Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Cronin
Notes
- Thursday!
- English day, and our first Blue day of the week.
10:05 Attendance and Article
10:15 Literal Visualization Animations
Check back to the Wednesday Dayplan for specifics.
10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)
11:00 10-Minute Note Card
No name required, but it does get hung up! Student chosen random topic. Use all art supplies (or try to, practice is the goal).
11:10 Literal Visualization Animations
11:35 A Gentleman in Moscow
Imagine being sentenced to spend your life inside a luxury hotel. In A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Count Alexander Rostov faces exactly that. Trapped in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel after the Russian Revolution, he builds unexpected friendships and watches history unfold outside. The novel asks an important question: Can you still build a meaningful life when your freedom is taken away?
A class read-along gives us a chance to slow down, disconnect from screens, and get lost in a great book together. As we read, you’ll naturally build your vocabulary, strengthen your reading skills, and experience a story.
11:55 Lunch
- No food in the room / eat in the Cafe.
- You are welcome to return to the room when you have finished eating and work / hang out.
12:25 English
1:10 Afternoon Break
1:25 Speed Design
Speed Designs are 15 minute sprints in GAWD where we practice. It could be any medium – 3D, 2D, video, programming, etc.
1:40 Afternoon Practice & Production
Literal Visualizations Animations
- lastNameWord.mp4 (the first word you are doing, for example croninFloat.mp4)
- lastNameWord.mp4 (the second word you are doing, for example croninSpin.mp4)
Design Homework 6: Literal Storyboards
- lastNameDH_6_Word.jpg (the first word you are doing, for example croninDH_6_Float.jpg)
- lastNameDH_6_Word.jpg (the second word you are doing, for example croninDH_6_Spin.jpg)
Week 6 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
2:15 Dailies
2:20 “19 Minutes”
Every day in GAWD will end with “19 Minutes” of silent reading. Closing down our day with silent reading provides many benefits:
- Improve Literacy Skills / Reading Stamina
- Create space for a small reading meditation where we can disconnect from the world and get lost in a story
- Unplug
At the end I will 3 students and ask for a 1 sentence explanation of what happened.
2:40 Dismissal
