Wednesday, September 2nd

Wednesday Class Hours: 10:05 – 1:45
Mr. Cronin

Notes

Early release Wednesday! Shortened schedules for a shortened day.
No afternoon academics! Everyone will return and stay after lunch.
Our RED classes for the week are over, and tomorrow (and Friday if we had one) would be the BLUE classes.
Let’s review the Dayplan, with a specific focus on the end of the day Production window.
Gavin – please fill out the form in yesterday’s Dayplan for t-shirt and hoodie sizes!

10:05 Attendance and Article

10:10 Blender

Edit mode review
Boolean review
Array modifier review and chain
Subdivision surface modifier
Focal Lengths and Lens control / far clipping

10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)

11:00 Run Hide Fight Presentation

Throughout the year we will have monthly safety drills. Either a Run Hide Fight Presentation in the classroom, or an external Fire Drill.

To kick off the year we will have both:

Today – Run Hide Fight presentation
Tomorrow – Fire Drill in the afternoon, we will practice in the AM.

11:20 Blender

Terrain / Soft Selection aka Proportional Editing
Faking water
Quick bridge / scale / human appending.

11:35 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.

12:05 Attendance and Article

12:10 GAWD Project: Castle

Work and save.

12:40 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 without notifications, tabs, or other digital distractions. Think of it as a chance to unplug, relax, and let your imagination do the work.

1:00 Afternoon Break (15 minutes)

1:15 Afternoon Practice & Production

Only 5 minutes as it’s Wednesday – Dailies at 1:20!

1:20 Dailies

1:25 “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.