Blog Entry#6

Right now we start the unit dealing with Shakespeare. We just finished learning about the theater were Shakespeare held most of his plays. This theater was called "The Globe". My First impression of the theater was that it was nice for the year it was built. I liked the way the roof was open so you could they natural light to stage the plays. I also like the roof over the stage because it had a nice picture of the heavens on it. I would defiantly like to go and see a play at the Globe Theater. If I were to go and see a play at The Globe I would like to sit in the Lords Room. I would like to sit their because you have the best view of the whole theater and you can see the action of the play almost as if you were in it. I also would like to sit in the Lords Room because you get to actual seat and also it would not smell as bad because you be sitting above everyone. I have learned a lot of interesting about the globe theater like how it only cost 1 penny to get into the standing area. I also learned that the theater smelled really bad and also learned that there were no female actors, so young males played girl parts.

Entry # 6

Reflect on your experience with the novel October Sky How effective do you think the activities and schedule were for this unit? How does it compare with other novel studies you have done? Do you think you gained more from this type of study? Why or why not?

My experience throughout the novel October Sky was an enlightening one. I thought that all the activities and assignments were very effective in helping you understand the novel better. Also having a schedule for the unit help you know what was to be done and when it was to be done. The schedule helped you make time to do homework and reading.  We did various activities throughout the novel. We did 10 journal entries, a science fair which was are final project, a character sketch assignment, we went in groups and summarized chapters 10-15, and we wrote a final essay. We did different assignments with groups, which I found helpful to get other peoples point of views and ideas of the novel.  The only problems that I personally had with group work was that some people did anything and the others were stuck with their responsibilities and the people who didn't do anything still got a mark. This novel studies was not that different from other studies that we have done in the past because their was group, journals, and reading. I gained from this type of studies because we got to worked in groups and help each other with understanding the novel.