Drama: 9/7/10

1. Do the improvisation, "What is it?" With cupped hands as though holding something out of sight, the person beginning the improv passes the invisible thing on to someone saying, "It changes every time it changes hands. What is it." The invisible thing gets passed around until all have played.
2. Class discussion about improvisation.
3. Complete student warm ups.
4. Handout "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" and read it aloud in class. Discuss the sounds. Do a warm up on the poem, "Say what I say and do what I do."
5. Class discussion on history: What are the roots of acting?
6. Students go and pick up books from library. Assign read pages 400 through 415 at home.
7. Begin observation assignments assigned last class.