)
  • Monologue and test final

 

Mandatory Events:

Theatre I's performance opportunity will be a children's theatre piece. All students will be required to perform in the children's theatre piece during the day on November 15th and at 6 PM on November 16th. If extenuating circumstances will not allow you to perform you will need to notify Mr. Ford a minimum of four weeks prior to show. Alternate assignments will be given for the unit.

Assessments and Assignments:

Students will  be assessed in a variety of ways including but not limited to in class performances, public performances, written tests, projects and written essays.

 

Make Up Work Procedures:

Students will have two days to make up any work they have missed due to absence. Students may turn in late work up to four days after the assignments due date. Missed rehearsals will be made up using the procedure described in the class topics section.

 

Classroom Expectations:

  • Be on time
  • Bring Necessary Materials to Class
  • Take responsibility for yourself
  • Be Courteous

 

Online Learning Platform:

Canvas: The majority of assignments not completed on paper will be submitted on our learning platform, Canvas. Assignments can be submitted a variety of ways including, uploading files, typing into text boxes, and sharing Google documents/presentations. Students will be shown how to submit assignments on Canvas as needed. Individual assignments will indicate which method of submission on Canvas is expected. If students need a refresher or have questions, they can access the Canvas Student Guide for specific instructions. It is the student's responsibility to ensure assignments are submitted on time and to contact the instructor if there is a problem. Please note that student activity is logged while in Canvas so instructors will be able to see if the student opened the assignment, if there was any activity including a log of student activities during on-line tests and quizzes. Students are not allowed to leave the testing window during assessments. Doing so is considered cheating and will be handled as set forth in the Porter Ridge HS handbook.

 

NOTICE: Although many assignments are submitted and graded in our learning platform, Canvas, the "final" grades shown may not be properly weighted and do not contain assignments that were not graded in Canvas. For the student's official grades, please continue to access the parent portal through Powerschool. Login information is usually sent home with the students at the beginning of the year, and should be the same as last year. If you need assistance accessing the parent portal, please contact the school.

 

Necessary Materials

  1. Loose leaf notebook paper
  2. Pens or pencils
  3. 1-inch 3-ring binder (for acting notebooks)
  4. A student makeup kit (see link below you should order one shade darker than skin tone)
    Mehron Kit
    https://www.stagemakeuponline.com/02-KMP/Mehron-Mini-Pro-Student-Makeup-Kit.html?ref=%2Fsearch%3Fkeywords%3Dstudent+makeup+kit%26x%3D0%26y%3D0

 

Grading scale

90-100               A

80-89                 B

70-79                 C

60-69                 D

0-59                    F

 

Grade breakdown:

Homework 30%

Tests and Projects 50%

Journals 20%

*The in class streamed performance will be counted as three test grades.

 

Tutoring Hours:

7:30 AM-8:00 AM Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

 

Resources:

EmpowerED Family Portal

North Carolina Theatre Conference Website

 

Contact Information:

Email: todd.ford@ucps.k12.nc.us

Phone: 704-292-7662

 

Course Summary:

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