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Mr. Oncay’s Drama Class, Grade 7/8

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Drama is cool!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

6/1

Oncademy awards

6/2

Assembly/Game Day

6/3

Movie? Drama games, Yearbooks, etc.

6/4

Movie? Drama games, Yearbooks, etc.

6/5

Movie? Drama games, Yearbooks, etc.

5/25

Classwork:

Memorial Day. No school.

5/26

Classwork:

Dress rehearsal 2

Homework:

Be prepared!

5/27

Classwork:

Review, touch up.

Oncademy voting

Homework:

Oncademy voting

5/28

Classwork:

Performance day 1 (period 5 and 7)

Homework:

None

5/29

Classwork:

Performance day 2 (period 5 and 7)

Homework:

None

Oncademy awards on Monday.

5/18

Classwork:

Off script rehearsal.

Homework:

Final edited advertisement due.

Costume pieces due in class tomorrow (if you need to store some at school

5/19

Classwork:

Bring any costume pieces to school today.

Final painted banners due (at school)

Off script rehearsal.

Homework:

Final edited flyer due.

Final edited program cover due.

5/20

Classwork:

Off script rehearsal.

Homework:

Be prepared!

5/21

Classwork:

Off script rehearsal.

Homework:

Be prepared!

5/22

Classwork:

Dress rehearsal 1

Homework:

Be prepared!

5/11

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Extra job work.

5/12

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Extra job work.

5/13

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Extra job work.

5/14

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Off script by tomorrow.

 

5/15

Classwork:

Off script rehearsal.

Homework:

None or costume work.

5/4

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Extra job work.

5/5

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Extra job work.

5/6

Classwork:

No Period 5 or 7 today

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Extra job work.

5/7

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Extra job work.

5/8

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines.

 

4/27

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines

4/28

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines

4/29

Classwork:

No class today

Homework:

Memorize lines

4/30

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines

5/1

Classwork:

Rehearse in the MP room

Extra jobs work

Homework:

Memorize lines

4/20

Classwork:

Brainstorm shirt.

Some FT performances?

Brainstorm final project: Short play or something else?

Homework:

Any shirt work

4/21

Classwork:

TBA. Maybe rehearsals.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Collect props or costumes.

4/22

Classwork:

TBA. Maybe rehearsals.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Collect props or costumes.

4/23

Classwork:

TBA. Maybe rehearsals.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Collect props or costumes.

4/24

Classwork:

TBA. Maybe rehearsals.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Collect props or costumes.

4/6

Classwork:

Fairytale performances

Homework:

None

4/7

Classwork:

Fairytale performances

Homework:

Drama résumé work

4/8

Classwork:

Fairytale performances

Drama résumé work

Homework:

Drama résumé work

4/9

Classwork:

Fairytale performances

Drama résumé work

Homework:

Drama résumé work

4/10

Classwork:

Fairytale performances

Movie?

Homework:

3/30

Classwork:

Off script today

Tshirt brainstorm

Rehearse fairytales with props

Homework:

None or run lines

3/31

Classwork:

Tshirt brainstorm

Rehearse fairytales with props

Homework:

None or run lines

4/1

Classwork:

Tshirt brainstorm

Rehearse fairytales with props

Homework:

None or run lines

4/2

Classwork:

Rehearse and then maybe some movie time

Homework:

None

4/3

Classwork:

Rehearse and then maybe some movie time

Homework:

None

3/23

Classwork:

Tshirt brainstorm

P7: Perform skit

Fairytale group work.

Homework:

Finish prop by tomorrow night.

Memorize lines

3/24

Classwork:

Rehearse fairytales

Tshirt brainstorm

Homework:

Finish your prop

Memorize lines

3/25

Bring props BEFORE SCHOOL

Classwork:

Rehearse

Homework:

Memorize lines

3/26

Classwork:

Fairytale practice with props

Homework:

Off script by tomorrow.

3/27

Classwork:

Off script

Practice with props

Homework:

None

3/16

Classwork:

Yosemite week.  Special student-directed play all week.

Homework:

3/17

Classwork:

Yosemite week.  Special student-directed play all week.

Homework:

3/18

Classwork:

Yosemite week.  Special student-directed play all week.

Homework:

3/19

Classwork:

Yosemite week.  Special student-directed play all week.

Homework:

3/20

Classwork:

Yosemite week.  Special student-directed play all week.

Homework:

3/9

Classwork:

History of drama part 1

Time in FT groups


Homework:

Edit script

3/10

Classwork:

History of drama part 2

Time in FT groups


Homework:

Prop work

3/11

Classwork:

Mini history quiz

Time in FT groups


Homework:

Edit script. Finish it?

Prop work

3/12

Classwork:

Time in FT groups

Hopefully the script is done so you can have it tomorrow.


