Group Exercise/Improvisational Skits:

I have broken the class up into groups of five. You have twenty minutes to come up with a skit that exemplifies signifying (Caponi 309), sounding (Caponi 310-311), marking (Caponi 327-330), loud talking (Caponi 323-325), or racial and gender performance as survival, otherwise known as “wearing the mask” (Young; Elam 221; 223; 237). Each group will write down and turn in their skit and present it to the class. Each skit should take no more than five minutes to present. While each group member should float ideas about possible skits, you will present *one* skit per group, so you do need to come to a consensus about your ideas.


Group One Signifying: Cynthia, Ryan, Delores, Briana, Katie

Group Two Sounding: Alex, Justina, Nellie, Michael, Mara

Group Three Marking: Vince, Kayvon, Jessica, Zach, Laura

Group Four Loud Talking: Rob, Erin, Monique, Majesta, Andrea P.

Group Five Gender Performance: Sarah, Faisal, Natalie, Hopeton, James

Group Six Racial Performance: David, Lara, Brian, Rachel, Amber