How to get the most out of the Recorded Course One Act Plays and Playwriting with Kevin O’Brien:
What better way to study drama and playwriting than to perform short plays in class on Zoom with other students - live! With Kevin O’Brien, professional playwright and actor, we will go over a selection of one-act plays in this course and even get some sense of how to write them - and how not to write them!
How to get the most out of the Recorded Course One Act Plays and Playwriting with Kevin O’Brien:
PARENTS: As primary educators of your homeschooled children, you will be assessing their work in this recorded course. This may prove difficult, if you don't know the subject matter.
My suggestion is to discuss this course with your child on a regular basis. Ask him or her what he or she learned in class each session. Get your child to explain to you what the video was about, what the homework assignment is, and what some of the deeper meanings are of what we're discussing in class.
In addition, when it comes to grading essay answers, even if you (the parent) don't know the material, you can at least assess your child's written work for proper
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Punctuation
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Spelling
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Grammar
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Sentence Structure
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Coherence of Argument
Of course, feel free to take this class with your child and learn side by side!
STUDENTS: Here's all you have to do ...
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Read the material
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Watch the videos
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Do the assignments
Feel free to reach out to me if you're confused or have something in particular that excites you or moves you - kevin@thewordinc.org.
Total Classes: 6
Class Dates: Tuesdays, October 24 to December 12, 2023. No class Oct. 31 or Nov. 21.
Starting time: 1:00 PM Eastern (12:00 Central; 11:00 Mountain; 10:00 Pacific)
Duration: 45 minutes
Prerequisite: None
Suggested Grade Level: 6th to 8th Grade
Suggested Credit: 1/2 semester Literature, Writing, or English
Instructor: Kevin O’Brien
Instructor Email: kevin@grunky.com
Zoom Link:
Course Description: Mr. O’Brien has written and produced over 40 plays and screenplays. In this course, we’ll look at the challenge of short plays. We’ll read a few one-act plays live in class - with students playing parts if they’d like to! And we’ll try our hand at writing our own short plays - comedies, dramas, adventures and farces!
Course Outline:
Class One: “Professor Palladium’s Traveling Theatrical Wonderment Show”
Class Two: “The Happy Journey”
Class Three: “Hello Out There!”
Class Four: “Lamb of God”
Class Five: “Who Killed Christmas?”
Class Six: Highlights of Student Plays
Course Materials: PDF files provided FREE by the instructor.
Homework: Auto-Graded Quizzes and a Creative Final Project - writing a short sketch or five-minute play. Plan on about one hour of homework per week.
- Teacher: Kevin OBrien