In Fifth Grade students learned some new drama games! We worked on team building and working as an ensemble.  The fifth graders learned how important it is to listen to each other and pay attention to what is being communicated to them.   The fifth graders also learned when working in a team you must listen to every body’s ideas and then make a decision as  group.  Some students had to compromise and learn that they can’t always be in the spotlight.  By the end of class they were giving and taking much better!

In Sixth Grade students got assigned a partner and had to come up with an occupation.  They had to then mime a scene that showed what their occupation was. The rest of the class had to guess. Everyone did a great job.  Memory is one of our best tools as an actor.  I asked the students to think about their senses when miming to make their scene more believable.  They were all  very creative and took their time to make sure they didn’t forget any steps.  They all had to write an outline so that they knew what their partner was doing.  They had to think about communicating with their partner on stage and what their relationship was.  We will continue our mime unit until the end of the trimester!

In Seventh Grade we started to go through the scenes for “Twelfth Night”. This week I was checking memorization. Please continue to help your children learn their lines and cues.  We also decided on our set design and started to block some scenes!

Eight Grade please read the email I sent you!!