Blog 22: Independent Component 2

(a) Include this statement: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ___ hours of work.”
I, Karina Tostado, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents about hours

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

1. Cannon, Dee. "Character Building and What Makes a Truly Great Actor." The Guardian, 9 May 2009. Web. 23 March 2016.
2. Deva, Jeannie. "Powerful Performance Secret" IMA. Web. 19 Feb. 2016

(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)

done.

(d) Explain what you completed.    
I was a volunteer teacher at Cortez Elementary, where I taught around 10 girls how to perform, specifically with singing. For a couple of months, I've had them perform songs, monologues, I've taught lessons, given out pointers, and much more. Currently, we're working on organizing our first showcase at the school, where each girl gets to perform at least one song of their choice. We're still debating whether to have two performances.
Before every class, I would create a lesson plan on what I should teach or what they should do. I went over the basic skills they need and once they continuously started performing, I had them give recommendations and commendations as well. From that, I realized they started learning more terms such as dynamics and staccato and know what many terms meant, such as pitch. Now, they're able to distinguish what you should and shouldn't do while performing. This club is running until May 27 so until then, the same stuff will be happening, except they'll be facing their biggest fear soon: stage fright.

(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   

This was taken during our "Gaga Week" where we performed a group song. We made t-shirts and wrote our biggest insecurity, wore it and say Born This Way, accepting and embracing who we are, with flaws and everything.

This is from the beginning of the club, where I asked them what they wanted to get out of this club.

The format or ideas of how we want our showcase to be. It is still in process.

(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. I really got to see how authenticity, my answer one, really comes into play. I still remember the way these girls performed the first time and the more I got them to get comfortable and advised them to get into their song (and even when they did some acting), authenticity was super important. One of my students, Devine, has the most beautiful voice ever. One day, she sang a pretty sad song from Black Veil Brides (who'd know) and how much she got into the song got me to tear up. I told her "what you're doing right now is exactly what you should do for every performance." And all the girls saw it and agreed. If I do stand corrected, I could've sworn I saw a little spark or motivation in these girls to actually out-beat her or be as good as her. I still haven't been able to put my answer 3, which is how the stage is set and what goes on, to the test to see how important it is. But wow, getting to see how crucial my answer 1 is was a big relief because now I know that it is my #1 answer.