Wednesday-Friday, May 11-13, 2016

Turn in your SpringBoard book now.
Turn in your Notebooks at the end of the period.

• Independent Reading (4/17-5/1) and 5/1-5/10
• Class Notebook

Today:

Research Topic on Indonesian Wayang kulit for International Day (May 20th)

The topic of "Indonesia" is huge (it is a nation that has 1000s of years of history, so go figure!)

Mr. Vitela and I have chosen to focus for International Day on Wayang kulit shadow puppets and theatre productions to be performed in the hallway for the other students.

• Wayang kulit is performed with shadow puppets made of water buffalo hide and is said to have developed from scroll puppetry. This form is most popular in Bali, where it is called wayang kulit parwa, and in Central Java, where it is called wayang kulit purwa. The leather puppets are carved with intricate designs and painted. Buffalo horn is used for the rods that manipulate the figures.

The puppetry and the theatre they create focuses on telling stories of heroes and antiheroes, gods and goddesses, and many other topics.  Begin to research using the site below:

http://bit.ly/1SvJrtI

You'll be graded on THREE elements:

• Evidence of research (notes and notations on sites/webpages visited) - May 11-13
• Production of shadow puppets and/or story design* - May 16-19.
• Presentation of Project on May 20th. (Assessment)

I will coordinate with other teachers if you are involved in a presentation through their classwork and instruction between now and the 20th.  For example, if you go deep into a project for Ms. Parker, Ms. Mills or another teacher for Indonesia and International Day, I will adopt the grade(s) they give you.

• Communicate with ME about this, not the other teacher.
• I will keep a record of where your energy and intelligence are going for International Day.

For specifics, consider discovering answers to the following questions as you discover this art form.