CE Day 1

Hello from Michal's CE class!

In Creative Expression, we have about an hour to write, discuss, collaborate, laugh, share, and journal about our time at Arts-X-press. We start the day with some journal-ing, including thinking about a discovery and a goal. Lots of goals on the first day consisted of trying to make new friends and the discoveries were all about how much we love the arts! Some of us were really nervous about our arts workshop but so far their attitudes are great and everyone is taking risks and stepping out of their comfort zone!

We also journal about our day. Yesterday we saw Sunset Boulevard so our journals consisted of our responses to the play. Lots of us wrote about our favorite parts, which included the twist at the end, the part where he crashes into her lawn, the part where she goes back to the studio and where Joe and Betty are writing their script together.

We also spend some time doing an activity. Yesterday our activity was a Life Map. We thought about and then discussed where we were in our lives but also where we came from and where we are going. We noticed how over the years our families, our likes and dislikes, our personality, our goals and desires, have all changed over the year. It could be something small like not having siblings when we were little but then having some when we were older or liking Sponge Bob when we were little and now living Pretty Little Liars. Then we thought about our future where we wanted to be when we grow up. We thought about if we wanted to go to college or what career we wanted, if we wanted to get married or travel or explore the world. We created written and visual maps that represented our life.

Today we prepared for Pageant of the Masters by partnering up and choosing a painting we will see tomorrow. In our partner groups, we wrote a story that was illustrated by the picture. There were stories written about popes and monks, the Wild West, desert crossings, couples in Paris and London, men with many wives and big families, quiet scenes at the movie theater. We are really excited to compare our stories to the real stories that we'll learn about at Pageant tomorrow.

Our plan is to also write Ancient Doorway poems and collaborate on putting together an awesome show for the Parent Presentation. We can't wait to share with you all that we've done!