Colombine high school massacre
Time: 11.19am - 12.08pm
Date: April 20th 1999
Attack type:
- School shooting
- Mass murder
- Massacre
- Murder (Suicide)
- Fire
- Suicide Attack
- Shoot out
- Attempted bombing
- Late car explosion
Deaths - 15
Injured people - 21
* It was a highly planned attack
* The murderers were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
* The murderers then committed suicide
* The shooting resulted in more school security
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Friday, 4 October 2013
Peer Evaluation
1.
What do you think is the strongest part of the
blog? This could be a certain post, the writing style, the graphic design, the
use of alternative media, the images, etc. What makes this element so strong?
I think that a good part of the blog overall was the diary
entry that was put in on Chistmas day, I think there was one small paragraph in
it that was very clever in a very simple way:
I should be greatful, I got so many presents under the tree
waiting to be opened. I just cant face the thought of going downstairs. I'm a
mess.
2.
Is there a part of the blog you find confusing?
A part that doesn’t seem to quite match the rest or the character for which it
was designed? A link for which you don’t understand the connection? Can you
give some suggestions for how to improve that part?
I was a little confused about the
links to different research themes, it might have just been because I haven’t
done that yet….But I just wasn’t sure what the link to a song by Jack Johnson
was. I was probably just being blind though.
3.
After reading the blog, what would you like to
know more about? Is there a post that leaves you with questions? Write down at
least two questions to help your partner further develop this blog.
I think if it isn’t to much work
that it would be really good to do like a diary entry a few months after Christmas
about how lily is doing, her parents etc… her new school, new house and so on.
4.
Did you notice any major misspellings or
grammatical issues? Please note down anything.
There were a few spelling
mistakes but otherwise it was all good.
5. Did your partner
fulfil all the requirements on the Character Blog Requirements handout?
Warming up & hot seating 3/10/13
Voice and physicality warm up:
We started off the session with rolling our hips in different directions. This helped us warm up and loosen our bodies. We then went on to doing an exercise where we learnt against a wall saying a line in our script in different ways to get in touch with our character and discover the way we could say that line effectively that will suit the role and the time of the play. We spoke from the head (Direct voice with no sub text), heart (Open, sensitive, soft voice), guts (Going into battle, deep down, bad news reaction voice), hips (Soft, central, relaxed) groin (Energy from the floor, balanced on the ground and sturdy), this was effective because we were able to see the different ways in which we say things that we mean in an effective way. We carried on by doing mouth and voice warm ups to get ready for the session and to be alert in the session.
We then went on to do our character status walking. This is what we do to see what our character is like and how they are seen by people. This exercise helped me realise the truth about my character and her feelings and emotions at my point of the play.
Hot seating:
The next activity was hot seating each character in order of the play. It was useful seeing other peoples thought process because we were able to build up a good background story of the entire play from start to finish and from different perspectives. It was also useful to be my own character because I was able to improvise effectively and speak about my characters thoughts at this part of the play (first starting school and initial thoughts on other characters).
I was asked questions such as:
1. How are you?
2. What are you feeling about the school?
3. What is your opinion on Nicholas, Cissy, Tanya, Bennett?
4. What is your family background like?
Each question entitled me to be quite closed about my emotions as I was new to the school and I didn't want to show that I was soft and then be walked all over or stubborn where people don't want to know me. My character was quite nervous however was in a situation where it was vital to keep neutral with everyone as best as she could. I was able to develop my character further by listening to other people be my character at different points of the play. The task it's self wasn't particularly difficult but it was more useful to see what peoples reactions were to the questions that were asked and what and how they answered.
We then went on to do 'funky chicken' to shake us off and still be alert after the hot seating activity.
We started off the session with rolling our hips in different directions. This helped us warm up and loosen our bodies. We then went on to doing an exercise where we learnt against a wall saying a line in our script in different ways to get in touch with our character and discover the way we could say that line effectively that will suit the role and the time of the play. We spoke from the head (Direct voice with no sub text), heart (Open, sensitive, soft voice), guts (Going into battle, deep down, bad news reaction voice), hips (Soft, central, relaxed) groin (Energy from the floor, balanced on the ground and sturdy), this was effective because we were able to see the different ways in which we say things that we mean in an effective way. We carried on by doing mouth and voice warm ups to get ready for the session and to be alert in the session.
We then went on to do our character status walking. This is what we do to see what our character is like and how they are seen by people. This exercise helped me realise the truth about my character and her feelings and emotions at my point of the play.
Hot seating:
The next activity was hot seating each character in order of the play. It was useful seeing other peoples thought process because we were able to build up a good background story of the entire play from start to finish and from different perspectives. It was also useful to be my own character because I was able to improvise effectively and speak about my characters thoughts at this part of the play (first starting school and initial thoughts on other characters).
I was asked questions such as:
1. How are you?
2. What are you feeling about the school?
3. What is your opinion on Nicholas, Cissy, Tanya, Bennett?
4. What is your family background like?
Each question entitled me to be quite closed about my emotions as I was new to the school and I didn't want to show that I was soft and then be walked all over or stubborn where people don't want to know me. My character was quite nervous however was in a situation where it was vital to keep neutral with everyone as best as she could. I was able to develop my character further by listening to other people be my character at different points of the play. The task it's self wasn't particularly difficult but it was more useful to see what peoples reactions were to the questions that were asked and what and how they answered.
We then went on to do 'funky chicken' to shake us off and still be alert after the hot seating activity.
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