Homework:

Prop work.  

3/13

Classwork:

Warm up

Rehearse with scripts.


Homework:

Prop work.  8th graders remember that you have Yosemite next week.

3/2

Classwork:

FT scripting time

Homework:

Finish script editing.

3/3

Classwork:

FT scripting time

(group work)

Homework:

None or catch up

3/4

Classwork:

Warm up

FT scripting time

(group work)

Homework:

Work on your prop

3/5

Classwork:

Warm up

FT scripting time

(group work)

Homework:

Work on your prop

3/6

Classwork:

Warm up

FT scripting time

(group work)

Homework:

Work on your prop

2/23

Classwork:

Warm up.

Review vocab.

Practice vocab if you like.

Homework:

Work on script formatting

2/24

Classwork:

Warm up

Introduce scripting challenge.

Fairytale Groups

Begin planning

Practice vocab if you like.

Homework:

Work on script formatting

2/25

Classwork:

Review vocab.

Fairytale Group planning.

Homework:

Study vocab for quiz tomorrow

Concentration leaders:

Maadhav T. 17

Harry 18

Archita 18

Samantha 19

Megan X. 23

Kush M. 25

2/26

Classwork:

Drama vocab quiz.

Then time in groups.

Homework:

Finish script formatting

2/27

Classwork:

Warm up

Fairytale group time.

Homework:

Carpe diem

2/9

Classwork:

Begin Drama vocab

Rehearse one minute skit.

Homework:

Ask around about jokes

2/10

Classwork:

Review joke lore.

Rehearse skits.

Drama vocab.

Homework:

Review drama vocab

2/11

Classwork:

Rehearse

Drama vocab

Homework:

Review drama vocab

2/12

Classwork:

Perform one minute skits

Drama vocab

Homework:

None

2/13

Classwork:

Teambuilding

Homework:

None

2/2

Classwork:

practice joke

work on one minute skit

Homework:

practice joke

2/3

Classwork:

practice joke

Work on one minute skit

Homework:

practice joke

2/4

Classwork:

Joke performances today

Homework:

None

2/5

Classwork:

More joke performances.

Then time for one-minute skits.

Homework:

None

2/6

Classwork:

One minute skits.

Homework:

None

1/26

Classwork:

Game: What are you doing?

Some time for working on jokes.

--Handout: “What I Know About Me”

Review: What's difficult about Drama?

Homework:

Finish joke printout and intro video

1/27

Classwork:

Charades

Practice joke (with printout)

Some time for working on first reflection (what I know about me)

Homework:

Practice joke

1/28

Classwork:

Game: What are you doing?

Practice joke with handout.

Work on memorizing joke by Friday.

Homework:

Finish "what I know about me" handout.

1/29

Classwork:

Teambuilding

Watch some clips of actors

Practice joke

Homework:

Memorize joke

1/30

Classwork:

CMM

Learn new one minute skit groups

Homework:

Don't forget your joke

1/19

Holiday

1/20

Classwork:

--Intro to Mr. Oncay

--Greensheet

--First Day Assignments (email)

--House Competition

--Game: “Name Circle Toss”

--How to play charades

Homework:

Email Mr. Oncay according to the directions.

1/21

Classwork:

--Crossword

--Game: Whoosh Whoa

--Game: Charades

Homework:

None

1/22

Classwork:

--Pick a supervisor

--Introduce the introductory video project.

Who emailed? Who joined GC?

--Who did the survey?

Review survey data.

Charades

Homework:

None

1/23

Classwork:

--About late work

--Introduce the joke project.

--Pantomime practice

Visit the stage.  Team building.

Homework:

Learn a school-friendly "story" joke to tell next week.  Bring a printout by Wednesday.

It should be a short joke (taking no longer than 60 seconds).

It must take at least 10 seconds to tell it.

It must have a "story" to it.

1/12

Classwork:

P5 performs for an audience.

P7 rehearse

Homework:

None

1/13

Classwork:

P5 performs for an audience.

P7 rehearse

Homework:

Vote for the Oncademy awards.

1/14

Classwork:

P5 watch some of the video and a game.

P7 perform for an audience

Homework:

None

1/15

Classwork:

P5 game

P7 perform for an audience

Homework:

None

1/16

Classwork:

Last day of Drama

Oncademy awards

Homework:

Carpe Diem

1/5

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Memorize lines

1/6

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Memorize lines

1/7

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Memorize lines

1/8

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Extra costume parts due before school tomorrow (if you need any)

1/9

Classwork:

Extra costume parts due before school (if you are needing to bring any)

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

12/15

A1/B1

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Off script Friday. Costume pictures post due.

12/16

A2/B2

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Off script Friday.

12/17

A1/B1

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Off script Friday.

