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I would like everyone to leave their ideas (IN DETAIL), so that everyone else can respond and help us come up with the skit (NUMBER 3).
AMY S. did a skit today that is a GREAT START. I will give a synopsis for you to comment on.
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Amy’s skit is about a new student named Owen and his mishaps with drinking, drugs, and how to lose all your new friends in a matter of days.
It starts off with Owen making a new friend. He is asked to come to a party, and he ends up doing more than eating candy and drinking Dr. Pepper…
He gets others involved with his illegal activities, and the party gets so out of hand that the police arrive. His new friends get called out on their participation in the drugs and drinking.
I will need Amy to elaborate more on this skit, and this is just a partial synopsis. She performed in class today, and it was very convincing!
Leave your comments here!
~Ms. Nero
That sounds really cool. I want to learn more about it. But from the synopsis above, I think that it would be good. Mrs. Nero, can you go over what she came up with on Monday?
Thanks, Emily
Dear Mrs. Nero,
I would like to be in the skit, the role that I think I would be good at is owen`s friend whatever his name is going to be.
Thanks,
Matt Barber
I like it too,and I just want to say that because I keep forgetting about it, that I would like to have a role in whatever we end up doing. Thanks so much!
From, Ashley (Pip)
I would like to play a bad guy in the skits if that would be okay with you
I would like to be an extra if that is okay.
sounds boring, like what a normal teenager goes through
i think you should write a script Mrs.Nero
1)Stephanie Streat
2)I would like to be part of the play.(bad guy)
3)I agree with Amy’s skit. It sounds like a great idea
=)
To follow your directions:
1. LOVE to be in it,
2. LOVE to be a lead, but a simpler role will work.
3. Amy’s is perfect!
By the way, amy’s script sounds pretty good, I think we can expand more on it though, but it’s a good start. =)
i think its a very good idea,although, i think it sounds like a everyday thing i a teenager IS doing drungs then this would be the typical thing that this person would go through… i think u sould make it more detailed.
I want to be onstage and one of the main characters. I think the skit is not that interesting and but i like parts of it. I like the part where hes at a party and the cops come. I like this skit but then I don’t in a way. I would like it if it was starting somewhere like at the movies or something.
I would like to have a speaking part.
The party skit sounds like a good start, but we should probably add more interest to it, but it sounds like it would be a good length. We shouldn’t exaggerate too much, but it has to be realistic. I’m sure A block has some good ideas, too.
Melissa Rice
I would like to do some backstage work and maybe work on some dialogue and direction for the skit.
I think that the idea of incorperating drugs as well as alcohol as well as drugs into a commen teen enviornment will deffinately be more effective as fas as reaching the audience is conserned. However, I believe that the same basic idea of this skit should be exagerated so that leagal actions as a result of the drug use will be emphasizes as well.
It sounds okay, but I don’t think in real life just one kid could do all of that.
I would like to have a small part in the play. Not an extra but like a little speaking part.
Dear Ms. Nero,
The skit is really good. Some stuff could change around just a little bit, like maybe not just one main character. Since I am pretty sure more than one person wants to be “Owen”. A role I would like to have is a main one! I really want say more than one line. I would love to have a big role! It would love to be a main character!
Thank you!
Sarah Gunn
I would like to be one of the Policemen.
1) My name is Leah Carlson. Hello.
2) I would like to have a bit part in one of the drug awareness skits, but I really DO NOT want a main part or a backstage part.
3) I think that Amy’s skit sounds very realistic. I think that this situation could very well happen to the average teenager, and I think that this story is easier to relate to than a story about a herione addict or something else that is that serious. If the students watching the drug awareness skits do not relate to the performaces or do not think that the scenarios in the skits could happen to them, I don’t think that our purpose has been served. We’re not trying to scare the kids watching into not doing drugs & alcohol, we’re just showing them what happens when you use them and the consequences that follow.
WOW!!!!
Can you say awesome?!
This is really good.
I really do like it, now I can see why your going with this Ms.Nero
It’s really good, and I also have a good feeling about this because a whole lot a teenagers go through this almost everyday and at a party, so yeah it’s execellent.
Also it is wonderfully written too.
