Hello All,
Hope that you are well and wnjoying your winter break...congrats on being done with fall quarter!! Know that I have missed you all sooooo much!!! I am so excited to meet our new arts in scholar:) Well just wanted to check in and let you all know that I am so proud of all of you it sounds like you are all doing great things and I am very happy about that!! well take care, happy holidays and can't wait to see you all!! much love and send you all many hugs!!! muuuah:D
Monday, December 17, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
what's new...
Hey everyone, first off, Caro, I hope you and and the baby are doing good...I can't wait to see the both of you! When do I get to babysit?
So anywho, as for my internship, its still going. I went again yesterday, and the first few hours I was there I was pretty much helping Ronald, the program coordinator, get some packages ready, and look through the directory of the past artists that have worked there, to get their info. And then I worked with Linda Pollack. With her we mostly did a lot of organizeng to get ready for the discussions and exhibits that she will have in January. She tells me that she feels bad that we are doing "boring data entry and organizing stuff" at the moment, but she promises that it will get more interesting. She has explained to me that once I come back from break, it will be extremely more busy and there will A LOT to do...I'm pretty excited, because she's really trying to make me as involved as possible.
As for my SRP, I'm going to get in contact with La'Tonya to see if I should just trun in my 3 short bios to her...
Well besides all that I've been pretty busy with everything else...school, work,...life. But its ok, cause its almost winter break!
Now I must get through finals.
So anywho, as for my internship, its still going. I went again yesterday, and the first few hours I was there I was pretty much helping Ronald, the program coordinator, get some packages ready, and look through the directory of the past artists that have worked there, to get their info. And then I worked with Linda Pollack. With her we mostly did a lot of organizeng to get ready for the discussions and exhibits that she will have in January. She tells me that she feels bad that we are doing "boring data entry and organizing stuff" at the moment, but she promises that it will get more interesting. She has explained to me that once I come back from break, it will be extremely more busy and there will A LOT to do...I'm pretty excited, because she's really trying to make me as involved as possible.
As for my SRP, I'm going to get in contact with La'Tonya to see if I should just trun in my 3 short bios to her...
Well besides all that I've been pretty busy with everything else...school, work,...life. But its ok, cause its almost winter break!
Now I must get through finals.
Monday, December 3, 2007
This Week
I heard back from McNair and I've now moved onto the next step of the process. Yay! Apparently, there's also an interview portion, which I'm scheduled to do on Thursday.
School has eaten-up all of my time. I have an eight-page paper on Blake's Epistemology due Friday and I've got two novels to read. Woo!
This week a colleague and I worked on a manifesto for the literary theory governing my research: Pop Modernism. Thus far we have decided that we want to focus on texts which are in dialogue, or are derivations from original texts, and we want to examine those new texts reflect an attempt to reconcile literature with present sociocultural moments. Because, after all, literature is usually in dialogue with other literature rather than life. Conversation became problematized when we realized that we know what we want to discuss, but we don't know what comprises a literary theory, so our next meeting is probably going to address that issue.
Anyway, back to the paper.
School has eaten-up all of my time. I have an eight-page paper on Blake's Epistemology due Friday and I've got two novels to read. Woo!
This week a colleague and I worked on a manifesto for the literary theory governing my research: Pop Modernism. Thus far we have decided that we want to focus on texts which are in dialogue, or are derivations from original texts, and we want to examine those new texts reflect an attempt to reconcile literature with present sociocultural moments. Because, after all, literature is usually in dialogue with other literature rather than life. Conversation became problematized when we realized that we know what we want to discuss, but we don't know what comprises a literary theory, so our next meeting is probably going to address that issue.
Anyway, back to the paper.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Sample Lesson Plan
I went to Miliken Middle School last Wednesday, which is an Performing Arts Magnet school. When I got to the school, I was amazed to see a lot of students dancing, singing, and playing music. I wish I went to a school like this one because it would have allowed me to tie my dance interest with other subjects. I was also glad to see girls and boys dancing together. I was worried about creating a curriculum for boys and girls, but as long as I don't just teach movement that is specifically meant for girls I think the material should be appealing to the boys. I also got advice from the dance teacher that I should not just teach movement that is too basic because the students will get bored. I need to incorporate the basic movement with something challenging like a jump or a turn. I was happy to hear that from her. My trip to Miliken Middle School got me more excited and motivated to teach dance.
I am still putting my curriculum together for my internship with ArtsIn and ArtsBridge. I met with Amy last Friday to discuss my lesson plan ideas in more detail. For my first lesson I will be teaching ballet. In addition, I will discuss with the students the origins of ballet and show them pictures of different body types of ballet dancers. I want to show the students visually that any one can dance regardless of body type. Hopefully, this will get them motivated to dance, and I also hope that will gain some confidence. Then I plan on teaching the students jazz and I want to use the musical Chicago as the main concept for the jazz portion. I want the students to analyze the various body types and body images that are portrayed in Chicago. I also want to
incorporate a nutrition journal for the students so that they can record what they are eating at home and also write down the types of fruits and vegetables they are eating. In this way, I can keep track of of what they are putting in their bodies. I also want them to write down how many times they eat fast food. I am also planning to use the farmer's market as a means for the students to be aware of the farmer's movement in Delano. The concept of my curriculum is movement: movement in dance, fast food movement, and social movement. My planning process is coming to a close and I will be executing my curriculum next quarter. I can't wait! I will let you all know how it goes!
I am still putting my curriculum together for my internship with ArtsIn and ArtsBridge. I met with Amy last Friday to discuss my lesson plan ideas in more detail. For my first lesson I will be teaching ballet. In addition, I will discuss with the students the origins of ballet and show them pictures of different body types of ballet dancers. I want to show the students visually that any one can dance regardless of body type. Hopefully, this will get them motivated to dance, and I also hope that will gain some confidence. Then I plan on teaching the students jazz and I want to use the musical Chicago as the main concept for the jazz portion. I want the students to analyze the various body types and body images that are portrayed in Chicago. I also want to
incorporate a nutrition journal for the students so that they can record what they are eating at home and also write down the types of fruits and vegetables they are eating. In this way, I can keep track of of what they are putting in their bodies. I also want them to write down how many times they eat fast food. I am also planning to use the farmer's market as a means for the students to be aware of the farmer's movement in Delano. The concept of my curriculum is movement: movement in dance, fast food movement, and social movement. My planning process is coming to a close and I will be executing my curriculum next quarter. I can't wait! I will let you all know how it goes!
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