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Acting Workshop

Lesson 9: Performances

Educational Objective:

Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to incorporate acting techniques we have covered by performing a scene built from their ambiguous scene scripts.

Enduring Understanding 1:

Characters are driven by objectives which motivate action.

Enduring Understanding 2:

Actors must be willing to follow their impulses and instincts to create compelling theatre work.

Essential Question 1:

When do we use tactics to achieve objectives in real life?

Essential Question 2:

How do our desires and goals influence others?

Materials needed:

Props, costumes, etc. they need for their scenes.

Hook:

Warm-up: Shakes to 10. Columbian Hypnosis with partner.

Step 1 – Organize:

Have students sign up on the board for order of performances.

Step 2- Perform:

Have students perform.

Step 3- Discuss:

Briefly discuss their performances with the class.

Step 4-

Repeat until all have gone. They should all be using the same ambiguous scene script.

Step 5 –

At the end discuss how the students took the same dialogue and made it their own.

Final Assessment for Lesson 9:

Final Performances. See rubric: Acting Workshop Final Performance Assessment Rubric