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Documentation of Teaching/ Classroom Videos
Document	Commentary
Sheltered English Production Video Edited video providing an overview of the production. play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Claudia came in for extra help on her role during nutrition and lunch.
Reviewing the Text September 27: reviewing the text play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Actors are genuinely interested in the meaning of words they will have to say and to which they will have to respond.
Touring the Theater October 14: touring the theater play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Our actors watch a rehearsal of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the main-stage.  Midsummer actors later came to one of our previews.
Blocking October 18th: Blocking play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Students sign up for extra rehearsal and  production jobs.  We review the schedule.  We set up theatre.
Rehearsing October 21: Rehearsing play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Company of actors remains on-task for substitute teacher
Rehearsing October 28th: rehearsing play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	On this day, a student teacher and an aide for the special needs students join me.
Rehearsing November 4: Rehearsing play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Conferencing with individual students takes place before rehearsal begins.
Rehearsing November 25th: Rehearsing play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Invited previews have begun.
Final Rehearsals December 2: Final rehearsals play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Four languages spoken here in our prologue: English, Farci, Chinese, and Spanish.
Dress Rehearsal December 5: Dress rehearsal play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	We used props and comic bits to scaffold exposition for our actors and our audience.
Final Performance December 7: Final Performance play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Claudia plays her objectives confidently, showing comprehension of the text.
Student Interviews December 7: Student interviews play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	Post show interviews-after performance of A Comedy of Errors
Dean's Council Presenting at UCSB's Dean's Council play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	It was exciting for the students to be honored at a luncheon at a major university campus.
Urban Sites Conference Presenting at Urban Sites conference play Quicktime Player high • low get plugin Windows Media high • low get plugin	The students used the positive audience response to find new values in their scripts.
Reflections on Teaching
Document	Description	Commentary
Why Shakespeare?	excerpt from program	Why not tackle the best?  The students prove to themselves that they are up to the challenge.
Pedagogical Context and Materials
Document	Description	Commentary
	article about Much Ado about Nothing	Our students received nice attention in the school newspaper.
	Another article about Much Ado	This article appeared in the Santa Barbara Newspress.  It was so important for our students, who previously felt “invisible.”
	student work	Towards the end of the semester, we had some fun writing “Lies Poetry” and sharing with the class.  I found the assignment sheet in a stack of papers left behind by a retired colleague
	script we used for Comedy of Errors	Script we used for A Comedy of Errors-This adaptation worked well, even though most of it is in iambic pentameter.
	Curriculum Paper assignment	The basic rules of the class.
	freewrites to music	I am so happy that Karla stayed with us.
	one-act class notes	Actors from the one-acts production class came to see a preview.  Their laughter taught our actors so much about what was funny in their lines.
	Scene Summaries and production fliers	English and Spanish versions of the scene summaries were done by students and a student teacher.  The flyer was done by student Erica Uriarte.
	Script used for The Tempest	I usually splice together an adaptation with some material from Shakespeare’s unabridged text.
	Index of Videos for COE	A more detailed look at our A Comedy of Errors rehearsal and production video.
	dialogue written by student	Maria Hernandez used her little sister as her intended audience.
	Scene written by student	Based this scene on a scene from A Comedy of Errors
	character chart for performance	Character Chart for performance-Students create this flow chart for entrances and exits.  A real asset in casting actors for multiple roles, and for actors during rehearsals.
	curtain call chart	Curtain Call- We posted the blocking for the curtain call so actors could see it before running onstage for their bows.
	flyer for Much Ado About Nothing	Flyer for Much Ado-This flyer was designed by a student.
	Monologue written by student	Monologue written by student Juana Fonseca-Juana focused on the feelings she had when visiting back in Mexico.
	program for Much Ado About Nothing	Program for Much Ado-Students and a student teacher typed the program.
	scene summaries for The Tempest	Scene summaries for The Tempest-This project helped audience members in the following the plot.  It also helped those with smaller roles to have more meaningful work and a more sizeable contribution to the project.
	Vocabulary exercise	Vocabulary Exercise-These lists provide scaffolding for the students.  Student mentors review the definitions with their peers at the beginning of each class session early on.
	Phil Levien's Acting Resume