One week down..

This week was a good first week I'd say. I like my classes and so far they seem to like me... even with there being a full moon and all. ..

I did not go over rules and procedures this week, the only procedures I reviewed were drills- fire, earthquake, tornado and lockdown. It's such a shame that we have to review what to do in the case of an intruder, but that's today's world I guess, sadly.

Anyway, my students worked on the Marshmallow challenge (see previous post) and also the exquisite corpse drawing exercise. 

Students were each given an 8.5x11 piece of paper. They created a tri-fold and wrote their name on the back. Then students were instructed to draw a 'head' for the exquisite corpse. They must extend the neck to just below the fold line. After drawing the head they were told to fold the top third backwards and make sure they could see  the marks from their drawing below the fold. They then had to  GET UP AND TRADE WITH SOMEONE AT ANOTHER TABLE. This way, they had actually move and talk to other people. 

They were NOT allowed to look at the head on their newly acquired paper. They were to use the marks that extended below the fold to begin the 'body' of the corpse. When finished, they again had to extend the lines below the fold line and fold it backwards again. They were instructed to trade with someone they hadn't traded with yet.  

Lastly they were instructed to Finish the bottom of the corpse. They the. Open it, laugh and return it to the original artist. 

It's a fun way to get them drawing on the first day!