Was it u or Emily or…? I 4got:( 

Did I？

Your work was well formatted so your pain and/or convertio.co did a good job! I also find PDF to Word conversion is bothersome, especially when the line breaks don’t automagically fix themselves and require manual fixing.

Your advice regarding the importance of seemingly small details is helpful. These things really help to share your vision of the scene.

Thanks EmmaZ! This is a very helpful reflection on the process so far. I also feel that the rehearsals are a bit chaotic, but I’m not sure there’s any way to avoid it. It’s very reassuring that our version of the play is starting to look more organised already. Last year, it took months to get to this stage!

Yes, my own reflection on this unit is that I think we may have needed a lesson or two studying different kinds of puppet and evaluate the practicality of each in our classroom environment. I’m also thinking that next year it might be a good idea to try to make this an Interdisciplinary Unit with Art or Design so you have more time to work on the puppets and stage.

Regarding your voice acting – consider the importance of pauses. Dramatic pauses can really help the performance.

And, even though I try to write the tone description of the characters in the way that I understand, voice-acting is still very hard, since Sebastian usually speaks in a low voice in that scene, but I can’t really do a low and loud voice at the same time, and it’s hard to make it sounds more dramatic (I don’t think I’ve solve this problem yet).

What went well was that I FINISHED my stage directions.😙 I spent like, half a day summa-writing, changing stuff, going through to make sure it could be finished in 15 minutes, etc. Although not perfect, I managed to shorten the 2 hour (maybe longer?) play into a 15-minute one. I think that’s a big step and a big challenge for me, and I think the main contributor to finish writing this piece of script is time management 🙂

I think the MOST challenging part was when we wrote/drew the stage directions. I missed that part (sorry Dr. Terrett I 4got😥) and it looked (it was, according to @Serena) absolutely FRUSTRATING when 8ELL was organizing it. It requires us to consider the positions on stage, body gestures, talking tone, and interactions with each other/audience.

The stage directions got harder when we actually tried performing it on stage. I’m the narrator and I spent the class in the theater watching G8 students & teachers telling each other what to do, where to stand/lie, etc. It looked a bit of a mess and I was too confused to participate😰, but after the changes and management and all that stuff the play turns out to be pretty awesome! 🤩

I hope the play would turn out right after all these hard-work and alterations of @all 8ELL students.😌(also, thanks @Mr. Alex-Banana & @Dr. Terrett! ) 

Though from my experience, the screenplay wasnt hard, I just got a low score because I was so focused on the formatting I didn’t even have the focus to ask “How to write a screen play?”(even asking AI would work)

As for what went well:
Completing the assignment in time, Formatting the entire assignment, descriptions for camera, lighting,

As for what was challenging/ forgotten:
adding descriptions for props, scene layout.

As for what I can do to fix this situation:
Search for the subject every time we start a project, remember to take time on the small details.

So yeah it was a very useful experience(type correction corrected it to useless bruh)

PS is markdown available?????????

EDIT: thinking back my brain is probably smooth since I forgot PDF to Word converters exist, Shout out to convertio.co!

Yes, you helped quite a lot. The materials are invaluable.

Is there anything you’d do differently if we were to start  over or do a similar project in the future?

whoops, i was being a bit repetitive with that 🙂

I think I did ok, since I contributed 3 of the puppets and bought some essential materials and provided help/emotional support to anyone in need.

I think I did ok-ishly in the screen play, even though our group is kind of behind. Hears what I contributed: the Ariel-harpy puppet, the prospero puppet, 2 “shapes”, providing help to other peeps, providing emotional support, etc. (not to mention that I bought some important materials).