Friday, 19 December 2025

Dec 19, 2025

 Hello! Merry Christmas!

  • Checking in
  • Returning books
  • Returning props
  • Academically rigorous analysis of symbolism, irony, and tone in a holiday film
  • Quiz on the film

Thursday, 18 December 2025

Dec 18, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Missing performances
  • Props go back!
  • Returning books
  • Reminder of what tomorrow looks like
  • Reminder of what we're doing after the break
  • Rigorous academic analysis of symbolism and irony in a holiday film

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Dec 17, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Time to prep
  • The show must go on! Let's watch some performances
    • Reminder of rules around watching these
  • Returning your comic strips!
    • Generally, if something seemed off, it didn't get an EXT
    • Some were hard to understand - if I wrote that, feel free to challenge, and walk me through it
  • Returning your performance marks!
  • Brainstorming the Academically Rigorous Analysis of a Holiday Film

Monday, 15 December 2025

Dec 16, 2025

  Hello! Welcome to the silliest week of the year!

  • Checking in
  • Last chance for performances! Make sure you're ready for tomorrow
    • Reminder of rubric
  • For those who are making videos: send them to me WELL BEFORE the actual lesson.
  • The Drama teachers have chimed in: we cannot access their props

Friday, 12 December 2025

Dec 15, 2025

 Hello! Welcome to the silliest week of the year!

  • Checking in
  • A note on the news
  • Last chance for performances! Make sure you're ready for tomorrow Wednesday
    • Reminder of rubric
  • For those who are making videos: send them to me WELL BEFORE the actual lesson.
  • The Drama teachers have chimed in: we cannot access their props

Dec 12, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Time to practice your performance:
    • Today, your goal is to set yourself up for success by making sure you're ready for a dry run on Monday
    • Assume something will prevent you from practicing on Monday - practice as if you're about to perform
    • For the PM
      • Stay away from the Foods lab
      • You'll have to stay in the class unless I give permission
      • The Drama teachers have chimed in: we cannot access their props

Thursday, 11 December 2025

Dec 11, 2025

 Hello! Here's what we're up to:

  • Checking in
  • List of missing work
  • Oh look, I've put up all the remaining assignments left for the course. Aren't you such lucky ducks?
  • Students finishing the quiz from yesterday
  • Time to work on performance
    • Review the rubric
    • A heads up: this is often the day I can learn who's going to get a good mark, because of the effort put in
    • Your goal today is to rehearse, and to try to establish the emotions of the lines and the movement of the characters
    • Tomorrow your goal is to finesse it
    • Monday your goal is to get it perfect
    • Tuesday you perform