I think the charactor I want to be is either a leader or something else that someone that will notice you.
I also want to hear more about it.
Thanks a lot!!!!
1. Emily Lombardo.
2 I would LOVE to be an actor ON stage.
3 I think that her synopsis is very cool. BUT I think that we need to add something to it. I’m not sure what we should add to it, but it does need something else that will catch the audiences attention.
Thanks,
Emily
Hi this is travis. I want to help out backstage doing…anything, Please let me know what I can help out with, my home room teacher is Ms. Hardy.
thanks:)
Hi this is travis. I want to help out backstage doing…anything, Please let me know what I can help out with, my home room teacher is Ms. Hardy.
thanks
I would like to be backstage doing makeup and costumes.
For this skit i think we should have people in a rave, and then people outside who are about to goin the rave and they are taking the pill.
The pill makes them blank out and have a good time and they have no control.Then they go into the rave and one of the people who had the pill to paradise passes out and is taken to the hospitle.Later he ends up waking up and realizes that he could have killed his friend if it wasnt for her saing to to the pill.
There can be adjustments i dont care just an idea i had that would be very fun to act out.
hey, i am catherine jones and i would like to help out backstage doing…
and it helps me get to know more about the class…and it helps out with the school…..:) thanks
I dont really like that idea. I mean its ok but it just seems kinda boring. People arent going to pay attention to it if they are bored, and then we’re not gonna get our message through. So i think we should do something more interesting and maybe have like a tragidy.
I would really like to be a lead part. But a smaller role is ok.
I want to be a policewoman
i really want to be a policeman.
hey well I think that Amy’s is pretty good and I think it will be something pretty good to start on. Well I changed my mind and now I think that i want to be an extra in this skit
it would be nice if i could be a police man
yea i kinda want to be ON stage as well
i dont want to be backstage
so whatever script we do ide like to be ON stage, as one of the people doing drugs, maybee?
any part is fine as long as im on stage
1)samantha wright
2)I maby want to be back stage
3)amy’s was pretty good I guess but she needs to put more bad things in it like someone will die
Stephanie Streat and Rachel Stein really want to be police people.hers wouldnt send so im telling for both of us.
How did you like Ashley Pauley and Emily Lombardo’s skits? Respond on BOTH of them. (remember, there were two).
Thanks,
Emily
On Your Responses:
Many of you said that you thought that Amy’s skit sounds boring, like something that happens to everyday teenagers. I think that’s the point. Won’t people zone out if what they’re watching is most likely not going to happen to them? I mean, if people are watching scenes that could actually happen to them (or have happened to them), I think that they will be more likely to connect to the performances. And if people in the audience have done things similar to those playing out on the stage and gotten away with it, maybe they’ll see that those kinds of behaviors (drugs & alcohol) are not okay.
-Leah
Hey this comment is for Sara G., Kiersten and Sara C. I liked the skit but maybe next time have more lines.
i think my goup did very well infact, we could have been louder
I think Linda did very well but could have talked a little louder
I think Leila’s group could have been louder, otherwise it was good.
and .. Linda’s group was good, they pretty much did everything right. I could hear them, but there backs were facing us most of the time.
Hey ok well I was in Linda’s Skit and my comments to linda are….:
Make more small talk in your script so that the audiance can relate more to the characters other than that you did a great job thanks for letting me be a part of it.
The police/ambulance weren’t on time and Sam had to err err err or something like that. You get the point. That kind of through it off and some people were laughing, but the storyline was straight.
I think taylor could have talked louder
Leah well I understand what your saying but when people say that it is boring they mean “well I have heard that a million times before and i know what to do in that situation” and they want to see something with a different approach. So yeah I do like Amy’s Skit it is well written, I think it should be our base but I also think we should take into consideration everything they everyone is saying and build on to Amys Skit. So basically mess everything together.
Thanks
WOW!! Like so awesome. This sounds cool, lets do it!
I thought this was a really good skit and it had a very interesting plot. I’m not so sure if I want to be in this skit, but I would be happy to help out backstage.
I like Amy’s idea, I’d just like to be in some role on stage.
Of course, we heard that some stories wre boring or this or that so on.
