Christopher looked back at past work we have done together through the years. We shot a video using my tripod and Chris edited it.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Christopher has really grown up a lot. He shared with me some troubles he has had with his family and it broke my heart. I'm glad he is at Batt and I am glad I have him this year.
PJ worked on an exercise that allowed me to get to know him better. I based the exercise on the show that he likes, Gravity Falls.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
PJ is a pleasant kid. He was putting pictures up in his room when I arrived. I played a game with him based on what he likes, Gravity Falls. When I moved on to try to read, he showed resistance. I just let him lead to what he wanted to do, which was share more about Gravity Falls. We did have an awkward moment when he was diverting attention from reading that he took my word "flippin" and said he heard "fucking." Of course, I would never. I told him that's not appropriate and to stop repeating that word. He stopped and we moved on. Thought I would mention that!
Jason worked on an exercise that allowed me to get to know him better. He was very expressive when sharing his ideas. Jason acted out a short mind craft script. He then started dictating a script that we started writing together.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Jason was resting when I arrived. his teacher who was with him mentioned he had not gotten much sleep the night before. I was glad that he stayed engaged during my class.
Jason shared his interest in drama. We played an improvisation game where we both pretended to be cats. Jason was creative and used his imagination and body to pretend and express himself. We also worked on an improv that utilizes the alphabet.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Jason was very curious when I first arrived at his room. I reminded him that I knew him from last year when he would see me with preschool. He warmed up quickly with me and was a delight to teach.
Jack talked about what imagination is and pretending. he shared his lamp with me and we decided to work on shadow puppets. Jack and I watched some videos for inspiration and practiced making shadow puppets on his wall. We blacked out the window in his office to make the room really dark.
Christopher worked on his movie poster. He edited the poster with graphics. Christopher shared a movie that he shot and discussed the plot. Christopher started making plans for the next shoot he will be working on.
Watch the trailers and rate them on a scale from 1-10 -
Improvisations...choose a topic and act it out.
Read the script for Lord of the Rings.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
I subbed for Ms. Janis and followed her sub plans. Nicky and I enjoyed this time of drama specially to get away from Math for a little while. We enjoyed acting out the improvisation topics and didn't get to the script.
We discussed character traits, cause and effect, and actions and consequences this afternoon. Nicky was able to explain his rationale for consequences and outcomes when given various hypothetical situations, and he drew upon personal experiences and anecdotes that added interest, depth, and dimension to our discussion.
Session Minutes
15
Minutes Student Attended
15
Lesson Comments
I was asked to sub for Janis this afternoon, Friday, 4-28-23, for 15 minutes, from 1:00 - 1:15
This afternoon, Chris engaged in role-playing different scenarios. He deepened his understanding by making personal connections to the hypothetical situations suggested. Chris is very creative and spontaneous. He was able to switch roles with ease and create dialogue that appropriately matched the different scenarios.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
I subbed for Janis this afternoon, Monday 4-24-23 - from 12:30 - 1:15 - drama.
