Residency- Field Community School- 5 Hours
The students continue to work on their comics. Some students were much further along than others. I especially liked it when I could tell the students had put a lot of effort into their comics, like when they had a lot of detail. Or, the students were allowed to put their own spin on their comic if they wanted, and some of them really jumped at the chance to be creative. Their comics were funny. I tried to give suggestions to the students, such as, to add backgrounds to the comics (something I struggle with myself). One problem I noticed was a lot of kids were writing the speech balloons so small that you couldn't read the text. I'll have to remember this issue if i ever do a comics lesson again so I can try to prevent it.
Residency- Barton Open School- 5 Hours
It was an especially cool day. A local politician came to the school and had an assembly for the students. Several of the students were prepared with questions they wanted to ask him. Some questions were generic, such as, "What made you decide to go into politics?" while other questions were specific such as, "Why were you against the Help Local Business bill?" The politician did a good job at answering their questions in an approachable and respectful manner. He stayed confident but never talked down to them.
During Film Studies, the students are preparing to make their own films. They are doing this in groups. They had a lot of time to collaborate with their group members about the project. After that was done, they started watching a classic movie.