Lamar State College - Port Arthur

House Bill 2504

Spring 2018 Course Syllabus

DRAM-1352-01 - Acting II

 
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Faculty Information
SemesterSpring 2018
InstructorStafford, Laura Johnson
Phone(409) 984-6331
E-mailstaffolj@lamarpa.edu
Department
General Education and Developmental Studies
Chair:CMVP
Phone:CMVP
E-mail:CMVP
Office
Hours:MWF 11am -12:30 pm, WF 12:30-2pm (office - I will respond to emails within 24hrs.), TR 9:15-10:45 am or by appointment.
Building:Student Center (SC)
Room:417
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Course Information
Course Number12044
Course Description Exploration and further training within the basic principles and tools of acting, including an emphasis on critical analysis of oneself and others. The tools include ensemble performing, character and script analysis, and basic theater terminology. This will continue the exploration of the development of the actor�s instrument: voice, body and imagination as a means of interpreting human creativity and social expression.
Course Prerequisites None.
Required Textbooks An Actor’s Work by Kostantin Stanislavski. Published by Routledge Classics. 2017. ISBN: 978-1-138-68838-4.
Check your Blackboard Class Announcements for messages from me about class materials.    I give out additional reading materials used in class and for examination.

Check your MyLamarpa email often for campus updates. You must be able to access the Lamarpa.edu site and Blackboard to complete this course. You must have access to a printer to complete assignments. The Gates Library Computer Lab is available to all students with current ID cards.
Attendance Policy Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Attendance & Make Up Policy: Each student is allowed three hours of excused absence [court appearance, hospitalization of self, school sanctioned trip] (only 2 class periods). Each absence in excess of this ration will result in the loss of points from this category for each day missed. Tardiness will count as a 2 point deduction from this grade category.

Attendance /Participation is a requirement for this class. It is also a grade category. Full participation in the full class period is part of the course material; Leaving early will count as a tardy. Remember to make every effort to attend all class days. If you are absent more than 5 class hours (3 class periods) you may be dropped from the class by the professor with the grade you have earned. Save your excused absences until it is truly an emergency. The group performance project does not have any way to make up lost points. No Show – No Points.

300 pts Attendance and Participation = No Show No Points
[16 days Jan. 16-Mar. 20 @5pts each=80pts]
[11 days Mar. 27 – May 1 @ 20pts each = 220pts]


There will be no make up exams given in class time, in extreme cases it may be possible to take the unit exams in the Student Learning Center, but that must be arranged with Dr. Stafford in advance. There are NO RE-TESTS.
Course Grading Scale In Dr. Stafford's class you will be graded with actual points not percentages. Punctual completion of each assignment earns you a number of real points, which you will add up to total your final grade. There will be no curving. Check your course Blackboard “My Grades” to see your running total of points. You need 700 for a transferable C!

1000 pts total
By adding points earned, you can continually measure your progress towards the final grade you want to earn in this class.
Grade Profile
1000 900 A 799 700 C
899 800 B 699 600 D
599 - F No incompletes

You must have access to our course Blackboard to complete this course.
Determination of Final Grade Types of Assignments:
Oral Performance:

Warm-Up Research Analysis oral presentation; a Monolog and Group Performance
No show – No points
Written:

Monolog Performance: Select a monolog from the ones provided in class and complete an in-depth analysis of your character following the instructions provided for a 2-4 page typed paper.    

Warm-Up Research Project: Select a theatrical warm up exercise and complete the typed analysis form focusing on the effective and safe use of the voice and body. You will demonstrate and teach the exercise to the class.

Class Exercise Reports: Short analysis papers that critically analyze the effects of physical and vocal exercises on the performer’s body. Written in full complete sentences in paragraph form.

2 One Act Play Script Observations: Select and observe one act plays (UIL) then complete the analysis essay following the provided outline focusing on the acting aspects of each play

Character Analysis Paper for group production: An in-depth analysis of your character following the instructions provided for a 2-4 page typed paper.

Group Performance Self Critique Analysis: Your public group performance will be viewed and the written response critique is required to analyze your performance and that of your peers. A teamwork analysis is included in this assignment.