12/18

A2/B2

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Memorize lines. Off script Friday.

12/19

A1/B1

Classwork:

Rehearse.

Side jobs.

Homework:

Remember your lines.  

12/8

Classwork:

Table read the script.

Discuss extra "jobs."

 

Homework:

None

12/9

Classwork:

Cast list.

Begin blocking

Homework:

Memorize lines

12/10

Classwork:

Time for job groups.

Blocking.

Homework:

Memorize lines.

12/11

Classwork:

Blocking.

Work on costume planning.

Homework:

Memorize lines.

12/12

Classwork:

Blocking.

Work on prop and costume planning.

Homework:

Memorize lines

12/1

Classwork:

Collect movie papers

Handout signature page

Practice monologues

Homework:

Memorize monologue

12/2

Classwork:

Practice monologues

Homework:

Memorize monologue

12/3

Classwork:

Perform some monologues

Homework:

Memorize monologue

12/4

Classwork:

Finish monologue performances

Homework:

Make sure you are ready for the field trip

12/5

Classwork:

Field trip!

Homework:

11/17

Classwork:

Two sentence acting

Monologue practice

Homework:

Memorize lines

11/18

Classwork:

Game.

Monologue practice.

Movie

Homework:

Memorize lines

11/19

Classwork:

Game.

Monologue practice.

Movie

Homework:

Memorize lines

11/20

Classwork:

Monologue practice.

Movie

Homework:

Memorize lines

11/21

Classwork:

Movie

Homework:

None, or keep monologues memorized if you didn't get a chance to perform.

11/10

Classwork:

Finish résumés

Homework:

None

11/11

Classwork:

Holiday

Homework:

None

11/12

Classwork:

Monologue work

Homework:

Make sure you are happy with your monologue.

11/13

Classwork:

Warm Up: Two sentence acting.

Craft the monologue printout.

Vote for a shirt image.

Homework:

Start memorizing.

11/14

Classwork:

Practice monologues.

Teambuilding.

Homework:

Work on Monologue

11/3

Classwork:

First performances in classes.

Homework:

None

11/4

Classwork:

Perform in classes.

Introduce the résumé project.

Homework:

None or take pictures.

11/5

Classwork:

Perform in classes.

Résumé work.

Homework:

None, or catch up.

Paint-along site

11/6

Classwork:

Perform in classes.

Résumé work.

Homework:

None

11/7

Classwork:

Perform in classes.

Résumé work.

Homework:

10/27

Classwork:

Shirt voting.

Fairytale rehearsal

Homework:

None

10/28

Classwork:

Body language work

Fairytale rehearsal

Homework:

None

10/29

Classwork:

Vote for a slogan.

Facial expression work

Fairytale rehearsal

Homework:

None

10/30

Classwork:

Fairytale rehearsal.

You perform in class for a grade tomorrow!

Homework:

Know your role.

10/31

Classwork:

Fairytale performances.

Homework:

None

10/20

Classwork:

Don't read like a robot...

Blocking

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Shirt brainstorm

10/21

Classwork:

Warm up

Rehearse

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Off script by Monday

10/22

Classwork:

Warm up

Rehearse

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Off script by Monday.

10/23

Minimum day

Classwork:

Warm up

Rehearse

Homework:

Memorize lines.

Off script by Monday

10/24

Classwork:

Learning Day, no school for students

Homework:

Carpe Diem

10/13

Classwork:

Table read and edits

Begin blocking.

Homework:

Prop work

10/14

Classwork:

Blocking

Homework:

Finisih props. Due tomorrow morning before school

10/15

Props due this morning before school

Classwork:

Review props.  Blocking work.

Homework:

Review lines.  Start memorizing.

10/16

Classwork:

Blocking.

Homework:

Review lines.  Start memorizing.

10/17

Classwork:

Blocking.

T-shirt brainstorm

Homework:

Carpe diem

10/6

Classwork:

Warm Up: Archetype skit.

FT script work

Homework:

Prop work

10/7

Classwork:

Warm Up: Archetype skit.

FT script work.

Homework:

Prop work

10/8

Classwork:

Warm Up: Archetype skit.

FT script work

Homework:

Prop work

10/9

Classwork:

Warm up: Hitchhiker

Scripts due tonight by 9pm.

Homework:

Scripts and prop work.

Props due 10/15.

10/10

Classwork:

Read scripts in class today.

Teambuilding

Homework:

None, or prop work

9/29

Classwork:

Warm up

Then fairytale scripting

Homework:

Keep in touch with groupmates

9/30

Classwork:

Warm up

Then fairytale scripting

Homework:

Prop work

10/1

Classwork:

Team building

Then fairytale scripting

Homework:

Prop work

10/2

Classwork:

Warm up

Then fairytale scripting

Homework:

Prop work

10/3

Classwork:

Check in about props.

