We got into our task groups, and most of them are working very hard. The Art group is making the main entrance sign for the carnival, Ambiance is finding carnival music and making decorations for the great hall, and the Roadies are helping out several groups. A very productive day, indeed.
Work still needs to be done and we are getting closer to the due date. As a matter of fact, a new date has been resigned to February 23rd. We have worked on all three booths and talked about the things we need to bring. Some of the groups are far done with booth three, however, others are on booth one and two.
We got into our task groups, and most of them are working very hard. The Art group is making the main entrance sign for the carnival, Ambiance is finding carnival music and making decorations for the great hall, and the Roadies are helping out several groups. A very productive day, indeed.
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In English today we went to the library and split into our six work groups to work on the finishing touches of the booths we have created – or are working on creating. The groups have finished booths one and two for the most part and are typing or organizing their plans for them, while gathering information to finish up their third booths. Most of the groups are making interesting plans and layouts for games and activities for the carnival, while the task groups continue to work on their assignments. The logistics group is working up an invitation list, and should be done with that within the week to come, while the art group has come close to a decision on an invitation – they have yet to decide. The ambiance group has yet to disclose their choices for stages 2-3 of the carnival color schemes, but I believe they are nearing a decision and the class should know it within the week as well. The blog group is keeping in touch with the other groups, keeping tabs on the class’s progress and documenting it for organization purposes; while the class as a whole works together to pull off an awesome carnival.
In other news, the date has been decided for the carnival, and it will be taking place on February the 3rd at Edmonds Woodway, the exact start and ending time has yet to be decided. Today we had a substitute teacher for class. So basically, we spent the whole day working. Definitely not much to report as it was mostly a normal day. Most groups spent the period doing research on the first booth, and some moved on to the second booth.
Group Reports: Group 1: “On Tuesday we came up with the ideas for all 3 booths.” Group 2: “Just working on random tasks. Most of us were coming up with ideas for the booths.” Group 3: “Finished our first booth, almost finished our second.” Group 4: “We worked a lot on booth #1. We brainstormed and almost completed it.” Group 5: “We completed our booth #1 and #2. We’re currently contacting places to donate bottles.” Group 6: We did some research to find ideas for booths, and collected some data.” Overall, the day was very productive for all groups. Today we worked in our work groups. We were working on booth one and also started discussing what we wanted to do for our second booth. Although we were supposed to be done with booth one and have started on booth two, not every group, including my own, had not finished their first booth.
We were a bit behind on our schedule, but not too far, and we should be able to catch up on Tuesday next week. Today we broke up into six groups; each given the task of running different carnival booths and auxiliary projects for the carnival, and researched our topics. Later our Logistics task group got approval for the carnival from Ms. Mickelson, and the Roadies task group laid out a floor plan for the event in the Great Hall. Additionally, the Ambiance task group began to find color schemes for different stages of the carnival. The class also started looking at ideas for the date that the carnival will take place, and decided that by the end of this month would be ideal – seeing as this month is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
In a world where traffickers are taking over, one English class is finally taking a stand. In the form of a school project, the students create a call to action, and bring an entire community together. From the producers of Two Voices, and Lost in the Desert, comes a dramatic production of epic proportions. Academy Award winning director Ms. Stifter presents: Twisted Carnival. Starring the Senior English Company. Coming to theaters soon!
Our human trafficking project started last year, when we were given the assignment. We, as a class, chose if we wanted to focus on sex-trafficking or labor-trafficking. After a vote, we ended up focusing on sex trafficking and we were lucky enough to be able to Skype with the CEO of Seattle Against Slavery. Robert gave us information about the situation in Seattle and also in the world. We were shocked to hear his stories on how people are trafficked, even in the United States. After the interview with Seattle Against Slavery, we were asked to come up with ideas for how we could contribute to the work against slavery. We came up with a list of suggestions including hanging up posters in the local community and in Seattle to raise awareness, spreading the word on social media, or hosting a carnival where we could invite people to raise awareness and hopefully raise about human trafficking. In addition, we spent some time discussing the topic as a class which helped us reach consensus on what to do for our project. We ended up doing the human trafficking themed carnival. |
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