1. Brighton Beach Memoirs Act 2 Day 3 4 April 2013 Miss Rice

2. Warm-Up   What is the number one piece of advice you would give an actor about putting on an excellent performance in front of a crowd?

3. Agenda  Reading  Scene-writing

4. ENG. 10 Objectives 4/4   To understand and analyze Act 2 of Brighton Beach Memoirs.   To write and practice original scenes for Brighton Beach Memoirs in small groups.

5. Student of the Week  Ashley  Passion for writing, great in small groups, on top of her work

6. Warm-Up   What is the number one piece of advice you would give an actor about putting on an excellent performance in front of a crowd? Everyone please put your name on your warm- up and hand it in to me!

7. Scene Performances: 15 pts.  Appropriate costumes  Props enhance the scene  You create the appropriate setting  Actors project their voices  Actors use proper emotion

8. Scene Content: 15 pts.  Personalities are true to the characters  Scene is derived from your prompt  Conversation is developed  Scene is organized  Dialogue flows

9. Script Formatting: 15 pts.  1-2 pages typed  Stages description at start of scene in italics  Narration in parentheses throughout  Spacing throughout  Dialogue with speaker names identified 45 points total!!!

10. Finish Scripts and Plan  You have until 1:45 to finalize and print out your script  I want you to practice your script before 2:05  Plan props, costumes, and scenery for tomorrow by 2:05

11. Presentations  For each group but your own, you will fill out a form after the presentation  Member names  Suggestion  Strength  We will vote on the best scene at the end!  Julio and Sam- you guys are up

12. BBM Act 2  Let’s start where we left off yesterday…  Page 98

13. Homework  Finalize Script  Bring in props  Be prepared to present first thing tomorrow!