Drama: 2/27 to 3/2/15

Standards

-TH.912.H.1.4: Interpretation and perspective
-TH.C.2.4: Collaborate

Essential Question

-How do tone, pronunciation, and work choice impact communication and performance?

Agenda:


1. Have everyone write the skeleton journal about the talk with a skeleton improvisation.

2. Work on tongue twisters, especially:
Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the Butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter
Will make my batter better
So twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.

3 Assign 5 part pronunciation assignment
a. Observe the conversation and word sounds around you. Take note and record any interesting observations
b. As you hear interesting sounds, word choices, accents, or the like, ask questions to investigate where they come from or why they are used that way. Note and record observations.
c. Take something you say or read and say it or read it multiple times, using different pronunciations each time. Note and record how the different pronunciations make you or others feel about what is being communicated. Be aware of the feelings associated with the pronunciation.
d. Find a sentence. Read the entire sentence accenting a different word each time you read it. Note and record how the emphasis works to change the meaning or feel to the sentence.
e. Read one page of anything. Carefully pronounce each word on the entire page. Be sure not to miss any words, splice any words, or pronounce any words lazily. Note and record your observations.

4. When doing the pronunciation assignment, allow the awareness to assist you in your dramatic reading.

5. The dramatic reading is due next class.