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Rehearsal/Career Day DP Updates

6/1/2015

POL Prep Time

Rehearsal for Plays

Career Day DP Update is DUE ON JUNE 3RD. SEND YOUR LINK TO CAROL BY THE END OF THE DAY JUNE 3rd, or it is LATE!!! No exceptions.

Career Day DP UPDATE

Career Day Reflection

What is Career Day at HTHNC? What is its purpose?
Describe where you went, who you shadowed, etc. (overview of your placement)
Describe a typical work day at this site.
What are the business's general work policies (tardiness, absence, dress code, technology use, etc.)?
What sort of tasks/activities are the people at this business participating in?
In what ways do you expect your high school classes and the skills you have learned to apply to this profession?
What sort of credentials/degrees did your mentor need to have in order to gain this job?
What new insight did you gain about working in the professional world by shadowing your mentor?
Is this a career you are interested in pursuing? Why/why not?
What would you like to keep in mind for Career Day 2015? (What would you have done differently this year? What do you want to make sure for next year?)

You should also include the following items in your DP:

Career Day Reflection
Interview Questions & Answers
Photographs
Challenge: updated resume

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14 Days Till Exhibition

5/28/2015

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Check check check check it out:
http://hthnc-playwrights-2015.weebly.com

Parents, reserve tickets ASAP!

1. Memorize lines!
2. Make things happen!
3. Create art!

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15 DAYS TILL EXHIBITION

5/27/2015

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Rehearsal Morning
Run-Through 4th Period
Run-Through Critique

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16 DAYS TILL EXHIBITION

5/26/2015

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Trust Talk
Chipotle and Playwrights Confirmations
Rehearsal

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20 DAYS TILL EXHIBITION! "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." ~Vincent Van Gogh

5/20/2015

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Write a cover letter for the CA Playwright's Project following this format
Submit your play to the California Playwright's Project by this Friday. Forward your confirmation email to Carol for class credit.

Submit your Food Writing to Chipotle using this form by Friday. Forward your confirmation email to Carol for class credit.

Your Humanities Class and Seminar class have official merged for the rest of the year!

This week/next week:
1st class. Focused rehearsal time with Molly & Carol
2nd class. Split rehearsal time in assigned locations

EXHIBITION
June 10th and 12th:
June 10 Showcase 1- 7pm-8:30pm
June 12 Showcase 2- 7pm- 8:30pm

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"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it." ~J.M. Barrie

5/15/2015

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Food Quick Write:
Food Writing! Due!
(Carol's Food Writing, in case you're curious)

Critique Sessions Today
Class 1~
Tapia
Alex B
Ramirez
Jalen

Class 2~
Jose
Spencer
Midnight
Alex M
Salazaro
Rylun
Brittany
Bianca
Michael
Ricky E

Class 3
Cory
Nathan E
Brianna
Ived
Jake
Garrett
Aiden

Homework:
REVISE YOUR PLAY! You can do it! We believe in you! Love, Carol & Molly

Food Writing if not finished!

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"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." ~John Lennon

5/13/2015

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Food Quick Write:
Pull out your free-writing/editing from yesterday and the day before. You are going to switch with a partner who will give you some critique based on the writing rubric on the board.
(Carol's Food Writing, in case you're curious)

Critique Sessions Today
Class 1~
Kiara
Jazzy
Tapia
Alex B
Ramirez

Class 2~
Lizzy
Sevda
Jose
Rothman
Spencer
Midnight
Alex M
Salazaro
Rylun

Class 3
Ricky
Zeke
Fabi
Cory
Nathan E
Brianna
Ived
Jake

Homework:
FINISH YOUR PLAY! REVISE YOUR PLAY! You can do it! We believe in you! Love, Carol & Molly

Food Writing

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"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." ~Thonton Wilder

5/12/2015

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Food Quick Write:
Pull out your free-writing from yesterday. Take 10 minutes to make a Draft 2 version of it! If you want to start over, take 5 minutes to start, and 5 minutes to edit and fix and elaborate.

