4/29

Follow-up:  MEMORIZE LINES!!!
Agenda:  Run through play AMAP

When you're not onstage, here are your options!
a.  Revise your essay!  Revise, revise, revise.  If you have resolved all of my edits, send me an email or ask me in person take another look and give your more feedback!  Check this document if needed: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvSVV4MS1sX181UHM/view

b.  DO THE CHALLENGE EXTENSION!  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvSVV4MS1sX181UHM/view

C. Ask Matt for any spare jobs that need to be done to get us ready for the Exhibition!

4/27

Follow-up:  Memorize lines!
Review:
*Run-through of play/essay work.
Check your essays for the feedback I gave over the weekend.

4/23

Rough drafts--I am working on giving you feedback on your rough drafts for you this weekend.

Follow-up:   I will give a participation grade (20 points) based on if you are off-script by our rehearsal on Monday.  If you feel that you need an exemption from this assignment, of course come and talk to me and we can arrange an extension, but only if you speak with me before Monday.

Review of today:
We reviewed the blocking for all of Act II.  I feel very good about where we are in our preparation for the play.  Special shout-out to the sound crews in classes I and II for having the sound up and running, it works great!  More refinement to come.

Class I Acting notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c33_djZqX-15Ml_LimAMUyMCKUKUcQfvctNubsFmEP0/edit?usp=sharing

Class II Acting notes:
https://docs.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/document/d/11GItoD5iMXs6JpqjpmxTMgkG7wCWM2uaa6XJguqBD4k/edit?usp=sharing

4/22

Review:  We walked through Act I.

Challenge Extensions--take a look at this website to complete the challenge extension if you like.  You should be working on this or revising your rough drafts based off your peer reviews during rehearsals when you are not onstage.
http://ed.ted.com/on/6vQbZM3b#review

4/20

Today's agenda:
*Complete at least two peer reviews (can do as many extra peer reviews as you like for extra credit).
*Use the peer reviews to help revise your work
*Share your humanities essay rough draft with Matt by 10pm tonight.

Protocol: In class today we will be doing lots of 'feedback sheets" on each other's rough drafts (however much has been written).
 Everyone needs to write 2 feedback sheets by end of class.

You can do more than 2 feedback sheets for extra credit-as many as you would like!

However, it gets tricky because you are giving your feedback sheets to the authors whose papers you read--they may forget to turn in the feedback sheets at the end of class.

So, if you want to get credit for your feedback sheets: make sure you remind the author to turn in the feedback sheets that you did for them at the end of class.

Protocols:
Create a hand-written peer review (or 'feedback sheet') using the following rubrics. 
Class 1 peer review: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvVXIteVZEYzJRR1k/view?usp=sharing
Class 2:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvX3h2b0JKM0U1R1k/view?usp=sharing

Once you are done with 2 feedback sheets, use the feedback sheets that others have done as you finish your rough draft essay.

Your rough draft essay is due by 10pm tonight, shared with me on googledocs.  

4/17

Follow-up:  Share with me your Final Humanities Essay rough draft by 10pm Friday night.  Review this rubric for length/content requirements.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvMEdpSnhhcjE4bUU/view?usp=sharing
Any lateness results in 50% off!!!

Today's agenda:
*Complete at least two peer reviews (can do as many extra peer reviews as you like for extra credit).
*Use the peer reviews to help revise your work
*Share your humanities essay rough draft with Matt by 10pm tonight.

Protocol: In class today we will be doing lots of 'feedback sheets" on each other's rough drafts (however much has been written).
 Everyone needs to write 2 feedback sheets by end of class.

You can do more than 2 feedback sheets for extra credit-as many as you would like!

However, it gets tricky because you are giving your feedback sheets to the authors whose papers you read--they may forget to turn in the feedback sheets at the end of class.

So, if you want to get credit for your feedback sheets: make sure you remind the author to turn in the feedback sheets that you did for them at the end of class.

Protocols:
Create a hand-written peer review (or 'feedback sheet') using the following rubrics.
Class 1 peer review:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvVXIteVZEYzJRR1k/view?usp=sharing
Class 2:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvX3h2b0JKM0U1R1k/view?usp=sharing

Once you are done with 2 feedback sheets, use the feedback sheets that others have done as you finish your rough draft essay.

Your rough draft essay is due by 10pm tonight, shared with me on googledocs.  

