WINTER

MEMORIES
Grade 10 Drama

LEARNING GOAL:

To connect personal experience to fictional character work through writing monologues

SUCCESS CRITERIA:

- Believable and focused acting

- Exaggerated physical choices in acting
- Positivity, experimentation, leadership and listening in rehearsal
- A monologue which BUILDS and incorporates elements of effective monologue writing
- Strong and clear vocal projection
- Powerful and moving staging choices
- A surprising and effective story using the elements of story structure
- Strong tableaux work
- Excellent incorporation of 3 choral vocal techniques (including one whole group sound
score)
- Relevant and brilliant production elements (set pieces, costumes, props, music, etc)
You will work in a group of three or four actors.
Part A: For homework, you will reflect on a favourite winter memory and use it to write a 60
second monologue.
Part B: Your group will create a scene around a winter theme which will be assigned to you.
The scene should be 3 to 5 minutes long, with full costumes, props, music, etc. Your group
should make use of at least 3 choral techniques, including one whole group sound score.
At various points in your performance, the group will freeze in tableau positions, and one
member will deliver their monologue (fully memorized). The first and last lines of the
monologue should be incorporated into the scene, so there is a flow in and out of the
monologues.
Your monologue (first draft) will be due: _________________
Your final performance will take place on: _______________

WINTER MEMORIES RUBRIC

CATEGORY

LEVEL 4 80-100%
REALLY ADDS TO
PERFORMANCE

LEVEL 3 70-79%
EFFECTIVE AND
PRESENT

LEVEL 2 60-69%
SOMEWHAT
PRESENT

LEVEL 1
50-59%
UNCLEAR

Monologue principles
make your monologue
EXTREMELY powerful
and appropriate to its
GENRE

Monologue principles are

present and mostly
appropriate to its GENRE

Some monologue
principles are present

LIMITED

Choral techniques are

EXTREMELY well
chosen and make your
scene better
Tons of positivity,
experimentation,
leadership and listening

You clearly understand how

to use choral techniques
effectively

Some understanding of
how to use choral
techniques

LIMITED

A fair bit of positivity,

experimentation, leadership
and listening

Some positivity,
experimentation,
leadership and/or
listening

Monologues, staging,
storyline, choral techniques
all make the scene better
and are incorporated
smoothly

All elements make sense in

the scene

Some elements make

sense in some way in the
scene

LIMITED

Staging Principles

LEVELS, VARIETY OF
POSITIONS,
TRIANGLES are
EXTREMELY well used

LEVELS, VARIETY OF
POSITIONS, TRIANGLES
are CONSIDERABLY well
used

LEVELS, VARIETY
OF POSITIONS,
TRIANGLES are used
SOMEWHAT

LIMITED
Use of
Staging
principles

Physical Character
Work Body in
longer performance

Body shows character

EXTREMELY well
through FACE, EYES,
GESTURE, POSTURE,
MOVEMENT

Body shows character

CONSIDERABLY well
through FACE, EYES,
GESTURE, POSTURE,
MOVEMENT

Body shows character

SOMEWHAT through
FACE, EYES,
GESTURE, POSTURE,
MOVEMENT

LIMITED
Physical
character
work

Voice

Voice is EXTREMELY
connected to character and
projection is strong

Voice is CONSIDERABLY
well connected to character
and we can hear you

Voice is SOMEWHAT
general and can be hard
in places

Voice is
LIMITED

Storyline

Surprising, moving and

well-thought-out

Story is clear and effective

SOMEWHAT clear and

effective story

Story is
LIMITED

Production
Elements

Sets, costumes, music,

and/or props, etc, could be
from a professional
production!

Sets, costumes, music, and/or

props, etc, make sense

SOME sets, costumes,

music, and/or props, etc,
are used

Prod.
Elements are
LIMITED

KNOWLEDGE/
UNDERSTANDING

Monologue
Principles

Choral Techniques

THINKING

Rehearsal

Combination of all
elements

LIMITED

COMMUNICATION

APPLICATION