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Writing Practices That You Use
Paraphrasing: Taking the given text While this task obviously helps students to
and rewriting the dialogue in your own render difficult language such as that of an
words. Ancient Greek dramatist or Shakespeare more
accessible, this task is also very valuable to
contemporary acting. By paraphrasing, the
student gets a better grasp of a character’s
objective (a theatre term that means what a
character wants). Every time a student takes on
a role they MUST identify their objective in
order to find success in their portrayal of that
character. Identifying an objective is frequently
an assignment in my class.
Another objective:
Script Analysis: At times, students will Script Analysis helps to ensure that my students