{"id":5954,"date":"2021-01-29T18:49:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5954"},"modified":"2021-01-29T18:49:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:49:59","slug":"listening-and-other-improv-skills-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5954","title":{"rendered":"Listening and Other Improv Skills (online)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 4 &#8211; Listening and Other Improv Skills (online)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong>: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the more basics of improvisation by responding to a reading and reflecting on an awareness activity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why is listening important in theatre?<\/li>\n<li>How does practicing awareness help you as an actor?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/What-Improv-takes-skills.docx\"><strong>\u2018What? Improv Takes Skills?\u2019<\/strong> <\/a>document (Supplement found in separate document)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Note: This lesson was originally created as an online lesson. It can be adjusted and expanded to be taught in-person. Assignments were posted on Canvas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Self-Reflection for Lesson 3<\/u><\/p>\n<p>This is a self-reflection focused on the activities you participated in during the previous class (Where, Who, What Games) Respond to these questions in a text box or upload a written document.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What was a moment of discovery for you during the activities? Why did it stand out to you?<\/li>\n<li>What was a challenging moment during the activities? How did you overcome that challenge?<\/li>\n<li>What was your favorite part of the activities? Why was it your favorite?<\/li>\n<li>What additional questions do you have about what you learned?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><u>Observation Reflection<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Like the previous online assignment, sit and listen to your environment for 5 minutes (put on a timer). Afterwards respond to the prompt below.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What sounds did you hear?<\/li>\n<li>What did you discover during this activity?<\/li>\n<li>How do you think listening can impact you as an artist?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><u>What? Improv takes Skill? Pt. 2 Assignment\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Read sections 3-5 of What? Improv takes Skill? Then answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Instead of planning, you need to ________<\/li>\n<li>Why is it important to do answer to #1?<\/li>\n<li>After you do #1, you need to _________ (Section 4 of the reading)<\/li>\n<li>What is the most important rule of Improv? Why is it the most important?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 4 &#8211; Listening and Other Improv Skills (online) &nbsp; Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the more basics of improvisation by responding to a reading and reflecting on an awareness activity. &nbsp; Essential Questions Why is listening important in theatre? How does practicing awareness help you as an actor? &nbsp; Materials \u2018What? Improv &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"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\/5954"}],"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=5954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5956,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5954\/revisions\/5956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}