Assignments / Resources / Lessons and Lectures

What You Need for this Class

• A computer, reliable wifi, a place to do your work with minimal distractions
• A notebook and pen or pencil
• A Zoom account (you will have one Zoom link for all classes and meetings with me; put it in your digital calendar with password so you can click on it whenever we meet for class or a scheduled conference)
• Ability to use IT Sligo Microsoft Teams and Moodle
• Access to libraries, research data bases & search engines, bookstores
• A gmail address and a Google account (in addition to your IT Sligo email address); this gives you access to Google drive (so you can organize your files, use Google docs and Google sites and Blogger, etc.).

Also: I may ask you to take and share photos for this class; a phone camera will be sufficient. 

In a pandemic (and at other times), access to resources, bandwidth, privacy, time, peace and quiet, and financial resources may be in short supply. Keep in touch with me if you are finding yourself challenged or stymied about any of the requirements for this class and we will figure things out. 

Major Assignments 

Weekly ungraded mini-assignments will help you build notes, drafts, and research (with feedback from your peers and from me) for your deliverables. Keep up with the reading, dialogue, lectures, and feedback from week to week and you'll be in good shape. 

Each of the four assignments is worth 25% of your grade.

• By November 2: Choose and get (buy or borrow) your book for end-of-semester presentations
• Assignment #1: November 16: 1500-word review of play due
• Assignment #2: December 7 and 17th: student-led presentations of books reviews
• Assignment #3: December 7 and 17th: submit written reviews for grading
• Assignment #4: December 17: Interviews with creative practitioners due online 5:00PM December 17th

"Attendance" for an online course with asynchronous components means:

• Keeping up with the work 
• Doing the reading, viewing, mini-assignments, etc.
• Watching all video lectures and slideshows; listening to any assigned podcasts)
• And making yourself available reliably for peer review with other students and conferences with me. 

Lessons, Lectures, and Slideshows for This Class

 

Resources

Critical Writing 

Theater, Textual and Performance Concepts

Staging and Production Concepts

Experience of Witnessing

Researching Skills

List of Books to Choose for Your Presentations

Introduction to the Writing of Reviews

Books/Journalism

Giving and Receiving Constructive Critical Feedback

Interviewing Skills

Effective Presentations