Wednesday April 6th, 2011

Posted: April 5, 2011

Period #1- Ancient History- Egypt the final Chapter. The students were given a TIC-TAC-TOE sheet of Egypt to complete. This acts like the final for the unit. The students will have one week to complete the task, using the internet and the textbook. Students will be marked daily as well on progress and class work ethic. Period #2- Media Studies- Students are broken into groupsand must accomplish an effective media campaign using the 3 areas of advertising- video/ radio and Ads. The students will be marked daily on progress, collaboration and class work ethic.              1. They must write a script for Video- record and edit a finished work.- And be able to explain choice and the reasoning for the video- remember be creative and use effective advertising techniques. And extra 20 points for something overly creative and unique.                                                              Radio- submit script- use sound effects- use background music and be creative- Audio itself can paint and image to the consumer. Magazine Ads- use color, be able to substantiate why you made your choices - do a brief write up to explain. Be creative.Period #4-Ancient History- Egypt the final Chapter. The students were given a TIC-TAC-TOE sheet of Egypt to complete. This acts like the final for the unit. The students will have one week to complete the task, using the internet and the textbook. Students will be marked daily as well on progress and class work ethic. Period #6- Theatre Arts- Students are working on a musical for the remainder of the semester- however in prepping for this assignment they will need to understand the show, characters and settings. Today students will search the internet to gain and understanding of the show. Search the internet to get information on the musical HONK and answer the following questions.A summary of the showSetting of the showWatch youtube videos of the show to get a good sense of the effective acting/ singing and dancing- list the URL that you consider the best with a summary of each.Choose one character of the show that you find that you are most like and write a character sketch of your choice and state why you see similarities or why that character interest you.What elements of this show will be the most challenging for you and why. What areas are you most comfortable with? The stage? The backgrounds. You should express your area of interest as well as how you plan to push out of your comfort zone. Thos of you with experience what area do you hope to grow in. Every show, every opportunity, every chance is a chance to improve, what ways do you hope to improve.