Day One

Speech Warm-Ups: 5 minutes 

We will say these tongue twisters together to understand enunciation and pronunciation, as acting is predominantly speech.

-specific pacific
-red leather, yellow leather
-will you, william
-selfish shellfish
-unique, new york
-tip of the tongue to the tip of the teeth


Improvisation Game: 20 minutes
Groups of two will come up to the stage with a pre-determined scenario. Whilst the groups are improvising their scenarios we (the directors) will shout out emotions that the performers must display within their scene.

A woman learns that her husband was cheating on her:
-Candace
-Isaac

A mother scolds her son who comes home with bad grades:
-Jessica
-Kaiko

A student congratulates another as they both have gotten good grades:
-Matt Lee
-Chase
-Chris

A boy tries to buy a snack from a female cashier:
-Matt Yamada
-Kelly

Two students are in love, but neither knows:
-Michelle
-Matt Shimura

Charades: 20 minutes

Individually, each person will go up to front of the class and pull out a card from a hat. On the card, an emotion, famous character, or object will be written. The person will act it out as the class guesses what they are.

Work on Assignment: Rest of Class

Group Goals

Let everyone feel comfortable expressing them selves, and better understanding their characters from the book by stepping into their shoes.

Deeper understanding of scene, with key theme.

Show them how acting is a part of us, and how just our stance can show how we feel and help us convey a point.