So this week Sarah and I showed up to Flagship, fully knowing two of our students wouldn't be attending. Little did we know, none of our regular students would show up at all (Turns out 6th Grade had a ski trip today and hadn't returned yet.) We did have one new girl sit down at our table, but she didn't look too enthused to be the only one there. Sarah and I discussed our options and we felt that we didn't want to scare this girl away from the group forever, by Sarah and I just teaching warm-ups to her. This girl didn't seem like an "all eyes on me" sort of person, so we encouraged her to come back next week to join the rest of the class then. Sarah and I sulked (sort of) back to our respective cars, unable to do anything with the group, and unable to teach Flagship today. However, I think in the long run...this was the best decision, as all of our kids put "how to act" on what they would like to learn. Being warm-ups are an integral part to actor training, or at least for middle schoolers, the students will really benefit from the new material next week. Sarah and I have decided to keep with our original plan and stick to our outline, so we will be doing half of this week's material and half of next week's material next Wednesday.
Also, I have been placed in a drama classroom at MHMS for my final classroom observation. Sarah and I could always use more kids, so my cooperating teacher and i had the idea to maybe hold mini drama groups during lunch at the school. This way, students could test out drama and see if maybe the after school flagship program would be fun! Until next week!
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