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Rehearsing a Dramatic Scene
3. You will next be assigned a scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream that your acting group will perform. Work collaboratively in your acting group to make meaning of the text. Follow these steps to guide your close reading and annotation of the text. You will be responsible for taking notes on your script and for using this script and notes as you plan and rehearse your scene.
• Skim/scan the text and circle unfamiliar words. Use a dictionary or thesaurus to replace each unfamiliar word with a synonym.
• Reread the scene and paraphrase the lines in modern English.
• Summarize the action. What is happening in the scene?
• Reread the scene and mark the text to indicate elements of humor (caricature, situation, irony, wordplay, hyperbole).
• Mark the punctuation, and determine how the punctuation affects the spoken lines. Discuss tone of voice and inflection.
• Analyze the movement in your scene: What is each character doing?
When should characters enter and exit?
How should characters enter and exit?
What could you do to exaggerate the humor or create a humorous spin?
• Analyze the blocking in your scene, that is, the movement and placement of characters as they speak:
Where is each character standing?
To whom is each spoken line addressed?
4. Divide lines equally between group members. You may have to be more than one character. One person in your group will be both a player (actor) and the director.
Player (student’s name)
Acting As (character’s name)
Director:
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