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This week was pretty much taken over by organizing and prepping for BLAST! So that’s what I’ll focus on:
WITH SO MANY NEW PEOPLE … I wasn’t sure how the event would go. I wasn’t even certain that everyone would show up, I didn’t know everyone well enough to know. But I was more than pleasantly surprised. Not only did they show, but they worked like rock stars to get the show to opening. WOULD WE GET AN AUDIENCE … was a question I kept asking myself throughout the day. Mostly because this is the least students I’ve ever used for this event. Not only did we fill the house, we pushed past capacity. Which is a pretty great problem to have. I CAN’T IMAGINE … what this would look like in the hands of any other school. Nobody does this but us, and I don’t think anyone really could. I left on Saturday night, so proud of everyone involved. Was it perfect? No! But it’s not supposed to be. It simply shows what young artists are capable of when adults get out of the way and let them create.
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MY FAVORITE MOMENT … this week, was hearing Simon say that repetition was making sense and then explain to the class what he was doing. I wish I could take the piece of his brain that gets it and plant it in everyone else.
MY FRUSTRATION IS … that some concepts are just difficult to teach. So, I plug away and keep crossing my fingers. THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS … in my 8th and 9th grade classes that are quiet doers. They don’t have a lot to say right yet, and they’re not quite ready to perform for the class, but as I watch them, I can see that they’re getting it. And they’re really good. IT WAS INTERESTING … this week, to watch students engage because they wanted to learn or disengage because they felt as though the exercise was beneath them.
I ENJOY WATCHING … students make discoveries or try really hard to master concepts. Felicity said, strait-up, that she has done this work with me over the years, and she feels like it may finally be making sense (my fault - not hers), and she really wants to make certain she’s on the right track. AUDITIONS HAPPEN IN CLASS … not the day of the audition. This is the time when I’m casting and thinking about people to play roles in shows. I’m even picking my Shakespeare play based on what I’m seeing from students. The audition is happening now. Showing up to the literal audition is just a hoop that shows me you’re interested and committed. Needless to say ... I’m learning a lot. I FEEL AS THOUGH ... I adapted to the new schedule pretty well. I shortened the warm-up at the beginning of class and kept my "Question of the Day" down to short answers. Games went about as long as I expected, the flow felt pretty good, and overall the students were great.
I'M STRUGGLING ... with the best way to communicate "total listening," but it's a difficult concept to master. I'll cut myself a little slack on this one and keep changing things up. I FAILED ... in one of my classes by providing too much of my own input. They needed to come to their own conclusions and I feel as though I led them a bit more than I should have. I'll do better next week. |
KYLE LEWIS
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