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Stephanie at DE continued

DOING LANGUAGE AND MOVEMENT GAMES
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THEN, SMALL GROUP WORK BEGINS
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THE GIRLS DISCUSS THEIR STORIES

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Students have prepared scripts that they will now analyze to apply movement to and use some of the stage directions to "block" their movements.

STUDENTS PREPARE THEIR STORIES
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THEY PLAN THEIR MOVEMENT WRITING IN THEIR SCRIPTS

STUDENTS PLAN THE ACTION AND MOVEMENT
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ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN IN SCRIPTS

THEY REHEARSE ACTION, EMOTION, LANGUAGE
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THEY INTEGRATE THEIR MOVEMENT WITH THE MEANING OF THE SCRIPT

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Each group has created and rehearsed their own scripts. They next will show the drama to each other and be assessed according to:
 
Facial Expressions
Concentration
Feeling
Creativity
Structure
Teamwork
 
Stephanie then asks them to decide how they will be scored. "How many marks for each category?" They will need to judge facial expression, whether students were loud enough, whether the story was interesting or not, whether it had a clear beginning, middle, and end, how well the group seemed to play together. Since today is a "dress rehearsal" they need to note from the comments and the marks given what they need to work on next time: how they will make it better, do they need to be louder, does someone stand with back to audience, is the structure clear, how is the teamwork. The others will judge and give feedback. Each group then performs their plays for the others, receives feedback, and marks. They will gather props and costumes for next time.

THE DRAMA BEGINS
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Each group performs their play and after each group shows their work, there is discussion, assessment, and guidance led by Stephanie.

STEPHANIE SUGGESTS IMPROVEMENTS WITH STUDENTS
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THEY WILL ADD TE IMPROVEMENTS THE NEXT CLASS

SOME PRETEXTS OR ITEMS TO STIMULATE
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IMAGINATION AND TO INSPIRE THE STORIES

ANOTHER KIND OF PRETEXT
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