How to use this Blog as your Drama logbook 2014
Your logbook is an important part of your drama course. It acts like a diary and provides you with a record of what you do in both practical and theoretical components. When constructions a logbook you must follow certain procedures to ensure you meet all outcomes of the drama syllabus. You will need to do this every time you make an entry.
After you have created a blog using your google email, you will create a blog name. Eg, Miss Nicholson's is enporthacking.blogspot.com YOU MUST write down your blog name in Miss Nicholson's computer, so she can access them to read them. Your blogs will be made public, but you can limit the amount of people that can read them. You must also allow for comments from 'Readers' as this is how I will be able to comment on your logbook and give you feedback.
I would also like you to take pride in your logbook, and use it as a diary, so if you would like to take photos in class for your blog, you just need to seek permission from the teacher and the subjects within the photo.
Tasks will also be set, and can be completed through your blog.
To make a good quality detailed record of each lesson you must:
- Ensure you date each entry in the Post title
Date and Week
You should create your blog by the Unit of work.
- Identify topic and unit for each lesson
Each lesson will derive from a unit of work and therefore each lesson is significant and will have a topic. For instance the unit of work might be Commedia Del'arte and the topic for the lesson could be 'Zanni'. You can use this, as your Post title if you like or include it in your summary of the lesson, however, the unit and the topic must be identified in each entry.
- Talk about the exercises and activities you did in class
This can involve listing, describing, recounting each exercise or focusing on a specific exercises that achieved the most outcome. At the very least you should name each exercise done each lesson. After you have detailed the exercises you MUST describe the significance of the activity by deconstructing and analysing it. For example you need to assess;
- Why the activity is important and significant to the lesson and its topic?
- What are the desired outcomes or aim of the exercise?
- What were your personal corrections (or general corrections) and how can you improve on these?
- What do you feel succeeded on in this exercise?
- What have you improved on since the last time you did this exercise?
- How does the activity utilise the elements of drama?
NB: you do not need to answer these questions for every activity every lesson, only with new activities or developments/improvements made in the activity.
- Discuss the drama piece you are constructing in class and include a personal reflection of the process.
This should involve a description of the blocking worked on in each class. You need to discuss your personal feelings and thoughts on what your doing, what your group is doing and also need to include personal goals or achievements that will assist in improving the quality of your work.
- Ensure you use drama terminology and always refer to the Elements of Drama
This will assist with your drama vocabulary and ensure you understand what you are doing in class. If you can't remember what things are called, always ask - either your teacher or a friend. Also aim for correct grammar and spelling to demonstrate the pride you take in your blog.
- Include digital copies of all handouts, highlight (where possible) and discuss.
All sheets must be included into your logbook, or separate blog entry, however you must show evidence of reading them and discuss why these handouts are important and this needs to be documented in your blog. You may like to reference these sheets when writing, which can be as simple as giving them a code E.g. F1 = Focus sheet 1 or Z1 = Zanni handout 1
- Must be a suitable length that provides an adequate analysis of each lesson.
