Day 11

6 x 6 for Sixth Grade “Annie” Project—Digital Scrapbook

Vocabulary

1. musical theater: A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

2. “The Depression”: A sever worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II

3. “The New Deal”: A series of economic programs implemented in the United states between 1933 and 1936

4. choreography: The art of composing ballets and other dances and arranging the movements of steps and patterns of dancers

5. “off book”: During rehearsals for a play or musical when the director thinks the actors/ actresses are ready he calls “off book” where the actors/ actresses run through the play or musical without reading the script

6. stage manager: The manager of the stage; the personal who controls the lights, back droppings, and curtains, during a show or play

Sentences

1. Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick Maine is a musical theater.

2. The musical Annie was based on a time right after “The Depression.”

3. In the musical Annie, “Annie” inspires Franklin Delano Roosevelt to create “The New Deal” by singing him “Tomorrow.”

4. In MSMT’s version of Annie Marc Robin and Buddy Reeder choreographed All of the dance numbers in the show.

5. Marc Robin, the director of MSMT’s Annie, called for the cast to go “off-book” after the first week of rehearsals.

6. The stage manager in MSMT’s production of Annie was named Marc Johnson, He controlled the backdrop, lighting, and curtains for this production.

Details/ Facts

1. There were over 50 people working as the cast and crew for MSMT’s Annie

2. The costume lady for the production of Annie was named Jodi, she helped everyone in the show with quick changes and slow changes, Jodi Rules!

3. During tech rehearsal Marc (our director) wore a T-shirt that said tech is fun!

4. Lauren Weintraub (Annie) had 10 different costumed during this performance

5. There were 9 orphans in Annie, 3 of the orphans were added in, their orphan names were August, Summer, and June

6. We did 24 shows during the run of Annie at MSMT

Questions

1. When did the character “Little Orphan Annie” first appear in American culture and who created her? A: 1944, Annie was created by Harold Gray

2. When was the musical Annie first produced and who wrote the musical? A: in 1977 by Charles Strouse

3. What forms of media has the character “Little Orphan Annie” appeared in? A: A comic strip, a book, and a musical

4. Who was the President of the USA in the musical Annie and list three reasons why he is one of our most famous presidents? A: FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) He was rolled around in a wheelchair because he had polio, he created the new deal, He served longer than any other president

5. What is a “tech rehearsal” and why is it important? A: Tech rehearsal is the first time that the cast is introduced to the theater and it is the first day before an audience and they run through the show with all of the lighting and backdrops and music

6. What do you like most about musical theater (write a detailed sentence or two)? A: What I like best about musical theater is, not like a regular play, you get the crowd dancing and singing along with you as lighten their mood while you sing and dance along to the music. Also I like pretending I am in an alternate universe when I am onstage, it’s like I’m someone else which is amazing.

Math: Geometric Shapes

*Sophie is working with a Teaching Tree Standards Based Skill Builder flash card set for Geometric shapes. Today she learned the shapes by working with the flashcards and then re-drawing the shapes with their names. Every 6 x 6 (3 a week) day for the next two weeks she will work on the shapes and playing games. The goal is to identify the shapes with their names, then draw the shapes on her own when given the shape-name. *there are 20 flashcards

Sophie, describe the properties of each of these shapes:

1. concave polygon: It looks like an arrow head, it has 6 sides

2. parallelogram: it’s like a tilted square, It has 4 sides

3. rhombus: it is like a diamond except it has acute angles instead of right, it has 4 sides

4. trapezium: It almost seems like it is a 3-D shape one side is bigger than the other, it has 4 sides

5. square: It looks like a square and has 4 sides J

6. acute triangle: A triangles except it is smaller and has acute angles, 3 sides

Current Events *search for 6 currents events related to Annie

1. World War II

2. The Prohibition

3. The great depression

4. The new deal

5. The rights of children

6. Hoovervilles ( A common place for people to live with no money )