5.Decorum Handout<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Lesson Directions<\/h4>\n
Anticipatory Set\/Hook
Play a variation of Augusto Boal\u2019s theatre game, The Embassy Ball (found in Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal, page 166)<\/p>\n
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How to play The Embassy Ball: Each person chooses an establishment character to play, a judge, a politician, a business person, etc. A ball is being held at the embassy, or the office, or wherever \u2013 any ritualized gathering \u2013 and all these characters attend, on their best behavior, dressed in their smartest clothes. They are announced at the door, they meet, they mingle.
Unbeknown to the guests, the waiter is a member of a revolutionary movement; he hands round drinks and slices of a cake which has been spiked with a hallucinogenic drug. A first serving of cake is distributed, loosening the inhibitions of the guests, who start to behave slightly oddly. A second serving of a cake contains more of the drug, and the guests reveal more of themselves, behaving as they would really like to: their desires come to the surface and override their mask of respectability. The third round of cake drives them to wild extremes of behavior. Finally they get a slice of cake, which contains an antidote which brings them down and returns them to their socially acceptable selves.<\/p>\n
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Variation of The Embassy Ball:
\u00b7 Have students determine their character based on the hat they choose
\u00b7 They must act in accordance to the social expectations of that character (i.e. decorum)
\u00b7 Chocolate candies and crackers are probably easier to use. i.e. Hallucinogenic drug in chocolate candy; Antidote in cracker
\u00b7 As they partake of the drugged appetizer, they slowly start to lose their sense of \u201cdecorum\u201d
\u00b7 As they partake of the antidote, they slowly reclaim \u201cdecorum\u201d<\/p>\n
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Instruction<\/h4>\n
Step 1:
\u00b7 Inform students that the fifth and final French Neoclassical guideline covered in this unit that is used by the French Academy is the principle of decorum.
\u00b7 Explain that decorum is \u201ca term which meant that all dramatic characters should behave in ways based on their age, profession, sex, rank, and the like. Each Character should follow this set behavior.\u201d http:\/\/homepage.smc.edu\/adair-lynch_terrin\/TA%205\/FrenchNeoClass.htm<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Ask students to connect their experience with the hook
o How did this activity explore decorum?
o When did you experience decorum?
o How did you know how to act?<\/p>\n
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Step 2:
\u00b7 As a group, have students identify each character from their fairy tale and fill out the Decorum worksheet<\/p>\n
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Closure:<\/h4>\n
\u00b7 Based on the information gathered on their Decorum worksheet, give students the remainder of the period to make final adjustments to their characters and their script overall<\/p>\n
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Assessment<\/h4>\n
Participation: 5pts
Decorum worksheet : 5 pt
Total possible points: 10 pts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Objective Students will demonstrate their understanding of the French Neoclassical guideline \u201cdecorum\u201d by modifying their fairytale\u2019s characters to ensure they is propriety in manner and conduct. Materials Needed \u00b7 An variety of character hats (one per student) \u00b7 Chocolate candies \u00b7 Crackers \u00b7 Trays \u00b7 Optional: Dinner music \u00b7 Decorum worksheet \u00a0\u00a05.Decorum Handout …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3208,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1590\/revisions\/3208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}