Monday June 12th, 2017

Introduction

• Camp Expectations
• What campers can expect from camp, and what instructor expects from campers
• Camp Objectives
• Discuss all of the class goals and objectives
• Projects
• Discussion - class reading, major, and daily projects our camp will accomplish each day

Daily Project

• Icebreaker - Moving Vocabulary 

Campers picked a card at random from a box. Each card had verbs the camper acted out. Campers had to listen to music and work with each other to place the verb they drew in a dance sequence using the rhythm of the music!

• Theater Activity - What Would You Do? 

Campers select a card from a box with character names; campers keep the character name to themselves. One camper goes first. A script is read and the camper acts out the character as best they can going through the actions of the script as the character they selected would. The other campers guess who this character is. The camper who guesses correctly, gets to go on stage and act out their character tot he same script. 

Class Reading

Campers will read for 30 minutes to gain inspiration from selected books, and to see how stories are written that captivate audiences. Worksheets handed out to test campers comprehension skills.

Major Project

Students break into teams and work on a graphic organizer to see what genre of book they'd like to act out in front of an audience. Blank lined sheets of paper given to campers to create an outline for their story's elements, and used storyboards to map out their theatrical performance. Students must prepare for their presentation on Friday:

• 5 elements of a story
• campers must outline, the 5 elements of their selected story including
1. characters
• main
• supporting
2. setting
• time
• place
3. plot
• 3 events
4. problem
5. resolution
• costumes
• stage 
• script for 2 different scenes from their selected book

We'll go over several books from several genres so campers could see how different types of books are written. Special attention focused on tone, and setting description that creates an image in the audience's head. Campers encouraged to bring a few items from home or a thrift shop for prop, costume, and setting inspiration.