Agenda: Monday, May 12, 2014

 Stepping Up to The Stage: Monday, May 12, 2014

HW to be completed by Wed: 

1. Place your Taylor Mali multimedia poem on your personal Blogfolio--insert the video, not just the link.
2. Include a reflection on what it was like having the poet visit to the school and what his message was about using your voice, both written voice & oral voice.
3. Discuss how you chose certain images to amplify the communication of your original writing. 
4. Check spelling and grammar. Send me the link to your blogfolio.  (I will use these links to send to him this week---please make sure they are GREAT)

Warm-Up & Vocal Flexing & Improvisation

Ellen's Leads this Lesson (20 minutes)

• Student Directions: Improvisation Lesson
• Student's Lesson Plan for Improv  

Twilight Zone Teleplay: "Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

View an updated 'take' on the original--see how they changed the idea of fear of alien life into a modern fear

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIBMWoVfnMY
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv5hOgQPfzc

Friday we begin debate!