Name: Ms. Clark
Email: eclark@gvr5.net
Teaching Subjects: Theatre, Speech and Forensics (7th & 8th)
April 2017 - Theatre
7th Grade has been working on building their personal resources to become actors and using them to perform various creative drama scenes. Next Tuesday we have our 2nd theatre terms and concepts assessment. We will also start studying voice and improvisation. The last couple weeks of school we will be working on formal drama and each student will have a memorized scene to prepare.
8th Grade has learned all the parts of a theater, the different types of stages and the production staff a theater needs. We are now taking certain jobs in the theater and becoming these people in class. We just got done becoming set designers, now we are studying the actors. Each student will be prepare and perform an audition using method acting skills. Next we will become directors and costumes designers.
February 2017 - Speech
We are finishing up leaning about interpersonal communication. The class did some mock interviews to practice the verbal and nonverbal skills they gained. This coming week we will be learning about how to better communicate when working in groups. Soon after we study public communication and will be researching and writing an informative speech to give to class.
January 2017 - Speech
Students are learning about interpersonal communication. We will continue to learn about different types of communication this quarter including interpersonal communication, group communication, and public communication. Students have already had gotten their fist speech out of the way by presenting a Me, Myself and I Speech to the class.
December 2016 - Forensics
Students have now experienced many different styles of acting. We are currently working on preparing duet acting scenes. These scenes are memorized and are going to need some outside of class attention. Before the end of the quarter we will learn about debate and impromptu speaking. Students that enjoy the class are encouraged to join our after school competitive forensic team! November 2016 - Forensics
Students have been working hard. At the beginning of the quarter each student prepared a prose or poetry piece that they performed for class. Next we had some fun learning about improvisation before getting into the scripted, memorized performances. Each student has selected a storytelling or humorous/dramatic interpretation piece to prepare. They will cut, score, block, analyze, practice and write an introduction for the piece that chose. Later in the quarter we will learn about public forum debate and duet acting.September 2016 - Theatre
7th grade theatre is studying creative drama, voice and then characterization. Towards the end of the quarter we will move into formal drama and the students will be preparing a monologue performance using everything we have learned. They will be required to memorize the monologue.
8th grade theatre is studying the acting style of pantomime. Next we will learn about improvisation and will soon move into studying the elements of scripted acting.
