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Monday:
Mrs. Turner’s Teacher Cadet class started the day by finding out that contrary to what we were told last week, we would be able to go to the elementary school that we had been planning on going to for a few weeks. We were all excited; it meant less trouble trying to organize another field trip and it also meant that we would be able to meet our pen pals quicker. Mrs. Turner then showed us how to do the blog, as some of us had never used it before and/or were new to Mauldin High School. After that she explained where the elementary school was, though the majority of us were foggy as to where exactly it was located so we put it off until later.
Instead, we focused on what we would bring the children- pens or pencils, as well as stationary tied with a ribbon all together were what we were told to get for our pen pals. Mrs. Turner then showed us how we would make the alligator cards for the children. We ended up splitting into groups, working on our puppets as well, some choosing to do one, others choosing to do the other.
Tuesday:
We began class by showing off some of the pretty and/or cool stationary that some of the students had brought ahead of time. We were also (finally!) given the names of the children that we would be pen pals with; I ended up with two boys, Yapha and Michael. After multiple attempts to pronounce the former’s name and asking other student’s opinions, we settled on something like “Ya-ffah”. We then started once more on our puppet shows; some were further along than others; then there were some who chose to get their alligators done first instead. The puppet shows really came together late on Tuesday, however, when ideas became solidified and the deadline came around quicker than most of us thought.
Wednesday:
We started class by getting the pictures that Mrs. Turner had taken of us on the first few days of school and were told to place them on the inside flap of our alligators for the students. It would make it easier for them to find us if they knew what we looked like. Even more important, however, was figuring out how to get to their school. We also made plans to figure out later who would be driving and who would ride with who. In our group, Tonya read the script and we picked out which lines we wanted to have. Once that was finished, some of us moved over to watch another group’s play: one was about a child with cancer, and the other was about a fish. Both of these looked extremely fun to see fully, and it was good to see all the plays coming together even on such short notice.
Thursday:
Performance day! We began class with more planning about who would ride with who and then general directions about how to get there as well as signing up for spots in the cars. Then, we started our puppet shows. The small stage that Mrs. Turner had built and painted was very cute and worked very well for our shows, making it even more fun. Each play focused on a different thing, some on friendship, some on being yourself, some on overcoming obstacles; all of these were positive messages that we wanted to send the children. In the end, the one about the shiny fish was the one which was picked to perform first in the play for the children. Everyone really enjoyed the other puppet shows, however; the plays managed to entertain the older teens as well as would entertain the younger ones, too.
Friday:
The best day of this week, without a doubt! We finalized our driving arrangements, did some last minute shopping for some, as well as organized our gifts for the children. It took a while for some people to get to where the rest of us were meeting, but we all made it and even left early. The drive there was a little longer than expected, but was actually a lot of fun, especially for the car that I was in. We got to the school, signed in and headed into the cafeteria where Hillcrest was practicing their dances. After some getting set up on the puppeteers parts’ and then the sets getting ready, everything was complete and the children came in. Some of us tried to pick out our students based on the names, or just guessing about which ones were ‘ours’. When it came time to introduce ourselves, it was fun to see all the students sitting there waiting for us. Finally, after the shows, we were able to meet and greet them, giving the gifts we had bought for them mountains
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