Final Scenes
7th Grade Drama
Below is a list of guidelines for your final scenes.
| For the Final Scenes, each student will be graded on four things: | |
| 1) The Script | |
| 2) Working as a Group | |
| 3) Working as an Individual | |
| 4) Groundplan | |
| The four grades will then be combined to make one grade. | |
| 1. | Each student will be assigned a partner. |
| 2. | Scenes are to be a minimum of 4 minutes, no longer than 5 minutes. |
| 3. | Scenes my not contain violence of any sort. This means no punching, slapping, or body slamming your partner. |
| 4. | No foul language. |
| 5. | Scenes will be graded on originality of the script and the characters created. |
| 6. | During the performance, scripts will be allowed. However, if you use a script you can receive no higher than grade than a B. |
| 7. | Points will be deducted for laughing inappropriately during your scene. By this I mean "falling out of character". |
| 8. | There are no "do-overs". Once you start the scene, continue on. If there is a mistake or you forget a line, then improvise. So long as the scene appears to be progressing naturally, you'll be fine. If you don't let us know you made a mistake, then we won't know you've made a mistake. |
| 9. | Do not talk to members of the audience if it is not part of the scene. Points will be deducted for this. |
| 10. | Make the characters believable. |
| 11. | As a member of the audience, if you talk during another group's scene, then points will be deducted from your scene - with a possible detention for disrupting the class. |
| 12. | Most importantly, believe in yourself. If you have fun on the stage then we will have fun in the audience. |
Scene Evaluation Sheet
and
Fairy Tale Evaluation Sheet
7th Grade Drama
The Following is a list of question to aid in developing
your character
and your scene for the "Final Scenes"
Questions 1 - 8 need to be answered before your scene.
Question 9 - 12 need to be answered after your scene.
I want real "thought-out" answers.
Answers that are honest and make you think.
| 1. | Your Name. | |
| 2. | Your Partner's Name. | |
| 3. | If this is a commercial, what is the product you are selling? | |
| 4. | Your scene is a: (circle one) comedy drama comedy /drama | |
| 5. | Your personal goal: | (i.e. Will you be focusing on blocking? projection? believability? nervousness? anchors? Or anything else? |
| 6. | Three physical anchors you intend to use. | |
| 7. | Draw a ground plan for your scene. | |
| 8. | On a separate piece of paper, draw a sketch of your character. | |
| 9. | What did you think of your performance? | |
| 10. | What did you think of your partner's performance? | |
| 11. | Is there anything about your performance you could have improved on? | |
| 12. | Something you really liked about the performance. | |