Please note: Make sure you're reading the information on this post for your section. Because 4 of the sections took home Our Town, their agenda for the day is significantly different than the agenda for the other 2 sections.
Sections 8-1 and 8-6.
1. Please take a seat. We will be watching a 10-minute play by playwright George S. Kaufman called "If Men Played Cards As Women Do." Please fill out the sheet in response to the short film.
2.After the film, I will hand out a helpful cheatsheet, if you will, on what needs to be included in your 10-minute plays. On the back you will find some more brainstorming ideas. Please read them and try a few.
3. Begin brainstorming and writing today. Do not concern yourself with the format just yet.
CLICK HERE for 10 Minute Play Formula and Brainstorming Activities.
HW: Please read Act II of Our Town. Expect a short quiz the following day.
Sections 8-2, 8-3. 8-4, and 8-5: Please take out a half sheet of paper (yet again!) and focus yourselves for a short quiz. This quiz should take no longer than 10 minutes.
After the quiz, we will watch Act III of Our Town. Unfortunately, that will take us right up to the end of class and we won't be able to discuss it. But we will.
You have no official homework, but you will begin writing your 10-minute plays starting Wednesday (after a mini-lesson). It would be wise to start/continue brainstorming for plot, characters, setting, theme, etc.
Check past blog posts for brainstorming activities: Theme Brainstorm
Character Brainstorm
Scene Exercise
Still stuck? Try the 36 dramatic situations webpage to help get you started.
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