But i mean this is a start about what we could go big on. Everybody knows that people take drugs by people doing this, that, etc. And they take it. It seems like what it happens here from me.
But who knows…
~Jarad~
Hey guys! Thanks so much Ms. Nero! I didn’t expect to get that great of a reaction from my skit… I pretty much just tried to think of real life situations that were not corny and people could really learn from.
1-Amy Schriner
2-I would really like to play the role of “Candy” if we did my skit or someone else IN the play.
3-I am going to post my skit in another comment so you guys can all read it!
peace outt =)
Dear ms nero,
I would like to be in the drug awareness skit really bad. I am not afraid to get up in front op people or speak out(as im sure u already know) hahah but yes i would really like to be in the skit
Your student,
Wells Larson
i would like to be a main character
SCENE ONE
(at school)
Candy: “Hey, I’m Candy… are you new here?”
Owen: “Yeah, I’m Owen.”
Candy: “Sweet! Well, I have to go to class, but you know, there is this awesome party on Friday night… no parents will be there… You should definitely come with me!”
Owen: “Awesome, yeah! That’ll be fun!”
SCENE TWO
(loud music and people talking at a party)
Candy: “Guys, I really don’t think we are going to get caught, it’s no big deal… anybody would be doing this… Honestly, come on!”
Kate: “I don’t know. It really doesn’t sound good. Like what if we get caught? I would be so dead!”
Mason: “Guys I don’t think we’re gonna get caught, but I think we just shouldn’t do it.
Candy: “Listen, we’re at a party, a lot of people are doing it and if you want to look stupid fine, but I am going to be the one hanging out with all the cool kids, not the losers. So, whatever, you take your pick, but I am gonna do the weed no matter what you do.”
Jake: “Yeah guys, it’s not that big of a deal. I mean come on, you could at least have some drinks and relax. Nothing is going to happen, just have some fun while you can! I mean, I’m eighteen and I’ve been doing it since I was sixteen just like you are, and I’ve never gotten caught now have I?”
Owen: “Fine, I’ll have a few drinks, but I’m not doing the weed. Now will you please stop bugging me?”
Jake and Candy: (encouraging and congratulating)
Kate: “Oh my gosh… Owen are you really going to do it? Wow I thought I got to know you well enough, but I guess not. I hope you know this is going to ruin you’re reputation at school. Bye guys.”
(Kate leaves the room)
Mason: “Listen guys I’m really sorry, but I’m gonna go with Kate. Stupid things like this make her mad at me and I really don’t wanna break up right now. See ya at school.”
Candy: “Fine, whatever, Loser!”
SCENE THREE
(music and people talking at the party)
Jake: “Man I always loved this stuff! It makes you feel so good and relaxed, whew.”
Candy: “I know! Isn’t it nice? Ha, I need some more of this! Owen, you should really try some, I’m not kidding. It is so great. You’re really missing out.”
Owen: “I know I probably am, but I don’t want to get caught with it. And if I do it then I will smell like it and someone will definitely find out.”
Jake: I’ll be right back guys, I’m getting another beer. Should I get you guys some too?”
Candy: “Nah, I’m good for now… but I know my friend Owen here is dying for some more.”
Jake: “Aight, I’ll be back in a sec.”
(sounds of police sirens and kids running)
Candy: “Oh man, we better get out of here! Come on Owen!”
Owen: “Oh god! Hurry!!”
(they start running down the stairs and are stopped by the police. Owen is caught and Candy tries to keep running but they catch her. They are taken back to their houses by the police.)
SCENE FOUR
Police #1: “Hello there. I believe this is your daughter Candy?”
Mother: “Yes… what is going on?”
Police #2: “Well, it seems your daughter was at a party tonight. We got a phone call from the neighbors, and they told us there was a lot of loud noise at the Stewarts’ house. There was drinking and drugs involved.”
Police #1: “If you couldn’t already smell it, your daughter was doing weed and drinking alcohol. We are sorry, but she is going to have to do a lot of community service hours and go to counseling sessions for doing drugs.”
Mother: “Candy! I cannot believe you! How could you do this? I am terribly sorry officers. Thank you so much for telling me. I do not think you will have any more problems with her involving parties.”
