The second half of the workshops grew very busy and so I haven't posted in a few weeks. I know we did fantastic things during weeks 4 and 5 - I'm looking through my notes to jog my memory.
We finished gathering sounds for the Map Soundscapes project (described in the Video Workshops, Week 2 post). Here are some of the completed projects (as Vimeo links; I haven't had good luck uploading sound files or videos directly to the blog):
Map Soundscape Group 1
http://www.vimeo.com/20968781
Map Soundscape Group 2
http://www.vimeo.com/20969592
Map Soundscape Group 3
http://www.vimeo.com/20969405
During one of the workshop days, the girls designed logos for their movie production companies. My friend Erika helped them create stop-animations of their logos. Here they are:
Heart by P
http://www.vimeo.com/20980531
Donde Fue Mi Globo/Where'd My Balloon Go by K
http://www.vimeo.com/20980256
Flying by J
Dive by E
http://www.vimeo.com/20979888
At the end of Week 4, we started writing the final projects.
For the final films, I wanted to get at important moments (big and small) in our lives and I was hoping that the girls could use the films to say something that was on their mind - about something that happened to them, something that they want in their life, etc. But I didn't want to push. So I put together a few different writing prompts that each girl could choose from, and each prompt had many options within its instructions. I also needed to keep in mind the varying education levels within the groups, and encourage drawing instead of writing where that was most comfortable. Some of the girls have great difficulty reading and writing.
Prompt #1
Part 1
Draw an image that represents one of the following options:
- a specific moment (a memory) in which you made an important decision
- the first moment you saw the sea
- a moment when you were courageous
- a moment when you were afraid
- a moment that didn't happen how you wanted it to
- a moment when you lost someone
- a moment in which everything changed
- a perfect moment
Write 5 questions about the moment you have drawn.
Part 3
Write 5 statements about the moment you have drawn.
Prompt #2
Part 1
Same instructions and list of possible moments as Prompt #1
Part 2
Draw a series of three images, dividing the moment you chose into three parts: beginning, middle, and end.
Part 3
Write two sentences of description underneath each of the three drawings.
Prompt #3
Part 1
Answer the following series of questions:
When was the first time you saw the ocean? Describe this moment.
What was a moment in which you were very courageous?
What was the moment in which your heart beat the fastest?
What is the best smell you have smelled?
What was a perfect moment?
What was the moment in which you discovered your favorite food?
What was the most fun game when you were a child?
What was a moment in which you were scared in the dark?
What was a moment in which you woke up from a vivid dream or nightmare?
What is the most beautiful rain you have experienced?
What was the first time you didn't go to bed at your bedtime?
What was the first time you saw the sunrise?
What was the first day of school like? How did you feel?
What was your favorite dinner or get-together with your family?
What was the first time you traveled to a new place?
What was the first time you heard your favorite sound?
What is the most beautiful thing you have seen in the sky?
Part 2
Look at your responses and add a note to each answer indicating the time of day in which that moment took place.
Then choose a group of moments that took place during one part of the day - morning, afternoon, or night - that are most important to you in some way.
Prompt #4
Part 1
Read two short examples of fiction writing.
Part 2
Using story puzzle pieces drawn from hats, a paper with incomplete story phrases, or only your imagination, write a short story.
Prompt #5
Part 1
Look at the following list of moments and choose one that you would like to write about:
- a specific moment (a memory) in which you made an important decision
- the first moment you saw the sea
- a moment when you were courageous
- a moment when you were afraid
- a moment that didn't happen how you wanted it to
- a moment when you lost someone
- a moment in which everything changed
- a perfect moment
Look at the information provided about haikus and look at two sample haikus by Pablo Neruda (with my translation):
La vasta noche The vast night
no es ahora otra cosa Now is nothing
que una fragancia. but a fragrance
Hoy no me alegran Today I am not made happy
los almendros del huerto. by the almond trees of the field.
Son tu recuerdo. They are a reminder of you.
Part 3
Write down short notes about your moment. Use the short notes to assemble a poem (it doesn't have to be a haiku).
Shannon and I worked with each girl one-on-one during the course of Weeks 4 and 5. I am so impressed and proud of what they wrote.
It was a morning of a cruel awakening
The only sound I heard was that of the car that was taking me to that place
That song that I remember
I couldn’t accept what had happened to me
I had to leave and I felt like my soul was being crushed
With great pain I had to accept my reality
I felt like my life was over
I saw my whole life collapse in front of me and I felt powerless
All I could do was ask God for the strength to go forward
And faith that in some moment I would leave there
A dark night
When I left my house
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