Friday, February 5, 2010

1-Minute Play

During 7th period, please write a 1-minute play. This is an exercise. The directions are posted from last class. Please read the instructions carefully and complete this exercise.

If you finish early, please write the following in your journal:

Make a list of settings.
Make a list of characters. For each character provide a name and brief description.

Examples:
List of Settings:
A park
Winter, 1918; New York Subway
Easter Sunday, in a suburban living room
A locker room after a game
etc.

List of characters:
Jim, a 20-30 year old garbage collector.
Takia, a 18 year old student, studying geometry. She wears thick glasses.
Mr. Biggles, a 50 year old custodian. He wears overalls and carries a broom.

During 8th period. Please stop writing, send me your 1-minute script. We will spend the rest of class today reading a few plays. Please come forward and select a character card for participation credit.

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About this course!

This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.