Selected Poems of Joy Harjo - Music Center

Step-by-Step Sequence of Learning – use these cognitive processes: experience, inquiry, creation, performance, reflection, assessment
Model Lesson Seven – Theatre: Giving and Taking Focus
ASSESS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
What does “give” and “take” mean?
What does projecting the voice mean?
EXPERIENCE - Get Smarter: Add Giving and Taking Focus to the Walk/Freeze
While in their seats, each students reviews the one or two memorized phrases from their Found Poem
Divide class into two groups as in previous Walk Freeze lessons , have first group go up on stage
Directions for adding Giving and Taking Focus to the Walk/Freeze:
Everyone on stage gets a number.
Actors do the Walk/Freeze.
On the freeze, the number one is called.
The actor who is number one looks at the Focus Point and speaks the text, projecting the voice, taking focus.
All the other actors look at (give focus to) the actor who is number one.
This is continued with all consecutive numbers.
Between numbers, the Walk/Freeze may be resumed until the next freeze.
Side coaching (To an actor who isn’t giving focus) Where are you supposed to look?
INQUIRE
What happens when actors give focus to the person who is talking?
What happens when someone isn’t giving focus to the person who is talking?
Music Center Anchor Work Model Curriculum Unit: Selected Poems of Joy Harjo.
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