2 Exams: Two exams will cover lecture, textbook materials, and video examples. Each exam will use objective type questions using Scantron Form 882 and / or short essay questions.

Attendance / Participation: Fully participating in class discussions of Review Questions and performance projects will earn 300pts. See point break down below.

If there is any student in this class who has need for test taking accommodations, please feel free to bring me your accommodation letter and discuss this with me .

100 pts One Act Play (UIL) Observation Papers (2) @ 50 pts each
25 pts Monolog Performance
25 pts Warm Up Research Oral Presentation
50 pts Warm Up Research Project paper
50 pts Monolog Character Analysis Paper
50 pts Group Performance Character Analysis Paper
100 pts Group Performance (2) @ 50 pts each
100 pts Group Performance Response Self-Critique with Teamwork Rubric
300 pts Attendance and Participation = No Show No Points
[16 days Jan. 16-Mar. 20 @5pts each=80pts]
[11 days Mar. 27 – May 1 @ 20pts each = 220pts]
200 pts Exams (2) @ 100 each
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1000 pts total
    By adding points earned, you can continually measure your progress towards the final grade you want to earn in this class.
Final Exam Date May 8, 2018 - 1:30 PM   Through  May 8, 2018 - 3:30 PM
Major Assignments See below.
Calendar of Lecture Topics and Major Assignment Due Dates In progress
General Education/Core Curriculum Student Learning Outcomes
Communication skills:Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication.
Critical Thinking Skills:Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions.
Empirical and Quantitative Skills:Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts.
Teamwork:Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view.
Social Responsibility:Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities.
Personal Responsibility:Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes Program Student Learning Outcomes:
PSLO ALPHA: Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material.
Identifies all main ideas, supporting details, and vocabulary in reading material; demonstrates a full understanding of the reading.
PSLO 1: Critical Thinking Skills – Uses creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.
Creatively identifies problem, argument, or issue (to determine extent of information needed); differentiates the facts from opinions as relates to situation; constructs possible solutions or prediction or consequences; uses logical, sound reasoning to justify conclusion.
PSLO 2: Communication Skills – Demonstrates effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and/or visual communication.
Expresses a strong thesis; organizes information with effective transitions & sequencing of ideas; uses substantial, logical & specific development of ideas; details are relevant, original, credible and correctly documented when appropriate to show an effective development and interpretation of ideas; and presents ideas in appropriate mode of expression for the task.
PSLO 4: Teamwork Skills- Shows the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.
Helps the team move forward by discussing merits of alternative ideas; Treats team members respectfully; uses positive facial, vocal or written tone, or language to convey a positive attitude; Motivates teammates by expressing confidence about the importance of the task; Provides assistance/encouragement to team members; Completes all assigned tasks by deadline; Addresses conflict constructively; or helps the group avoid conflict completely.
PSLO 5: Social Responsibility Skills - Expresses intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities.
Identifies cultural characteristics (including beliefs, values, perspectives and/or practices); demonstrates knowledge of civic responsibility; provides evidence of experience in civic- engagement activities; and describes what she/ he has learned as it relates to a reinforced and clarified sense of civic identity in local, regional, national, or global communities; and shows awareness of one’s own culture in relation to others.
Course Student Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Analyze scripts more in depth from the viewpoint of the actor. (PSLO 1, 2, 5) Measured by Character Analysis paper for Monolog or Group Performance or Play Observation Analysis
2. Analyze, develop, and perform more complex characters. (PSLO 1, 2, 5) Measured by Character Analysis paper for Monolog or Group Performance and or Group Performance Self Critique
3. Demonstrate effective and safe use of the voice and body. (PSLO 2) Measured by Warm Up Research Project and Participation in class exercises reports
4. Define and discuss terms and concepts using an expanded vocabulary of theater. (PSLO Alpha) Pre/Post Test and embedded exam questions
5. Perform at an increasingly skilled level in ensemble building exercises, scenes and final projects, which may include participation in plays. (PSLO 2, 4) Measured by Warm Up Research Project and Participation in class exercises reports, Character Analysis paper for Monolog or Group Performance and Teamwork Chart analysis
6. Analyze and critique personal and peer performances. (PSLO 1, 2, 5) Play Observation Analysis and Group Performance Self Critique
Academic Honesty Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies
  • No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom.

  • Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission.

  • Electronic devices (including but not restricted to cell phones, MP3 players, and laptop computers) shall not be used during examinations unless specifically allowed by the instructor.

  • Use of electronic devices during normal class hours distracts other students, disrupts the class, and wastes valuable time. Instructors have an obligation to reduce such disruptions.

  • Turn your cellphones to vibrate when you enter the classroom.

    I will not probably respond to emails or texts after 8 pm but will get to your question the next morning as soon as possible. Please remember I am on campus by 7am and in class at 7:30AM!!!
Additional Information Student ID Cards: It is required for this class that you have a current Lamar State College Port Arthur Student ID card and an Internet Password to enable you to use the library and internet on campus for research purposes. The ID card can be obtained with a copy of your receipt on the 2nd floor of the student center and the Internet Password is given out at the Library.
Information about Grants: You are a partner with the Federal Government when you accept grant funding. Remember the 60% rule that if you stop attending before the 60% date you will pay back the grant. Contact the campus financial aid office for the details. Instructors will be keeping accurate attendance records to verify your last date of attendance if you stop coming to class.
Class Honesty Policy: Plagiarism in presentations will not be acceptable. The oral or written work will not be accepted and the points for that assignment will be forfeited. Protect yourself by documenting and giving credit to the source of your material. Do not use other students’ work, it is recognizable. Cheating on exams will result in a grade of zero for that exam.

There will be no make up exams given in class time, in extreme cases it may be possible to take the unit exams in the Student Learning Center, but that must be arranged with Dr. Stafford in advance. There are NO RE-TESTS.
There are limited days for the completion of the oral projects and everyone must be ready. It is your responsibility to follow the agenda calendar and be ready to present. All written reports are due on the appropriate due date stated on the agenda or a loss of 10 points will occur on that assignment. No SHOW means NO SCORE!!!
Important Information
ADA Considerations The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.
Copyright Violations Some material in this course may be copyrighted. They may be used only for instructional purposes this semester, by students enrolled in this course. These materials are being used fairly and legally. No one may distribute or share these copyrighted materials in any medium or format with anyone outside this class, including publishing essays with copyrighted material, uploading copyrighted material to Facebook or YouTube, or painting or performing copyrighted material for public display.

Copyright violation is not the same thing as plagiarism. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty. Offenses of plagiarism result in lower grades or failing scores, and professors and the college strictly enforce plagiarism rules. There is never any acceptable use of plagiarism. Copyright violation is a legal offense, punishable by large fines and penalties.

Copyrighted material can be used if permission from the material’s creator is obtained, or if its use meets the standards of fair use in an educational setting. For example, a student can quote a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a report without violating copyright but still be guilty of plagiarism if the quotation is not properly documented.

If you are in doubt about what material can be freely used, ask your professor or contact the Dean of Library Services, at (409) 984-6216.
Assessment Statement Assessment is a process by which LSCPA can help you learn better and gauge the level of progress you have made to attain knowledge, skills, beliefs, and values. It also helps your professors understand how to improve teaching and testing methods in your classes, and it helps each department understand and improve degree and certificate programs.

Periodically LSC-PA will collect assessment data for research and reporting purposes, including statistical data and sometimes copies of your work. Be assured that all material the college uses for assessment purposes will be kept confidential. To ensure anonymity, your name will be removed from any material we use for assessment purposes, including video-recorded performances, speeches, and projects.

If you object to allowing LSC-PA to use your material for assessment purposes, submit a letter stating so to your professor by the 12th class day. You will still be required to participate in whatever assessments are being done; we just won’t use your data.

