Darn my nerves! I'm holding the first drama club meeting in just over an hour and I'm more nervous for it than I was to present at the symposium. I guess that makes sense, though. I'm in charge of this, the one to be blamed if the kids find it horrible, where I was just a participant in the symposium and didn't really care if people were enthralled or bored to tears. I hope this works. Drama made high school semi-enjoyable for me...I have very few memories from that time of anything but.
So what's my plan for the meeting today? Here it is:
Introduction - introduce myself and what the heck I'm doing here. Discuss my experience with drama and what I hope the kids will get out of the club.
Interviews - students will pair up and take turns interviewing eachother with some predetermined questions and will then present that info to the group (I know, I hated this activity back then, but can now see the benefits...oh to be wise)
Two truths and a lie - first acting activity! Each person will come up with three statements about themselves - 2 will be true and one will be false. Each will present their three statements to the group and we will try to guess which is the lie. The goal is to trick the audience into guessing the wrong statement. I love this game and play it for fun with friends.
Wrap up.
The end! Whadya think? We'll see. I'll know more in two hours. Yipes!
Plus, I have a miserable headache of a cold. Bah.
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2 hours later:
Well that was fun! I had 22 attendees (more than I had expected) and they all seemed to enjoy the activities, especially the two truths and a lie game. I'm excited. This'll be a lot of fun if I do it right and keep the kids interested and engaged. For our next meeting, I asked them to be prepared to discuss who they think is a strong actor and why that person is good at what they do. I hope there aren't any "because she's pretty" reasons, but I'll figure out a good response for that. I'll be ready. That's the key, I think. Be ready. But still a little spontaneous. And not sick.
I'm on my 5th cup of tea for today. Tea tastes delightful when ill. Especially apple berry tea with a little sugar.
8 comments:
This sounds like a fun strategy that will loosen everyone up. I wonder what the lies will be. How many kids?
Sounds great beary! Congratulations, I'm glad you are getting to work on your own project.
love ya!
I just learned the biggest tea-drinkers (on an individual basis) are the Irish, who drink an average of four cups a day. I guess in between beers.
I love two truths and a lie! Dude, I haven't done that since SCICON! I always toss in "I dressed in character to see X-Men 2." Oh, how innocent people are when they don't know how nerdy I am yet. :p
Erin, you are so awesome that Ma and I were thinking of you at nearly the exact same time! Crazy!
congrats!
like my comment?
so is it tea mosos? or team osos?
mel! if you have any ideas or activities in your treasure trove of experience, please let me know. especially if they relate to dramatics and were well received by older kids. actually, ANY advice that you, or anyone for that matter, can offer for working with highschoolers will be much appreciated!
What fun and great ideas. Anything with riddles kids love at any age. Hugs, Hugs Love, Mom and Ozzie
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