Drama: 2/22/10

1. Remind students that their application journal is due. Many were not prepared.
2. Pulled out behind the scenes video footage from special features DVD's related to making two of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Students watched all the presentations about how the characters were developed, costumes made, props selected related to developing a full image of the different characters. Video segments were related to the requirements for the two chapters and related to the requirements for the coming Shakespeare festival
3. Students were numbered from one to four. Each student chosen for number one will begin to research the African Grove Theater. Students chosen for number two will research Herman Melville (the author of Moby Dick) and Shakespeare. Students chosen for number three will research Shakespeare in the old West including Native Americans and settlers. Students chosen for number four will research John Adams and Thomas Jefferson's trip to Stratford upon Avon. Students are required to take notes on what they find or print out articles to turn in. Their focus is to understand the people, the times, and the events. Students are to look at this as research to accomplish the chapter goals of analyzing and developing their characters.