Merry Wanderer Teaching

Last year, when I directed Romeo and Juliet , I printed off a few dozen audition packets. When I ran out and couldn't make it to the copier, I worried that the kids who came by to get them would meet that obstacle and decide not to turn out again. I worried that if I wasn't in my room at all times, that someone with potential might miss their chance. I worried an awful lot, but you tend to do that when launching an endeavor as big as a full-length Shakespeare play at a new school. Then I got an idea from my colleague, our choir director. He suggested for our musical that we make all of the audition tracks available in a Google Drive folded. The benefits? We don't have to individually share the link with students who are interested People who aren't part of our school Google network can't access it We can leave a URL on the call board and we won't miss anyone who isn't in one of our classes Since then, my school has gone to Google Drive for all Perf

If you've ever purchased bulletin board letters, you know the options are limited and not very cheap. You'll inevitably be left with extra letters, and when you try to use those you won't have enough of certain common pieces. Then, after a while, from stapling them to the board and removing them so many times, you'll have to pitch them and get new ones. I'm never buying bulletin board letters again. Why? Because I can make them, and my choices for colors and textures are as diverse as the scrapbooking section at my craft store. If You Want to Do This Yourself, You'll Need: An up-to-date copy of Microsoft Word  OR Access to a Photo Editing Program In word, you create letters by creating a piece of word art and then flipping it horizontally. This is important because you want to print on the back of your speciality paper, not the front. You'll save ink or toner if you set your text style to an outline on white text. In photoshop (or equivalen