Still having some technical issues with uploading pictures--Sophie's camera is still outta whack since dropping it in the pond--and Kevin has our new camera (to replace the one he lost in the river) in Singapore--and I dropped my Iphone in the bath last night--and besides, when I am able to upload any pictures, Blogger has a new quirk that sometimes deletes the entire post if you add to many images at once. So, Sophie's 5 x 5s are tending to be 5 x 4, although she is collecting images, drawing, and being very creative!
We're all missing Kevin but Sophie has done a lot of good work after having a long weekend off to spend time with Kim and Hannah.
We have a goal to have our first unit complete by the first week in November and ready for presentation. We are planning to host a presentation evening where guests will watch Sophie's play and also see her scrapbook presentation and have a chance to flip through her book and ask her questions.
5 x 5--Day 22
5 Vocabulary
1. Oblique: another word for diagonal, usually used in geometry.
2. Consistently: constantly doing the same thing over and over.
3. Staccato: Singing a song very loud and precise so you can hear all the sounds. (Thank you Travis for correction!)
4. Whimsical: Magical stuff that makes you feel peaceful.
5. Diaphragm: A bone below your chest, when you breathe through it, you can hold your breath longer.
5 Details/Facts
1. To take your time as a writer, you highlight what you want to say again, then copy and paste.
2. Mom's Indian name in my play is Adoette.
3. Adoette means large tree, in Kiowa.
4. Your chest is actually above your ribs.
5. A mark during rehearsals of a play is a line on the floor of where you are supposed to stand.
5 Sentences
1. I was oblique in the air when I was skating, so I fixed my posture, and I was straight again.
2. I consistently landed one of my jumps the other day.
3. Kat taught me how to sing in sticcado.
4. When I was playing accessory design challenge with Sadie today I got whimsical, and I made my pump heel look like a fairy.
5. I never knew there was a bone called a diaphragm.
5 Questions & Answers
1. Why is it important to remember to breathe from your diaphragm when you're singing? A: It is important because, you can hold a note longer when you breath from your diaphragm.
2. What font-style are stage directions usually written in a script? A: Italic
3. Are you going to plan or outline your play or write and see what happens? Why? A: I'm going to plan my play because I can be more creative when I know a little more about what the play is going to be about.
4. What does it mean to sing scales? A: It means your make your voice higher or lower.
5. What is your "homework" from Kat? A: To play and practice Do re mi fa so la tee do.
ActivitiesMusic—First singing lesson with Kat Logan in Friendship, Maine. Lily and I took a nice walk through the woods to the water while Sophie sang with Kat and learned warm-up exercises and practice scales.
http://www.bookofodds.com/Daily-Life-Activities/Entertainment-Media/Articles/A0554-Against-the-Odds-The-Grammy-Awards-Interviewing-Kat-Logan
http://www.amazon.com/Kat-Logan/dp/B001TP5JGA
Creative Writing—Parts of a Play, Essential Questions, & Key words exercise with Bill at Farm School—while Lily & Gamma & Mom prepared new gardens for the cold frames and asparagus.
Parts of a play
Scenes Entrances Exits
Set Upstage Downstage Marks
Props
Costumes
Cast Director
Script Cues Stage Directions Writer
Backstage Stage Manager Crew Marks
Special Effects Lighting Sound
Think About….
What is the time & setting of your play? Keep in mind: the "scope" of the story you're telling. Is your story told over a course of days or maybe a month or are you telling a longer story over years?Year 1586 on a carrack ship leaving port in Bristol, England
About a month
How large is your cast? Keep in mind: your audience and the relationship you want them to have with your characters. Do you want just a few characters that the audience can really get to know and care about or do you want a large cast of characters to "fill the set" and only one or two the audience identifies with?
Small cast, 7 characters
Ben, cabin boy
Captain Berrin
Samuel, a sailor
Daniel, the navigator
Robert, a sailor
Ariel, Ben's canine companion
Adoette, an Indian
What is the perspective your story is told from? Keep in mind: who is telling the story (Ben, 12 year old cabin boy from Bristol) and the kind of information that character has and what he/she may need to learn from other characters. Would you believe that a young boy would know all about the history of sailing and the tools of navigation or should that information come from the character Samuel?
The play is told from Ben's perspective
What is the moral of your story? Keep in mind: as the writer, you create the message or lesson you want your audience to think about and learn. Think about your play as if you were teaching your audience something about the Age of Discovery & Exploration: what do you want them to learn?
History, life on a ship, and communication with the Native Americans.
*She also has a list of KEY WORDS from the Age of Exploration & Discovery unit that she needs to incorporate into her play.
Walk—Sophie and I took a nice walk together in the woods by the house and talked about her play and the work she accomplished with Bill. We also collected beautiful fall leaves that we will press under wax paper to make a tree for a prop in her play that represents "land."
Sophie's Blog: Write about Sadie today. Who is she? Why is she important to you? What kinds of things do you like to do together? What is your favorite thing about her?
Sadie is my best friend. We have known each other for 4 years, and we met at skating. She is important to me because she thinks of me as her best friend as well. We like to skate together, and we like to play games on the wii together. We also like to play with American girl dolls. My favorite thing about her is that she doesn't care that I am small, and kind of young.
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