Weekly Agenda: April 19-23, 2010

Monday, April 19
Poetry Portfolios DUE
Poetry Readings (presented alphabetically)
HW: None!

Wednesday, April 21
Late Start
Complete poetry readings
Introduction to drama unit
- One-Acts
- Monologues
- Multiple act plays
- Genre plays (murder mystery, suspense, comedy)
HW: None

Friday, April 23
The One-Act Play:
- general outline
- common elements
- Read/perform example: “The Proposal” by Anton Chekhov
- The “Flash Drama” (a ten-minute one-act)
- Brainstorm ideas for a “flash” one-act: plot, characters, situations, etc.
- Form small groups of 2 to 3
HW: Begin narrowing down ideas to ones you feel are really viable to write and
perform over the next week. That means keeping it small in scope and brief in terms of the narrative arc.