June 12 2019 Elizabeth Vesialou Blogger 7-25

June 12 2019
Elizabeth Vesialou Blogger 7-25


Aim: How does the wedding scene demonstrate character strength and weakness?

Do Now: Reflect on the video projects.

Today we reflected on the video project to talk about what we liked about the project and what we wish would have been different. Some comments included that being able to express yourself and show creativity was a better way to have a final. Students liked that even if they are not good test takers, they were able to show their knowledge through a project. Others would have wanted to have the option to write an essay instead, or, even take a test. Other reflections involved wanting to do something alone, not group work, or the video minimum to be five minutes instead of seven.

Ms. Fusaro explained why she did the project. She said that in today's job market, creativity and communication are the two most important skills to have and she knew that we were being tested in the traditional sense in other classrooms and wanted to do something different. Ms. Fusaro also told us that she was impressed with our videos and the products we came up with and loved seeing students, that don't normally participate, shine in the videos.

After this discussion, we started reading scene one of act four in Much Ado About Nothing. This was the scene of Claudio's and Hero's wedding. We discussed Claudio's outburst and how shocking it was for that century.