What’s the difference between assessment and grades? The grades you get on papers, projects, speeches, and assignments are specific types of focused assessment. LSC-PA’s assessment efforts include class grades, surveys, standardized tests, and other tools.
Privacy Notice Federal privacy laws apply to college students. This means that college employees, including instructors, cannot divulge information to third parties, including parents and legal guardians of students. Even if the students are minors, information about their college work cannot be shared with anyone except in very limited circumstances.

Anyone requesting information about a student should be referred to the Registrar. Instructors will be notified in writing by that Office about what information may be released and to whom.

Please remember that releasing private information about a student, however innocuous it may seem, can be a violation of federal law, with very serious consequences.

Circumstances under which information may be released:

An adult student may submit, to the Registrar, a handwritten, signed note granting permission for release of information. The note must specify what information may be divulged, and it must specify the name of the person to whom the information may be given.

A parent or guardian may be given access to information about a student by providing a copy of a filed tax return that shows that the student was listed as a dependent of that parent or guardian. The tax return must be for last complete tax year. Again, this documentation must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.

A parent or guardian may be given access to information about a student if the student logs on to My.LamarPA.edu and sends an email to the Registrar granting permission. The email must specify what information may be given and the name of the person to whom it may be given.

Co-enrollment students are protected by the same privacy laws as adult students.

The Registrar’s office is located in the Student Center room 303B, and can be reached at (409) 984-6165.

College-Level Perspectives This course helps add to the students’ overall collegiate experience in the following ways:

  • Establishing broad and multiple perspectives on the individual in relationship to the larger society and world in which s/he lives, and to understand the responsibilities of living in a culturally and ethnically diversified world.

  • Stimulating a capacity to discuss and reflect upon individual, political, economic, and social aspects of life in order to understand ways in which to be a responsible member of society.

  • Developing a capacity to use knowledge of how technology and science affect their lives.

  • Developing personal values for ethical behavior.

  • Developing the ability to make aesthetic judgments.

  • Using logical reasoning in problem solving.

  • Integrating knowledge and understand the interrelationships of the scholarly disciplines.

Degree Plan Evaluation A Degree Plan Evaluation will help you determine which classes you need to complete your program.

  1. Sign in to your my.lamarpa.edu account.

  2. Click on the “My Services” tab.

  3. Click on the “Student” tab.

  4. Click on Student Records.

  5. Click on Degree Evaluation.

  6. Select the term you are planning on registering for (i.e. Summer I, Summer II, Fall, or Spring)

  7. Verify that the Curriculum Information (your MAJOR) is correct

  8. Click on “Generate New Evaluation” at the bottom of the screen.

  9. Click the radio button next to Program

  10. Click on the Generate Request button.

All of the classes that you have taken that apply to your declared major will be listed on the right. If you have a class that still needs to be completed, a “NO” will be listed on the right next to the required class.

HB 2504 This syllabus is part of LSC-PA’s efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.

Lamar State College - Port Arthur

Mission
Lamar State College - Port Arthur, a member of The Texas State University System, is an open-access, comprehensive public two-year college offering quality and affordable instruction leading to associate degrees and a variety of certificates. The College embraces the premise that education is an ongoing process that enhances career potential, broadens intellectual horizons, and enriches life.

Core Values
  • Shared commitment by faculty, staff and administration to a mission characterized by student learning, diversity, and community involvement

  • General education/core curriculum that develops the values and concepts that allow the student to make a meaningful contribution in the workplace or community

  • Academic and technical programs designed to fulfill our commitment to accommodate students with diverse goals and backgrounds, using a variety of delivery methods, on and off campus

  • Technical education programs that provide for the acquisition of the knowledge, skills and behavior necessary for initial and continued employment

  • Student achievement characterized by attainment of individual goals and measured by successful accomplishments and completion of curriculum

  • Co-curricular opportunities that develop social, financial and civic acuity

Principles
Lamar State College - Port Arthur operates in the belief that all individuals should be:

  • treated with dignity and respect;

  • afforded equal opportunity to acquire a complete educational experience;

  • given an opportunity to discover and develop their special aptitudes and insights; and,

  • provided an opportunity to equip themselves for a fulfilling life and responsible citizenship in a world characterized by change.

 
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