For our final assessment this unit in drama, we had to make a 3-4 minute long persuasive speech to our class. I chose the topic, “We should reduce our carbon emissions”. And it turned out very well. My speech was a success because I organized my speech well, the content of my speech was interesting [...]
What is the skill that I used? I used a lot of skills to develop my character such as gestures, facial expressions and vocal skills. We recently explored how eye contact can change a character’s personality so I tried to use extreme eye contact in the end to express my frustration as a character. I [...]
What is the skill that I used? I used physicalization well by utilizing posture, gesture, a good tone and a good volume for speaking. I stood in a very confident way and I pointed a lot to show my dominance. I spoke in a very loud and demanding voice to also emphasize my dominance. How [...]
In this drama unit we were asked to perform a story in front of grade four students. My group performed the story, “Rupenzel”. How did I perform as the character etc? I think I did a good job performing because I projected my voice and always faced the audience. I also really acted like a [...]
Kasajizo is about a poor old man and his wife that run out of food on new years eve. So the old man goes outside in the freezing snow and goes to sell straw hats. However no one came to buy his hats. He then noticed that there were Jizosama, stone statues which protect the [...]
In Drama I performed a 3 minute speech about the holidays. I think I did a good job at delivering my speech because I had a loud and clear voice. I also always had eye contact and creating a good structure (Beginning, Middle and End). During the start of the speech I was bobbing my [...]
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. One example is The Story Of Echo & Narcissus. Legend: A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. One example is Legend of the Guardians. Folk tale: A story originating in popular [...]
Last week I performed a speech about one of my passions, which is skateboarding. We had around 15 minutes to plan our speech. We also had partners to watch our practices to see what was done well and what could be improved. In my speech I used a short story to start it off. I [...]
In this last assessment my group and I performed a mime piece that was five minutes long. This performance was about a passenger plane. I was a normal person sitting in between two very annoying people, who constantly made trouble. What Did I Explore In This Unit? In this unit I explored using imaginary objects, [...]
Gene Kelly utilized props very well in “Singing In the Rain”, he used a lamppost, umbrella and his hat. He used his props in many different ways, for example tossing, and spinning his umbrella, using the lamppost to spin around it and tossing his hat. He created great rhythm using his tap shoes, and danced [...]
