Writing Comedy

Writing Comedy Unit Objective: Students will demonstrate a deepening awareness of the comic sketch by writing and performing a nine minute sketch. Life Skill: Students will record life events and observations strengthening their understanding of self, work, and life and then stretch this into comic proportions. Theatre Skills: Students will -Create a paragraph describing who they are and how they will project themselves as a comedian. -Develop observation journals of times, places, countries, facts, and people -Write jokes and practice using them on stage -Research jokes and practice jokes of the successful comedians -Create a comedy sketch and perform this.