Feb 23: Peer Editing Notes

Today we had a quiz on TECH THEATER. Make sure to schedule a make up time (before school or lunch) if you missed it.

Notes from today will be graded.

Power Peer Editing
Step-by-Step for Editing Writing in
Theater I

Power Peer Editing
Always remember these lessons:
A good peer editor makes a better self-editor because you learn by correcting other peoples’ work!
Treat your peer’s paper like you’ll be graded on his/her errors and weaknesses.
Power Peer Editing
Step One:
Read your peer’s whole paper aloud. (You can have them read it, but you need to HEAR it.)
This can be very quiet, but the point is to hear whether the words flow or are awkward.
Plug your ears and read aloud to block out other people around you.
Power Peer Editing
Step Two:
Read the first paragraph again, aloud and...
Double check that paragraph has a good:
Hook- make your letter stand out with a catchy hook (the first line should make you want to read more!)
Why (This is the thesis – “I’m writing to you because…”)
Elaboration (detail)
Mark convention errors.
Save time: don’t re-word sentences. Put “awk” by awkward areas and move on.
Don’t fix the spelling- just circle the word and write “sp”
Don’t fix punctuation – just circle it and write “punc”
Power Peer Editing
Step Three & Four:
Read second paragraph (repeat third)
Double check:
Introductory sentence
Elaboration
Concluding sentence
Mark convention errors
Save time: don’t re-word sentences. Put “awk” by awkward areas and move on.
Don’t fix the spelling- just circle the word and write “sp”
Don’t fix punctuation – just circle it and write “punc”



Power Peer Editing
Step Five:
Read conclusion
Double check:
Did the writer include a thank you?
Did the writer restate the “why” (“I wanted to write to you because…”)
Mark convention errors
Save time: don’t re-word sentences. Put “awk” by awkward areas and move on.
Don’t fix the spelling- just circle the word and write “sp”
Don’t fix punctuation – just circle it and write “punc”


Power Peer Editing
Step Six:
Talk to the writer:
Suggest to peer what their greatest area of weakness is: ideas/content, organization, sentence fluency, voice, or word choice.
Suggest what your peer’s greatest weakness on conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation) is.
On the additional editing paper, write at least ONE positive comment for each paragraph. Positive feedback makes writers happy.
Add “peer edited by: ____________________” at the end of the editing paper. Sign your name!

Do this THREE times, and you’re done!!!

Theater I: Journal Entries #3 & #4 (4/14)

Journal #3: FIRST DAY

Think back to the first day of school. . .

What did your teachers go over?

What did you DO in class that day?

Journal #4: NOTES

Casting

Choosing the Right People to do the Job

On Casting…

After reading the quotes, why do you think directors believe casting is so important?

“Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good.”

“Casting is 65 percent of directing. “

“Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don't know what you'll like, but you recognize it when you see it.

The First Rehearsal

Getting our Act Together

What to Expect:

• The director will distribute scripts.

• The stage manager will go over rehearsal etiquette & expectations.

•Contracts (if any) will be signed/returned.

• Cast and crew introductions will be made.

• Rehearsal schedules will be distributed.

• A contact list will be distributed.

• The cast will do a “read-through,” the initial reading of the script.

Why do you think it’s important to do cast & crew introductions at the first rehearsal?

Why do you think a “contact list” is important to a cast & crew?

Production Meetings

(What do all those techies DO, anyway?)

Production Meeting FACTS…

• Production meetings involve ALL TECHNICAL positions.
• They are held 3-4 times during rehearsal period.

Topics of discussion include:

• Design concepts

• Scheduling

• Overall tech (lights, sound, costumes, etc.)

• Budget

• Publicity

• House management

Name the areas of technical theater that would be included in production meetings.

Theater I: Journal Entry #3 - Costume Design (1/28)

Journal #3: Costume Design

COSTUMES 101: Dressing the Part

 

COSTUME “NEED-TO-KNOW”

- Every garment worn in a production is a costume piece.
- Costumes are a storytelling tool.

- Costumes convey information about the character to the audience.

- What kind of information???

 

WHAT DO COSTUMERS DO?

And what’s the big deal about it, anyway?

 

COSTUMERS MUST…
1. Read the script!

2. Know the LOCATION (setting).

3. Know the TIME.

4. Know the ACTION in each scene.

 

RESEARCH!

-  After a designer reads the script, they meet with the director to discuss their plans.

- Then, they can begin to RESEARCH the costume design…

- How do you do RESEARCH for a project at school?

COSTUME RESEARCH

 Library

 Internet

 Travel

 Interviews

 Art

 Imagination

 

In journal: Costume Design PROJECT (20 points):

·      Choose an occasion from the list below:

Going to play paintball
"A wolf in sheep's clothing"
Going to church
Going to a job interview
Going to the airport for vacation
At home, sick
First day of school
A first date
Going to a HOME football game
Going to your favorite band's concert
Going to prom
Visting Grandma (or another old relative)
Going to a funeral
Going to a wedding

 

·      Make a list of descriptions of the articles of clothing that you own that you might wear on this occasion.

Shirt:

Pants/skirt:

(Dress?):

Socks:

Shoes:

Hat/hair accessories:

Belt:

Jewelry/other accessories:

 

·      The next day you attend school, WEAR THE COSTUME YOU HAVE DESIGNED.  (Make sure that you remain in DRESS CODE.)  You will be asked to give a short presentation to the class on why you have chosen the specific costume pieces.

Theater I: Journal Entry #2 - Intro to Technical Theater 1/27

Journal #2: Intro to Technical Theater - 1/27

Intro to Technical Theater

The Basics

•Theater depends on people working TOGETHER.
•The people who work behind the scenes are called “technicians.”

Technicians

•Create the environment & effects.
•Usually OUTNUMBER the performers!

•Work in several areas of focus…

1.SET 2.PROPS

3. LIGHTS 4. SOUND

5. COSTUMES 6. MAKEUP

Technicians may also include the RUN CREW and stage managers.

 

SET DESIGN

•Set designers come up with the initial concept of a set.

•SET CREW will BUILD the set.

 

PROPS

•Properties crew is in charge of gathering & organizing PROPS.

•Props may have to be RENTED,
BORROWED, BOUGHT, or BUILT.

 

LIGHTS

•LIGHTING can establish the mood, time, and place of a play.

•Lighting designers decide: WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN.

•WHAT type of lights to use.

•WHERE to focus them.

•WHEN to turn them on.

 

SOUND

•Sound designer decides on music & sound effects.
•SOUND also includes any amplification!

 

COSTUMES

•Costume designers create or choose the clothing that the actors will wear.

•Costumes may be RENTED, BORROWED, BOUGHT or BUILT/SEWN.

 

MAKEUP

•Makeup refers to wigs, hairstyles, and false features AS WELL AS cosmetics.

•Actors typically do their own makeup in live theater.

•When there’s something SPECIAL, though, they need help!

 

PLEASE REMEMBER:

•TECHNICIANS in theater have to be PREPARED with all materials/designs.

•They must also WORK TOGETHER to keep a safe and clean work space.