Tuesday

Today we are going to work on Act 4 projects. Note - if you need help look at Course Hero Act 4 videos.

Act 4 PROJECTS - 50 PTS
DUE: Friday



Each group has been given a scene.  The group will have to translate the entire scene into contemporary English.  The group will have to summarize what happens in the scene for the class and then act out the scene for the class with emotion, blocking, subtext.

Grade:

20 for a full and accurate translation of scene
            --things you could get docked for include: cutting lines or speeches, or characters
               mistranslations (make sure you look closely at the text and look up words you
               do not understand), bad writing: misspelled words, inappropriate words, etc.

10 points for summarization
            --make sure the summarization is loud, clear, and completely discusses everything
               that happens in the scene

20 points for acting
            --make sure all characters in the scene are represented.  make sure the characters
               have blocking (movement) and that their lines have emotion (do not just read
               the lines in a monotone voice whose subtext says “I AM BORED I AM A BORING PERSON I AM VERY BORED BECAUSE I HAVE NO IMAGINATION I AM BORED I SHOULD HAVE NEVER COME TO SCHOOL I SHOULD DROP OUT MR FIELDING IS MEAN I AM BORED”

You will be graded in this category on: 1) character roles  2) blocking/movement  3) subtext/ emotion  4) How accurately the acting depicts the scene



GROUP  or SINGLE PERSON ACTING

5= excellent   4= good 3 = adequate  2= needs some work  1 = needs a lot of work

Summary:  How well do the group summarize the scene?  Did the summary help you understand what was going on?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1

Lines (groups had to translate the lines into modern English):  Did understand the contemporary lines?  Did it sound like how someone would talk today?


5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


Vocal:  Was everyone in the group loud enough.  Could you hear them without straining?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


ACTING:

Emotion in voice:  Did the actors vary their pitch?  Could you hear different emotions?  Could you understand what feeling the actor was trying to present?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


Blocking/Movement:  Did the blocking/movement add to the scene or did it take away from the scene?  Did the movement make sense?  Could you visualize what the characters were doing?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1


Things you can give extra points for:  dressing-up (do you actors look like they dressed up for their scene?  Props (did the actors use props to help you visualize the scene)?

5                      4                                  3                                  2                      1

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