1. Welcome!
Please choose a seat within the first four/five rows of the CENTER section and set down your belongings.
Get a Theatre Survey from the center table and complete the survey in your seat.

2. Welcome to Beginning Theatre!
Ms. Rose
Spring 2018
Share about myself: Graduated from App State, degrees to teach Theatre and Dance, I’m passionate about theatre because

3. Agenda Syllabus Classroom Routine What is an ensemble?
Classroom Rules and Ensemble Rules

4. Beginning Theatre Syllabus

5. Course Description
In Beginning Theatre students learn essential vocabulary and practices of theatre and will begin to examine theatre as an art form.
Students will be involved in acting experiences individually and in group settings.
This course will include reading, writing, researching theatre, acting and technical theatre.
Students will be required to read and write as well as perform in front of an audience on stage.
As a member of this class students are part of an ensemble.

6. Course Essential Questions
What does mean to be a part of an ensemble?
What are the most important tools of the actor?
Who’s who in theatre?

7. Expectations Students will follow all school rules.
Students will follow all classroom rules.
Students will follow all classroom norms.
Students will respect and contribute to the classroom ensemble.
Will get more into classroom rules and norms later.

8. Classroom Rules
D – Develop and communicate ideas in a collaborative and cooperative way. R – Respect others and the space. A – Always try your best and leave the drama for the stage. M – Maintain focus and accountability. A – Always show audience etiquette.

9. Materials Composition Notebook Spiral Notebook Folder Pen/Pencil
Yourself, of course!

10. Tardy Policy
If you arrive late to class, you are required to sign the tardy log with your name and the time you arrived. Tardy counts reset every month.
1st Tardy: Warning
2nd Tardy: Parent Contact
3rd – 5th Tardy: After-School Detention
5+ Tardy: IC for the block
You will also be required to make-up all time missed with Ms. Rose before or after school.
Ex. 5 minutes tardy = 5 minutes before/after school.

11. Late Work
Any assignment not turned in on time will suffer a 10-point penalty for each day it is late up to 5 days.
After 5 days, the assignment will receive a zero.
Remember, 10 points is equal to a letter grade, so turn it in!

12. Make-Up Work
Extra copies of work from each day can be found in the make-up work bin.
The first day you return from being absent you will need to get a copy of the work from the bin for each day you were absent.
You have 5 days from the time you return to school to complete all make-up work.

13. Make-Up Work YOU CANNOT MAKE UP A PERFORMANCE GRADE!
If you know you will be absent, you need to communicate with Ms. Rose to get all work needed before you are absent.
YOU CANNOT MAKE UP THE DAILY JOURNAL!
You will not lose points for journals completed in-class when you are absent.

14. Bathroom Passes You will receive TWO (2) bathroom passes per week.
Bathroom passes are NOT transferrable from week to week.
You may turn-in unused bathroom passes at the end of each week for extra credit points.

15. Grading
There are two 9-week grading periods throughout the semester. Each grading period is scored as follows:
Performances/Tests: 30%
Ensemble Contribution: 30%
Classwork: 15%
Journals/Exit Slips: 15%
Projects: 10%

16. Grading
The two 9-week grading periods count for 40% EACH towards the final course grade.
The remaining 20% of the final course grade is determined by the final exam.
The final exam for the course consists of a performance grade worth 50% and a reflection paper worth 50%.

17. Extra Credit Students may receive extra credit four ways:
Students may step-in for an absent classmate on in-class performance days.
Students may see a professional theatrical performance and complete a performance reflection.
Nearby/Example theatres include: High Point Theatre, HPU Theatre, Community Theatre of Greensboro, Triad Stage, UNCG Theatre, UNC School of the Arts, etc.
Students may volunteer to help with productions at High Point Central. See Ms. Rose for details.
If you do not use your bathroom passes in class, you can turn them in to Ms. Rose at the end of the week and receive extra credit points.

18. Curriculum In this class, students will cover the following topics:
What is Theatre?
Stage Movement
Pantomime
The Actor’s Voice
Greek Theatre
Script Analysis (From the Actor’s Perspective)
Elizabethan Theatre
Playwriting

19. Cell Phones You may use your phone if:
You are looking at a picture of your script.
You are memorizing your lines.
Picture of your script or an audio recording of your lines.
You are recording a scene for a classmate.
YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE CLASSMATE PRIOR TO RECORDING.
You are doing research for a class assignment.
If you are NOT using your phone for any of the reasons listed above, YOUR PHONE SHOULD BE PUT AWAY IN YOUR BACKPACK/PURSE.
If you are caught using your cell phone for any other reason than the ones listed above, I WILL CONFISCATE YOUR PHONE UNTIL THE END OF CLASS.

