I've glanced at the New Yorker magazine several times but never really paid attention to it. I'm not a big political person, but I now see how great these covers are and it makes me want to read one of the magazines...after this class is over. Lynn, I thought you did a great job with the lesson. I appreciate your depth and I get the impression that you are able to "get the best" out of your students. The assumptions that you have when dealing with writing are endless - most notably that of tone. Interpretation is another important factor and I believe you demonstrated this very effectively. I can be a very literal person and sometimes I feel like poetry simply doesn't speak to me as I would like for it to. Through lessons like this, I can feel my own skills developing and hopefully will be able to transfer this into my teaching.
By the way...Lynn mentioned Godspell today. The Actors Guild of Parkersburg will be doing the show this fall. The director (who is also a teacher) is taking some very creative liberties with the show and it should be fantastic. It's a little far for some of you, but maybe we can meet for a night of community theater. I hope you don't mind my shameless plug for the Guild.
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Not at all, Robin.
ReplyDeleteI need to link into that community more.
Robin,I owe you a double thank you---first, for your feedback on the lesson and,second, for plugging the Guild. Unless it overlaps with our fall show at LHS, I guarantee that I will come to one of the performances, and I will bring a friend. She and I have made a pact to become Godspell groupies and go to every staging we can get to because we loved it so much when Logan did it. Ohio State did it in May at the Southern Theater---a WOW for sure.
ReplyDeleteLet me just warn your Actors Guild that presenting Godspell in Logan turned out to be a fantastic way to generate writing. You should have seen the variety of letters to the editor of the Logan Daily News. No worries about misreading tone in those letters---every writer had a different opinion, but they all get an A+ for tone and voice! I think the controversy was great for sales of our moribund small town paper.
"Godspell" sounds like a field trip; perhaps Jodi can organize a get together. Dinner and a show sounds like a perfect way to reconnect this fall. Just "food" for thought.
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