Other Ice Breakers (that will be entered as grades and how to make them up):
Sixty Second Summer
Everything you did this summer in sixty seconds! A fun exercise to use as an icebreaker and to learn everyone’s names. WHAT TO DO? • Students get into pairs. • Each shares a memorable moment from summer vacation. • The pair then switches stories, making the story his or her own. • This should only take about ten minutes to do. Focus on listening carefully, thinking fast and performing on your feet! • Have the students perform the 60 second monologue for the rest of the class.
If you missed this: Write a one page monologue about what you did this summer. Be ready to share with the class.
3 Things!
What are you proud of? What do you want to accomplish? Set some goals for the semester. WHAT TO DO? • Students take index cards and write down three things they’re proud of and three things they want to accomplish during the semester. • The teacher collect the cards and saves them. On the last class day of the semester, take out the cards and see how everyone did!
If you missed it: Follow the directions and turn in a note card to Mrs. Hayes.
Standard: TAHSFT.PR.2 Execute artistic and technical elements of theatre. a. Identify and define the various collaborative roles and relationships of technical production personnel (e.g. sound, lighting, set, scenic, costume, dramaturge, makeup, marketing, business aspects) in relation to the directors and performers. b. Identify and apply the various aspects of directing, staging, performance spaces, and rehearsal management. c. Recognize and apply the basic elements and procedures involved in the construction of props, scenery, and platforms.