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Character Formative Reflection

I think that this practice formative was not too good because I wasn’t able to really clearly show my character. The way that I could improve on that is by showing more expression in my voice, face and...

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Goals and Report Progress

1. I think that I have achieved two of my three goals pretty easily. My goals that I achieved were being able to use the computer to my advantage and to learn more on using it. 2. I think that my...

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Drama Speech

My best speech was the persuasive speech because, I think that I stated some good points that made sense and because it was a topic that wasn’t all too hard to make ideas for. I could really improve on...

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Tech Mashup Reflection

In this project I was required to make a mashup. This mashup could be made with images, video and audio or all together. Comparing my work to the tests of part A, I can see that I followed the specific...

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Drama Journal Entry 03-09-2013

Today in drama we focussed on status, relations and attitude. We did a few activities that allowed us to practice the act of showing status. When we talk about status we talk about someone who has a...

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Drama Journal Entry 16/09/13

This week of drama has been very interesting and fun nonetheless. We learnt about Tension and the 5 elements that makes tension what it is.We did activities on these to make ourselves better at...

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Drama Journal 10/10/13

For this week we were in Phuket for field studies. We had a very special task which was going up against BIS in a drama competition. When our drama group went up against the BIS students in an improv...

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Drama Journal 16/10/13

This week in drama we created a skit where we had demonstrate our skills and progress towards tension. The skit had to include 3 different scenes and at least 1 of them needed a ritual of some sort...

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English Fairy Tale Essay Reflection

I think that this essay was a very enjoyable even with my annoying setbacks. For this essay we were meant to compare two versions of a specific fairy tale and see how the moral of the story had...

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Technology PSA Reflection

My PSA was about bullying. My idea was to make people see that bullying really makes people sad. I believe that I did my best to try to convey this message through some simple talking and animations. I...

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French Mise en Train

Tu as compris Which rooms of the Lepic house does Pamela see? She is able to see the entrance, living room, dining room, kitchen, the parent’s room, the toilet, the shower and Sandra’s room....

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English Reflection

I started out this English unit with the  goal was to gain an understanding of how use  of  language  can control and abuse power.  I wanted to see a example of this from the book Animal Farm, which we...

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Drama Journal – Focus

The act of creating focus is where all the attention is put on one specific person or object. This is used in many situations. One of these situations could be in a crowded room with people all over...

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Drama Journal – Devising from an Image

Devised theatre is a kind of improv theatre which gives the actors a small base that they can build up from.  There is a specific process that actors must undergo if the want to devise a piece of drama...

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English Poetry Reflection

In this unit, we explored to use of Stories and different styles of poetry. The styles of poetry that we used were villanelle and sonnets(English or Italian). We had to choose a specific person who is...

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French Chapter 3 Mise en Train

N.1 1. Elles sont en ville. 2. Quelque chose de bien français. 3. She buys flowers to say thank you in a way. 4. Les escargots N.2 1. Faux 2. Faux 3. Faux 4. Vrai 5. Vrai N.3 1. Pamela 2. Sandra et...

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Drama Journal #7 (Mood, Symbols, Movement)

The past three weeks, we have been focusing on a few different topics. The first one that we explored was Mood. Mood is a combination of focus, tension and the 5 senses which are Feel, smell, hear,...

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Drama Journal #8 (Play Auditions)

Last week, we had to audition for the grade 9 drama play. Its called The Vampire or The Bride of Death. We had to read the script in class and choose which character we would like to audition for. I...

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Drama Journal #9 (Melodrama/Non-realism/Play Character)

This week we explored the aspects of melodrama and non-realism. Melodrama is a style of performing which is very physical and usually pretty loud. For melodrama, you don’t have to create a very wacky...

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