Documentation
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Claudia came in for extra help on her role during
nutrition and lunch. |
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Actors are genuinely interested in the meaning
of words they will have to say and to which they will have
to respond. |
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Our actors watch a rehearsal of A Midsummer
Night’s Dream on the main-stage. Midsummer actors
later came to one of our previews. |
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Students sign up for extra rehearsal and production
jobs. We review the schedule. We set up theatre. |
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Company of actors remains on-task for substitute
teacher |
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On this day, a student teacher and an aide
for the special needs students join me. |
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Conferencing with individual students takes
place before rehearsal begins. |
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Invited previews have begun. |
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Four languages spoken here in our prologue:
English, Farci, Chinese, and Spanish. |
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We used props and comic bits to scaffold exposition
for our actors and our audience. |
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Claudia plays her objectives confidently, showing
comprehension of the text. |
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Post show interviews-after performance of A
Comedy of Errors |
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It was exciting for the students to be honored
at a luncheon at a major university campus. |
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The students used the positive audience response
to find new values in their scripts. |
Reflections
on Teaching |
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Why Shakespeare?
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excerpt from program |
Why not tackle the best? The students prove to themselves
that they are up to the challenge. |
Pedagogical
Context and Materials |
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article about Much Ado about Nothing |
Our students received nice attention in the school newspaper. |
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Another article about Much Ado |
This article appeared in the Santa Barbara Newspress. It
was so important for our students, who previously felt “invisible.” |
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student work |
Towards the end of the semester, we had some fun writing “Lies
Poetry” and sharing with the class. I found the
assignment sheet in a stack of papers left behind by a retired
colleague |
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script we used for Comedy of Errors |
Script we used for A Comedy of Errors-This adaptation
worked well, even though most of it is in iambic pentameter. |
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Curriculum Paper assignment |
The basic rules of the class. |
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freewrites to music |
I am so happy that Karla stayed with us. |
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one-act class notes |
Actors from the one-acts production class came to see
a preview. Their laughter taught our actors so much
about what was funny in their lines. |
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Scene Summaries and production fliers |
English and Spanish versions of the scene summaries were
done by students and a student teacher. The flyer was
done by student Erica Uriarte. |
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Script used for The Tempest |
I usually splice together an adaptation with some material
from Shakespeare’s unabridged text. |
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Index of Videos for COE |
A more detailed look at our A Comedy of Errors rehearsal
and production video. |
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dialogue written by student |
Maria Hernandez used her little sister as her intended audience. |
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Scene written by student |
Based
this scene on a scene from A Comedy of Errors |
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character chart for performance |
Character Chart for performance-Students create this flow
chart for entrances and exits. A real asset in casting
actors for multiple roles, and for actors during rehearsals. |
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curtain call chart |
Curtain Call- We posted the blocking for the curtain call
so actors could see it before running onstage for their bows. |
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flyer for Much Ado About Nothing |
Flyer for Much Ado-This flyer was designed by a
student. |
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Monologue written by student |
Monologue written by student Juana Fonseca-Juana focused
on the feelings she had when visiting back in Mexico. |
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program for Much Ado About Nothing |
Program for Much Ado-Students and a student teacher
typed the program. |
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scene summaries for The Tempest |
Scene summaries for The Tempest-This project helped
audience members in the following the plot. It also
helped those with smaller roles to have more meaningful work
and a more sizeable contribution to the project. |
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Vocabulary exercise |
Vocabulary Exercise-These lists provide scaffolding for
the students. Student mentors review the definitions
with their peers at the beginning of each class session early
on. |
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Phil Levien's Acting Resume |
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