Cold reading

Script work

Homework:

Prop work?

9/22

Classwork:

Learning Day. No school

Homework:

9/23

Classwork:

Vocab review

Scripting time.

Homework:

Vocab training (if you want)

Work on props

9/24

Classwork:

Warm up: Team charades

Scripting time.

Homework:

Study for the vocab quiz

9/25

Classwork:

Drama vocab quiz

Scripting in your Fairytale group

Homework:

Prop work

9/26

Classwork:

Warm up: Skit situations

Then scripting time

Homework:

None or prop work.

9/15

Classwork:

Cold reading.

Finish Drama vocabulary

Fairy tale planning.

Get prop approval.

Homework:

Prop planning

9/16

Classwork:

Warm up: CMM

Fairy tale planning.

Get prop approval.

Homework:

study drama vocabulary

Quiz next Wednesday.

9/17

Classwork:

Warm up: CMM

Fairy tale scripting

Homework:

Prop work

9/18

Classwork:

Warm up: Mirror

Fairy tale scripting

Homework:

Study vocab

9/19

Classwork:

Warm up: TBA

Vocab review

Fairy tale scripting

Homework:

Carpe Diem

9/8

Classwork:

Warm up: Teambuilding

How to write script

A little time in class for script formatting.

Homework:

Script formatting due Thursday night.

9/9

Classwork:

Warm up: WAYD

A little time for formatting in class.

Pantomime work.

Homework:

Script formatting due Thursday night.

9/10

Classwork:

Warm Up: Teambuilding

Pantomime presentations.

Homework:

Script formatting due Thursday night.

9/11

Classwork:

Fairytale Unit.  New groups.

Homework:

Script formatting due tonight.

9/12

Classwork:

Begin Drama vocabulary

Fairytale Unit.

Homework:

None

9/1

Classwork:

Holiday

Homework:

9/3

Classwork:

Warm up: CMM

Rehearse one-minute skits.

Homework:

None

9/4

Classwork:

Warm Up: Whoosh Whoa

Rehearse one minute skits.

Cold reading

Homework:

Be ready for your one minute skit tomorrow..

9/5

Classwork:

Skit performances.

Drama Group Balance Form

Introduce the scripting formatting

Homework:

None

Back to School Night

9/6

Classwork:

Some cold reading

Script formatting work.

Team building.

Homework:

None.  Have fun!

8/25

Classwork:

Warm up: Mirror

--Joke questions?

--Joke practice in class

--Watch a movie clip

--Time for outlining your one-minute skit

Homework:

Joke performance Thursday. Be ready!

8/26

Classwork:

--Game: What are you doing?

Joke practice.

Time with your one-minute skit group.

Homework:

Make sure that you have a properly formatted joke printout for Mr. O.

8/27

Classwork:

Warm up: Charades

Time with your one-minute skit group.

Homework:

Practice your joke.  Performances tomorrow.

8/28

Classwork:

Joke presentations (graded)

Homework:

None

8/29

Classwork:

Warm up: CMM

Signup for quia.com

Rehearse one minute skits

 

Handout Drama vocabulary

Homework:

None

8/18

Classwork:

Who emailed? Who joined GC?

--Who did the survey?

Review survey data.

Visit the stage.  Team building.

Homework:

None

8/19

Classwork:

--Pick a supervisor

--About late work

--Introduce the introductory video project.

--Introduce the joke project.

--Pantomime practice

--Teambuilding

Homework:

Learn a school-friendly "story" joke to tell next week.  Bring a printout by Friday.

It should be a short joke (taking no longer than 60 seconds).

It must take at least 10 seconds to tell it.

It must have a "story" to it.

8/20

Classwork:

--Some time for joke searching

A possible site to find jokes.

Game: What are you doing?

Homework:

Finish your introductory video by tomorrow night.

--Bring a printout of your joke Friday.

8/21

Classwork:

--Handout: “What I Know About Me”

Game: What are you doing?

Review: What's difficult about Drama?

--Watch some video clips of actors.

Homework:

--Finish your introductory video tonight.

Bring a printout of your joke tomorrow.  It MUST look like this (see example joke format).

8/22

Classwork:

--About jokes next week

--Practice your joke with a partner.

--Start one-minute skits

--Game: What are you doing?

Homework:

Practice your joke. It must be memorized.

8/14

Classwork:

--Intro to Mr. Oncay

--Greensheet

--First Day Assignments (email)

--House Competition

--Game: “Name Circle Toss”

--How to play charades

Homework:

Email Mr. Oncay according to the directions.

8/14

Classwork:

--Crossword

--Game: Whoosh Whoa

--Game: Charades

Homework:

None

Extra links:

Jack and the Beanstalk

Cinderella