First Year 11 lesson and the LOGBOOK!

Today was the first lesson of the year and right off the bat we were bombarded with information about the Logbook.

Now let us be real here; no one actually likes doing the logbook, but hey you have to so we can’t exactly do much about that. Someone once told me that if you change your attitude about something you might actually start loving it. Like math for example, I absolutely hated it. Then one day I sit down to do my work and I think to myself, what is the point of fussing over this? I will have to do it any so I might as well learn to enjoy it. So let us be positive about it. I LOVE DOING THE LOGBOOK! (yay)

For the past few years of doing drama, the logbook has been a place for reflection. However for the next two years, as far as my understanding goes, the logbook is a place for brainstorming ideas, reflection, evaluation and recording progress during assignments. Here are some points I took down about the logbook during class.

The Logbook:

• Detailed evidence of achievement

The logbook is the link between the practical and the theoretical elements of the course

What the teacher is looking for:

• Up to date work in drama

• Written reflections of classwork and activities

• What did we do

• Why did we do it

• Personal strengths and weaknesses

• Class notes

• Independent research

• Annotated photographs that support what we are learning

• Teacher notes

There are two parts generally that comprises the logbook:

• Class reflection and entries for each lesson (must be dated)

• Assessments – linear documentation of processes through the task : mind maps, researching, lighting, sound, costuming etc brain storming place must be organic

More notes:

• Record all planning and mistakes

• Plan your entires

• Regular dated entries

• Titled entries

• Critically analyse and evaluate rather than merely report what you did

• Discuss why you did the activities – don’t just recall them

There's the bell!

Toodles!

S