Based on a true story . . .

Here are the journal topics for Friday, February 22:


Grade 9/10's:  What news story are you using for your serious scene?  In three or four sentences, tell what happens. Who are you playing?  What will you do to help us take you seriously?  What have you found out about the story by doing research?

Grade 8's:  What fairy tale did you choose?  How did your group decide on that story?  Which character are you playing?  How will you help the audience believe that you are the character?  (Think of what you do, what you wear, what your facial expression will be like.)  How is your group doing?  Who (if anyone) is the leader?  Who (if anyone) is hindering the progress of the group?  What are you doing to help things along?

Directed studies:  Imagine you have been assigned the task of creating a serious scene based on one of the following news issues:

1)  children being expected to wear uniforms to school (even high school)
2)  academic dishonesty
3)  increasing anxiety/depression among young people

Choose one.  How would you personalize the issue?  Tell the story that you would use.  What techniques would you use to make sure the audience took your story seriously?

Now . . . how could you turn the scene into a comic scene?  How would it be different?