Fifth grade- In fifth grade students have continued to warm up with tongue twisters and vowel sounds. We focus on our diaphragm breathing, body position, and mouth formation so that our vowels our properly  vocalized.  Students have been physically warming up with isolation moves.  The rest of the class has been blocking for “Lewis and Clark”! Blocking is the position students stand for each scene including entrances and exits.  

Congrats to my sixth and seventh graders for having a successful Scene Night! I was very proud of all of my students for their hard work, dedication and having the courage to get up there in front of an audience.  Way to go! Thank you parents for your support.  I know your children love having you in the audience! In class we cleaned up and put away props, costumes and set pieces.  We then had a discussion in class about what students did well and what we need to improve on next time.  We then watched our scenes in class! Each student will write a review in their journals about themselves, as well as how they think their group did overall.  We talked about constructive criticism and how it can only make us do better next time and grow as a performer.

Eighth Grade-In class students have been brushing up their improvisation skills with scene partners.  This last week we focused on solo improvisations.  Each student had to get up in front of their classmates and perform for their final.  I gave each student a scenario. They had to follow my directions and problem solve in as many different ways as possible in order to accomplish their obstacle.  Some students had more physical scenarios and some had more psychological.  I was impressed with how well the eighth graders did! Their inner monologues were basically becoming outward monologues.

Happy Thanksgiving and fall break to all. Have a happy, safe and relaxing week!