Creativity
58h 15min

Action
66h

Service
42h + 25 min

2h 30min

This time we practiced our play for the upcoming show for Christmas party. We got to work rather independently in our own groups. The teacher would go around and give us tips on how to act better and what sorts of improvisation bits we could include in different parts. For the latter half we improvised and played around. We also got to see each others' plays and comment on them.

Hours spent on the activity.

A short description of the activity and some reflective personal remarks.

In some cases: the total hours spent on the genre (creativity, action or service).

2h 15min

First we came up with random lines that we had to write down on paper. They included lines such as "I am not really a woman." or "Are we in Turku?". Then we were divided into pairs, picked out four lines each and were given a scene. After that we had to improvise a play while the others watched. It was a lot of fun because integrating these random lines often gave the play a fun twist. Since about half of the random lines were still left after this exercise, we did it again with three people. It was definitely harder to handle and keep track whether the other two people had already used their lines. With my group I actually did not get a chance to use my last line since the other two thought I wanted to end the play when I asked them for coffee whereas I was going  to use my last line during the coffee session. After that we had the hitchhiker exercise. The idea of it is that there is always three people in a imagined car, one driving in the front and two at the back. The mood in the car changes according to the mood of the hitchhiker taken in and continues for as long as a new hitchhiker  comes. The driver is always the one leaving. The funniest ones this time were complaining grannies who were too blind to even drive the car succesfully and singing Christians (because most of us do not sing).

1h

First we practiced with soft balls. It used to be fun but nowadays I do not like it as much because when we start practicing forehand and backhand with hard balls, I find it harder to get good hits. After practicing basic hits, we played two against one. The one who was alone had to hit the ball very high so that the other two could practice smashes. When ten points were gained for either side, we changed positions with each other. In the end of the lesson we played king game which is basically two against one game. A game was ten points and we had to start with service hits.