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DRAMA (Yİ313GK)

Fall, 2010

Lecturer: Cem BALÇIKANLI, MA


Office: C-122
Phone: (312) 202 84 55
E-mail: balcikanli@gazi.edu.tr
Listserv: facebook.com/Baalcikanli Cem

Office Hours: Mondays 16:30-18:20

Textbook
Tauber, T. R. and Messer, C. S. (2007). Acting Lesson for Teachers: Using Performance
Skills in the Classroom. Praeger Publishing
Course Design:
This course is designed to provide teacher trainees with a 14-week and 3-hour course on
acting. Developing main acting skills enables teacher trainees to use their body language and
voice more effectively and to construct their professional identities in a context in which this
identity is analyzed and rehearsed as a role. The major components of the course are: effective
communication skills (body language, use of voice and nonverbal communication), sensory
awareness which is necessary for managing nonverbal communication and performing the
target professional identity, emotional preparation necessary for realizing an effective teacher
identity, nonverbal immediacy and finally a rehearsal process of your teacher identity by
blending these abovementioned all. These objectives will be fulfilled by practicing some
actor-preparation activities, learning some major acting techniques and some various
rehearsals on the teacher that you are aspired to become. In addition to that, teacher trainees
are encouraged to develop drama activities for teaching purposes.

Assignments:
The participants need to do some readings weekly to be discussed, prepare some acting tasks
individually or in pairs/groups and design and prepare some lesson plans and demonstrations.
24 different activities and tasks will be covered during the course. While 20 of these activities
aim at practicing acting skills and techniques, the remainder 4 are basically rehearsals which
will be performed after acting practices are completed. Each trainee has to take an active part
in these activities both in and outside the classroom and each are required to keep a portfolio
during the course.
Assessment:
Each trainee keeps a portfolio in which a session journal, all writing tasks, peer and trainer
feedbacks, and lesson plans are presented. As this course does not offer a final exam, macro
teaching demonstrations and portfolio will be the main criteria for the successful completion.
Mid-term Test

The mid-term will be approximately 45 minutes in length and will cover concepts and
terminology from the book and class discussions. It will entail both multiple-choice and open-
ended questions.

Attendance and Participation

All students are expected to attend each class, arrive and depart on time, and be prepared to
participate actively (Active listening, asking questions, making remarks, etc.).

Students will be allowed 8 hours of absence without the need to provide a reason. Excuses for
absences (health problems, family problems, etc) will be allowed but must be made up for by
out-of-class time with the instructor. After 8 hours of absences, students will fail the class.

Acting Themes and Skills with the Activity Numbers:


The table below shows the content and purpose of the activities. One activity may serve more
than one theme and skill. First four steps should be completed before the activities of the
rehearsals on teacher identity are performed. The first four themes and skills will be integrated
during the course. Abbreviations of the themes and skills will be used in the syllabus.

The list of skills and activity numbers


Voice (V): 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20
Body Language(BL): 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19
Sensory Awareness(SA): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 18, 19
Emotional Preparation(EP): 1, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20
Rehearsals on Teacher Identity(RTI): 21, 22, 23, 24

The Syllabus

Week Theme & Subject and Activities Required Assignments


Skills Readings
Subject: Presenting the idea of teacher as a Chapter 4 Intro
1 EP, SA performing arts

Activity:1 and 2
Subject: Practicing body language and Chapter 5
2 BL, SA sensory awareness Activity 6 is assigned to
groups for 3rd week
Activity: 3 and 4
Subject: Practicing body language and Chapter 6
3 BL, SA sensory awareness

Activity: 5 and 6
Subject: Practicing body language and Chapter 7
4 BL, SA, getting ready emotionally. Activity 14 is assigned
EP for 5th week
Activity: 7, 10 and 14 (requires definition)
Subject: Practicing body language and Chapter 8
5 BL, SA, getting ready emotionally.
EP
Activity: 14, 8 and 9
Subject: Practicing Voice. Chapter 9
6 V Activity 11 and 15 are
given assignment for 7th
Activity: 12 and 13 Week
Exam Facebook (20%), Participation (20 %), Midterm (60%)

Subject: Practicing Voice and getting Chapter 10 Activity 16 and 17 is


7 feedback for the activity performances assigned for the 8th
BL, EP, Week
V, SA
Activity: 11 and 15
Subject: Feedback for performances and Chapter 11
8 EP, BL discussion Activity 18 is assigned
for the 9th Week
Activity: 16 and 17
Subject: Practicing Voice and Feedback for Chapter 12
9 S performances and discussion Activity 19 and 20 is
A, EP, V assigned for the 10th
Activity: 18 Week
Subject: Feedback for performances and Chapter 13
10 BL, EP, discussion Rehearsal 21, 22 and 23
V, SA is assigned for the 11th
Activity: 19 and 20 Week
Subject: Discussion on the Rehearsal
11 Rehearsal writings and feedback Rehearsal 24 is
assigned for the 12th
Activity: 21, 22 and 23 Week
One more week may be
12 Rehearsal Rehearsal 24 necessary if the 24th
Performance of Trainees Rehearsal is not
completed.
Exam Facebook (20%), Students’ Presentations (60%), Participation (20%)

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