8B Drama: Persuasive Speeches from YIS Arts on Vimeo. During this unit for drama we learned how to make different types of speeches. One of the speeches we have performed is the Persuasive Speech. In order to create a persuasive speech we had to choose a topic and we had to perform a persuasive speech. [...]

What is the skill that I used? In this activity, I have used various skills. I have used some skills to show my expression, how I was feeling throughout the act and used the vocal of the character in the act. In this activity I was acting out to be a person who cared about [...]

This is a brief reflection of what we did in Drama class. Enjoy! What techniques did I use to approach this skill? To approach this skill I used some techniques. One of the techniques were when you spoke while acting you change the tone in your voice. The second technique that I used when I [...]

The performance that my group (Jennifer,Yuki,Kenneth) did is called Tsuru No Ongaeshi. I think  our group has performed much better than when we performed to the whole class during the class practice time. When I actually had to perform my story-telling skit for the very first time I was very nervous. During the practice time in [...]

Myth- a traditional story especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. e.g. of Myth- Japanese and Chinese people believe that there are mythological creatures like dragons. Legend-  traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. e.g. of Legend- ‘How Kangaroo [...]

This is the final 3 minute speech I had to do in class. We had to talk about our best day of our life or holidays or neighbor.  For my topic I chose the best day of my life because I thought it was the easiest topic in the 3 choices.  I talked about my [...]

I really thought that Gene Kelly used his prop really well. He has used it to show some kind of feeling and also shows a story. Also the tap shoes that he wears makes rhythm and fits in perfectly with the song “Singing In The Rain”. Also he uses the shoes to make the right [...]

Today I was really nervous about the LAMDA Exam! I was worried if I’d be able to speak up and do all the things I have learned in Drama. I was after Naomi but before Axcel. After Naomi it was my turn and my stomach had butterflies in them. I was really really nervous about [...]

  6B Marii-LAMDA Speech from YIS Academics on Vimeo. This was my final practice before I took my LAMDA exam. I think I did better than the first time I recorded my video of myself. I think that I improved on being better to speak to the audience (like I was shy the last time). [...]

  Marii 6B from YIS Academics on Vimeo.   This is a video of me at Drama Class talking about my hobby. I think my weakesses are that I I’m not confident to speak in front of everybody. I fidgeted a lot during the speech ( the hobby speech). I think that was my weakness.　I don’t [...]