Term 3 Week 7 Learning Log

*~Monday~*

9th of August… Happy Birthday Singapore! Well, on Monday its Singapore’s Birthday, so we get to have a holiday that day :] Well, because it’s public holiday we don't have school on that day so that means… no Literature lessons... And so, we missed another day of Literature… Well, Happy 45th Birthday Singapore!!

*~Thursday~*

On Thursday we had our first rehearsal for our Shakespeare performances. We went to the Community Emergency Preparedness Programme Corner (CEPP corner) to rehearse. Before we started Mr Chua first briefed us about what we are supposed to do and how we should do it. We had to get into our own Literature group and start rehearsing at our own corner which Mr Chua had allocated for us. We were then given some time to rehearse. The other roles except for the actors and director were required to give feedback on the rehearsal in their own group while the rest of the group acts. During the rehearsal one of our actor wasn’t present on that day. She was one of the main characters. She’s Juliet. And so, we have to find a substitute for her role. The director, who I’m not sure weather is he out of his mind or not, chooses me to be the substitute Juliet, Oh my God…, they know that I can’t act or anything, plus, I’m not feeling well on that day AND I’m the stage manager! I have feedbacks to write… anyway, being the substitute Juliet means I don’t need to write the feedbacks right? :] Anyway, luckily, the director just let me speak the dialog of Juliet and not act out everything, because, it was just for that day and I’m a bit worried about the ‘kissing’ part. >.< Throughout the whole rehearsal, I found it very interesting and quite fun :]( except the part that I was chosen to act as Juliet for that day). After that we assembled back in front of the ‘stage’. Mr Chua called up some random register number and he or she who is not an actor or director was needed to share their feedback, to make sure that they did write down their feedback. Most of them commented that the actors speak softly and didn’t act out normally. There are some who were from other groups that talked about their actors but didn't elaborate well on the comments they made. Before the lesson ended, Mr Chua asked us whether we have any questions to ask so he can explain to us if we did not understand. Next he told some roles in the Shakespeare performances to stay back for awhile as he wanted to say some words to them regarding on what they're supposed to do( most of them are directors). We’ll continue our rehearsal on the next Literature lesson. So next Literature lesson is going to be our second rehearsal, I hope my group’s Juliet will be present in school, because I don’t want to act as the temporary Juliet again!