Acting: Summer 2008
Zaininger
The purpose of this letter is to inform you
how you can access your son/daughter’s grade on line as well as give you an
overview of the course.
I look forward to working with your
son/daughter this summer in Acting.
Acting offers students the opportunity to develop his or her
presentation skills using text, creating scenes using Second City
Improvisational Exercises, scripting text using Northwestern’s Performance
Studies scripting text approach, reading text in order to present a character,
using an acting approach and feeling comfortable in front of an audience.
A brief overview of the course includes:
Week 1: introduction to
the stage and its terms, a historical view of acting, improvisation basics,
sight reading text
Week 2: Improvisational
what and where exercises, film study (how environment affects character)
Who exercises, Contemporary Monologue study
Week 3: Practice and
hone monologues for presentation. The Glass Menagerie and scene study
Week 4: Final performance of scenes from The Glass
Menagerie and scripting text of a short story.
Week 5: Practice
scripted text performance of story and classical monologue study of
Shakespeare. A Midsummer’s Night
Week 6: Final presentation
of classical monologues. Revisiting of contemporary monologues and final presentation of
contemporary and classical monologues.
Final.
You can access your son/daughter’s grade by following these steps:
You may access your son or daughter’s grade by following these steps:
WEBSITE: 1.) I have a class website that is accessible through the Naperville Central Website at http://www.naperville203.org/central
1. Link onto “Teacher Homework Pages” that is located to the left of the homepage.
2. Scroll down my page and you will link onto your class. The syllabus is accessible through this page as well as any important information, including a link for your grade. I will give you a login during the first week of summer school and begin posting your grades so that they are available to you by Monday, June 9.
3. _____________________________
Student Login Pin for Grade:
Sincerely,
Mrs.G.Zaininger, National Board Certified: Adolescent Young Adult English Language Arts