Today, we spent most of the day preparing for our visit to the play, Edward the Crazy Man. After eating snack and reading quietly, we had a discussion about the amount of work that goes into putting on a play (production). The class did an excellent job at brainstorming all of the possible roles involved in putting on a theatrical production. Here is the list we came up with:
We then returned to the issue of mental health and what it is and why it is important. Some reasons why people may have mental health issues were explored. The information for this discussion came from the Teacher's Guide for the play as well as information from CAMH (Centre for Mental Health and Addiction).
One of the final activities of the morning, which extended into the afternoon, was the review of some of the lines of dialogue from the play. This was used as the basis for a Drama activity (and also an Oral Communication and speaking exercise). Each student had to memorize a line from the play and it will be used, in the future, as a exercise in improvisation. Here are a few photos of some of the students reading their lines:
In addition to the Drama, we continued to read from Worse than Boys. Ask your son or daughter, sister or brother about what is happening in the book to date.
Homework: Grade 7 Integer quiz and review moved to Wednesday, Return all permission forms for tomorrow's big trip, read article on plastic bags in the trees at Dufferin Mall.
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