Critique Sessions Today
Class 1~
Jeremiah
Eric
Kiara
Jazzy
Niko
Tapia
Alex B
Ramirez
Kai

Class 2~
Herzler
Donovan
Danny
Makayla
Lizzy
Sevda
Jose
Rothman
Spencer
Midnight
Alex M

Class 3
Carson
Rohith
Elise
Ricky
Zeke
Settles
Fabi
Salazaro

Homework:
FINISH YOUR PLAY! REVISE YOUR PLAY! You can do it! We believe in you! Love, Carol & Molly

Food Writing

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"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." ~W.B. Yeats

5/11/2015

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Food Quick Write:
Write a short, original writing about a time where food created a memory. Impress us with your creativity. GET SPECIFIC. Where were you when this food memory happened? What did it smell like? Taste like? Who was around? Was it the first time you tried the food? Second? Who else was there? Did the other people try the food too or was it just you? Activate all the senses! What did it sound like? What was its texture? I encourage you to think outside of the box and to write from an interesting perspective. Maybe you write from the perspective of the food and the food is judging you! Maybe you write from the perspective of the wrapper who misses the food after you've eaten it. Maybe you write in second person the entire time and make the reader experience your food experience! Think creatively! Take risks! Be bold!

Some Carol Reminders
I went through a lot of plays last night. A few things:
1. If you haven't finished, YOU'VE GOT TO FINISH! We are coming down to the wire!
2. At the end of your play, when you're finished, please put an indicator of some kind- END OF PLAY or THE END or END
3. I'm concerned about the number of characters in many of the pieces. Many of you never checked in with me about adding additional characters beyond the 3, and so you are failing to meet the requirements set up. If you need additional characters, please come see me during office hours to make your argument for why these characters are necessary.
4. Develop your characters. Make them each sound different. Each person speaks differently. How I speak is very different from how you speak. How I speak is very different from how Schwartz speaks. We are all unique, and your characters should be differentiated by their speech, just like we are. Let us get ot know EVERY single character you introduce. Otherwise, consider cutting them or combining them with a character you've already developed.
5. Many pieces are missing FTF Statements and Honest Emotion Anecdotes. Get on this! We need to see this at the top of the plays. It helps us help you better because we can figure out what you are TRYING to do even if you're not quite doing it yet.
6. The driving question of this project is: "How can we connect with our humanity and convey it honesty through writing". I'm going to remind you of Andrew Stanton's cardinal rule of storytelling: MAKE ME CARE. Even when you're being funny, there needs to be a point. Everything you write should be helping us develop feelings for a character in your piece, MAKE ME CARE. Ask that of yourself for each line of dialogue and for each character description, for each stage direction. Are you making us care?

Critique Sessions Today
Class 1~
Jessi
Cece
Talia
Jeremiah
Eric
Kiara
Jazzy
Niko

Class 2~
Arianna
Herzler
Ryan
Donovan
Danny
Mick
Makayla

Class 3
Leezly
Rohith
Elise
Ricky
Zeke
Settles
Fabi

Homework:
FINISH YOUR PLAY! REVISE YOUR PLAY! You can do it! We believe in you! Love, Carol & Molly

Food Writing

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“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.”

5/11/2015

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Critique Sessions Today

Class 1~
Daniel
Ashley
Jessi
Cece

Class 2~
Kenia
Leni
Arianna
Herzler

Class 3
Jaden
Kirsty
Leezly
Rohith

Homework:
FINISH YOUR PLAY! REVISE YOUR PLAY! You can do it! We believe in you! Love, Carol & Molly

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14 Days Till Exhibition

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16 DAYS TILL EXHIBITION

20 DAYS TILL EXHIBITION! "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." ~Vincent Van Gogh

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it." ~J.M. Barrie

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." ~John Lennon

"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." ~Thonton Wilder

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." ~W.B. Yeats

“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.”

Carol Cabrera

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