Journal+Prompts

Journal Prompts

Below are the prompts to be completed in the journal section of your binder/notebook.  Journals not completed in class MUST be completed for homework that day. I will collect entire journal to grade once or twice a term.

=Dec 7:=

Students in most classes had time to write a short, bullet point reflection on yesterday's play in the journal section of their binders. The journal includes:
3. **What if anything you would change** if you were in charge of the production 4. Any **question** you would like addressed about the production.
 * 1) Overall **opinion (a claim**) about the production on a scale of 1-10.
 * 2) **EVIDENCE for that opinion** in the form of at least **3 specific memories** of something that impressed or surprised you. The memory should include SPECIFICS about one or more of the following
 * specifc actors: what about their style or interpretation of the character (voice, body language etc. ) made them believable or kept your attention
 * special effects: lights, sound effects, trap doors etc.
 * costumes: describe a few details of the costume and why or how the costume made the character more real or helped show something important about the character or the mood of the scene.
 * props/scenery: describe a specific item used on stage or the way the stage and backgrounds were set up
 * theater-in the-round: was there a specific moment that having action off stage helped pull you in

"**//Dec 4: Fears! Brainstorm"//**
--- In class, a student did his **FIRST example as follows:** My FEAR: **//the dark//**
 * ===‍**List 3 REAL personal fears you have.**===
 * ===‍**Then bullet point 3 ways you might elaborate on EACH of those fears.**===
 * The elaboration notes should include:**
 * 1. a reference to a memory or experience** from your life in which you actually FELT the fear--even if nothing happened.
 * 2. A sensory description** (zoom in on a detail of something you //**SAW, HEAR, TOUCHED, SMELLED, or TASTED**//) associated with the fear experience
 * 3. WHY you have this fear. For most of us there is a "WHAT IF....?"** quality to our fear.
 * 1) **//I am afraid of the dark in my room. I remember the time I ran into a wall in the dark//**
 * 2) **//I heard a THUD. It sounded louder and scarier than in the day time. I could not SEE anything//**
 * 3) **//I am scared of dangerous things I can't see that come out in the dark like COYOTES//**

You all need **a total of 3 fears that follow the pattern above**. No need to use complete sentences if you will remember what you meant in a week when we go back to these notes.

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