4/16

Agenda:
*Journal(1 page, single spaced):
What are your character's "Ways of Being In The World?"
Consider:--Body (posture, gait, gestures, facial expressions)
               --Mental habits (thoughts, judgments, outlook on life)
               --Subconscious mind (deepest desires and fears)

*Run-through entire play

*Click on this rubric as you work on your rough draft:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvMEdpSnhhcjE4bUU/view?usp=sharing

4/15

Goal: "I understand how to use the rubric effectively to assess my work and how to improve."
Agenda:
*Pre-write: "Create a metaphor to explain what  a beautiful essay looks like--relate specific elements to each element of writing you believe important."
*Rubric creation--in your group, create a rubric for the final essay==-how will you assess your and other's writing?  Use the format provided here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvMEdpSnhhcjE4bUU/view?usp=sharing
*Revise general rubric as a large group
*Rubric application:  Use your group's rubric to assess the model essay:  What feedback would you give?
Class 2 Rubric: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvejltQmlGSDJ2RGs/view?usp=sharing
Class 1 Rubric:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvN2syRWRwUk4xZHM/view?usp=sharing

Model essay:
https://drive.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/file/d/0BxmnlXt_7UBOMThXZUk2R0QzS1k/view?usp=sharing



BREAK
*Peer critiques/independent worktime for rest of class.

4/14

Today's goal:
To read and understand the article "Mature and Romantic Love in Shakespeare"  in order to cite it as effective evidence in our final essays.
Today's skills:
Reading for understanding
Annotating for accuracy and clarity
Excerpting passages for evidence 
Analyzing evidence to prove your point

*Read and annotate article in small groups
*Share in large groups and review answers
*Review Act II/Production role work
*See link to article below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvTzNEUDNFUTdIOGs/view?usp=sharing

4/13

Follow up:  Your rough draft (a complete rough draft) is due Friday by 10pm shared with Matt on googledocs:  See the rubric to review--rough drafts that do not meet every criteria of the rubric will not be given any credit.  Any lateness is 50% off.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvSVV4MS1sX181UHM/view?usp=sharing

Agenda:
* Project log (include time for cast bio)
*Work on your cast bio.  Email it to Matt by end of class today.
Cast bio should be in the following format (copy and paste)

Your name:
Your role:
Your production role:
What topics you have enjoyed during this project (please...be real. Topics we've covered include...
Iambic Pentameter
Escher paintings/discussion
Close reading on Theseus/Dana Gioia
Socratic seminars on Theseus and R/J excerpts
Comparing/contrasting MND and R/J characters
Story of Pyramus and Thisby
Whiteboard discussions (where we wrote but did not speak) about nature of love
Assistant directing, sound design, costume design, set design, line memorization, other production-role work
Explain what idea or concept you are explaining in your final Humanities essay:

4/8

Follow-up:  Please share your final essay outline with me by 10pm tonight, as announced in class the past three days.

Also, bring all supplies needed for production roles to school tomorrow.

4/3

It was a great field trip to Fort Lewis College today!  I hope you enjoyed your time and getting to see some of the different aspects of college in Durango.

Follow-up:  Memorize lines as much as possible, work on your Humanities essay--I've extended the deadline for your essay outline to Wednesday April 8th:  See the following link to review what is expected:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvSVV4MS1sX181UHM/view?usp=sharing

Please note that we have re-scheduled our performance for Wednesday, May 6th (not May 7th).  

The first class will perform at 5pm, the second class at 6pm.  

That change was made for a variety of reasons:

a.  Many students had a conflict of some sort with the May 7th date.

b.  The performance space is located near the parking lot, where there will be a good deal of commotion during the all-school exhibition.

c.  May 7th is the all-school exhibition, and it would be difficult for students to both perform in the play while also giving the attention that is needed to other projects being exhibited that night.  

I understand fully that in some ways it may be more difficult for families to come to school for both Wednesday night and Thursday night; I made this choice based off of feedback from students about availability and taking into account the above factors.  I apologize for any inconvenience, but this decision was made in the best interests of as many of the students and families as possible.

Remember--no school Monday. Please work on memorizing as many lines as possible and 

4/1

Read the section of the following essay that you have been assigned.  Make at least 1 comment per person on the googledoc as an annotation.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FXvp6WrVVg-9KA_9aKZGGoDwyd3eUad1_d3EyfInMSI/edit?usp=sharing

Small group discussion (after you have read aloud as a group):
a.  What is one strange or interesting interpretation that you found in this section of the essay?
b.  Do you agree or disagree overall with this section of the essay?  Why?
c.  Is there a way in which you can incorporate this essay's ideas into your essay about either the nature of love or the nature of authority (or, your own separate subject?)