Police#2: “Thank you ma’am. Good evening.”
SCENE FIVE
(Candy on the phone with Owen)
Candy: “So, what happened to you? What’s your punishment?”
Owen: “Well, let’s just say I won’t be doing anything for about… hmm 24 months! I knew I shouldn’t have been drinking, well actually, I shouldn’t have even been at that party in the first place! Now my parents don’t trust me and I have to do community service and counseling! And on top of that, my friends are all going to think I’m some, like, drug addict or something. This is all your fault!”
Candy: “Oh come on, it’s not that bad! It could be a lot worse, and besides, I’ll still be your friend!”
Owen: “Well I’m not sure that I really want to be your friend. A real friend wouldn’t have pressured me in to doing something like that in the first place. I wouldn’t be in this position if you were a good friend.”
**CLICK**
Candy: “Hello? Owen?… man, I really screwed up this time.”
SCENE SIX
Candy: “Mom, I’m so scared. I really don’t want to go to school tomorrow. Everyone probably already knows that I did the drugs. What if they all hate me?”
Mom: “Hunny, you should have known better than to do it. I’m really disappointed in you. But, I think you should call Jake and make sure he is ok. Maybe you should also call Kate and apologize to her.”
SCENE SEVEN
(Candy calling Jake. There is no answer, and she leaves him a message)
Candy: “Hey Jake. It’s Candy. I just wanted to make sure you were ok and got home safely. Just call me back when you get this.”
SCENE EIGHT
(at school the next day)
Candy: “Hey Kate. Listen I wanted to apologize for trying to pressure you into doing the drugs and drinking with us. I wasn’t being a good friend.”
Kate: “Listen, I understand that we all make mistakes in life but I know that wasn’t one I needed to make. You should really just be worried about Jake, not me.”
Candy: “What do you mean? What happened to Jake?!”
Mason: “You didn’t hear? Yeah, he is in the hospital. He was trying to get away from the cops in his car, but he was going way too fast, and was obviously drunk, and then he crashed. He’s hurt really badly and was caught with the drugs. He’ll probably be there for a long time and when he gets out he has to spend his time in jail until his sentence and then they will decide from there what happens to him.”
Kate: “Yeah, it’s really sad. But, see, that is why I don’t get involved in things like that. I told you it wasn’t smart.”
SCENE NINE
Candy: “OH MY GOSH! Jake! Are you ok? Jake, I am so sorry! I love you! You have been the best friend! Please, please be ok! Oh my gosh… no I can’t believe this is happening.”
Nurse: “Excuse me, ma’am? I’m terribly sorry but you are going to have to leave… Only family is allowed in to visit at this time. His condition is too serious. Come back next week and then you can see him.”
Candy: “Ok… I’m sorry. Bye Jake. I’ll be thinking about you and praying. Just please don’t leave me. Deal? Ok… bye.”
Nurse: “Thank you very much. Here, right this way…”
(Candy walks out of room crying)
I think Amy’s idea would be a good idea for a skit. I would not necessarily like nor dislike a part in the skit. If I had to play a part, I would rather be an extra.
I really liked amy’s skit and think that we should use it. it was really interesting and it could happen to any kid. I want to be the mom of one of the bad kids.
i think that amys skit was good! it would be funny to act out. but i also liked gabbi’s p. too! it was really funny when she acted it out and was being two people at once.
I think that Gabbi P’s skit was great! It was good because it was very simple and i liked it alot. I think that Gabbi should create a blog and put her skit on it. I would want to be in it.
I REALLY LIKE THAT SKIT
i think that skit was saaaaaaweet best yet they just need to finish it and it will be da boo0mbbbb!!!
Wow.. NICE!
I wanna be in the play Ms/Mrs.Nero
Not backstage.. but one of the guys in the play
Tnx
~Jarad~
i think that skit wasn’t really really really good because i thikn the actors just played with it aand werent serioous the whole way! but it wasn;t horiable
yalls was really good because I could really picture it happening and it was cool
heyy everyone go to http://www.drugawareness.wordpress.com it has my whole skit with characters lines on it and a few other people’s skits. You guys should deffinately check it out!
Thankss