20. Syllabus Get signature from parent/guardian.
Return by Friday February 2nd!

21. Classroom Routine

22. Classroom Routine Daily Journals – First 10-15 minutes of class.
First half of time to respond.
Will discuss answers for last half of time.
Journals will be collected and graded every Friday.
YOU WILL NEED TO BRING YOUR JOURNAL FOR CLASS TOMORROW, TUESDAY FEB 30th.

23. Classroom Routine “Think About It” Questions Main Learning Experiences
Discuss, give a few possible answers, introduce topic for the day.
Main Learning Experiences
Learning experiences, notes, activities, rehearsals, performances, etc.

24. Classroom Routine Exit Slips – Last 5-10 minutes of class
Will review learning experiences and “think about it” questions.
Must turn into Ms. Rose when leaving class each day.
I will read these and respond to them anonymously during the start of class the next day.

25. Course Essential Question 1 Day 1
What is an ensemble?
Course Essential Question 1
Day 1

26. What do the following quotes have in common?
“Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.”
“No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.”
“The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.”
“None of us is as smart as all of us.”
“You need three things in the theatre—the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.”

27. What is an ensemble? They all focus on teamwork!
Ensemble - a group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.

28. What does it mean to be in an ensemble?
Every member of the ensemble shines together during performances, there are no single “stars”.
Creating an environment where everyone belongs and is equal.
Creating an environment where everyone feels free to express themselves without judgment.
Creating an environment where everyone on stage works towards the same goal.
Every member of the ensemble communicates ideas and feelings and are all on the same page.

29. How do you create an ensemble on stage?
Look and Listen
The ensemble actor always has their eyes and ears open while on stage. They are focused an engaged at all times.
Support
The ensemble actor is focused so they are ready to give support when something unexpected happens to their fellow actor on stage.
Be A Community
Ensemble actors work together and build a community for each project. There are no single “stars”.

30. Accountability
To make sure our ensemble is working the best it possibly can, we have to create and follow classroom rules.
There are 2 sets of rules in this class.
Classroom Rules – Created by Ms. Rose
Ensemble Rules – Created by you!

31. Ms. Rose’s Classroom Rules
D – Develop and communicate ideas in a collaborative and cooperative way. R – Respect others and the space. A – Always try your best and leave the drama for the stage. M – Maintain focus and accountability. A – Always show audience etiquette. Notice these rules focus on how we build our ensemble!

32. Ensemble Rules
Take a minute and brainstorm ensemble rules you would like to have for this class.
Think about what kinds of things bother you in other classes?
What kinds of things do we want to make sure don’t happen in this class?
When you are ready, write a rule or personality trait that you want in our ensemble next to each letter.
Everyone will need to contribute at least one rule to the list.

33. Silent Birthday Circle
Goal: SILENTLY arrange yourselves in a circle in chronological order of your birthday.
Time: 5 minutes!
Before you go: How will you work together to communicate your birthday using just your body?
After it’s done: How did you feel not being able to use your voice?
Use this activity if you have additional time left over. Otherwise, introduce this activity in lesson 2.

34. Exit Slip
Write a text to a friend about how you think this class will be different from your other classes.
Include 3 things you learned, 2 things you think are interesting, and one question.
Feel free to use your regular “text language” and include emoji’s!

35. What is an ensemble?
Day 2

36. Journal
Describe a time when you were part of a team or a group and it didn’t go so well. What do you think would have helped?

37. Strengthening our Ensemble
What is an ensemble?
A group of people working together as a supportive whole to accomplish a common goal.
How do we strengthen our ensemble?
Being more comfortable with one another will allow us to be more creative and express ourselves.

38. Strengthening our Ensemble
Activity – Kitty in a Corner
Activity – Honey Do You Love Me
Activity – Group “Up”
Activity – One Word Story
Activity – Silent Guard
Activity – Human Knot

39. Exit Slip
Do you feel as though we grew as an ensemble today? Why or why not? Give at least 2 examples from class to support your answer.