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I really enjoy watching their performance. Very engaging.......

by Ching

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Loved the face expressions! They got me more focused and it was fun to watch!

-Sunny

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Using background sound was such a great idea and the school building design was interesting!

-Sunny

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I loved the way Evan and Theo rhymed each line in their poems. It made the presentation really entertaining alongside its informative nature.

Natasha

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I really loved their usage of props and background images. The shiny paper looked so cool! It was a very multimodal performance and caught everyone's attention while reminding us of our personal responsibility in the sustainability of our ecosystems and land.

Nicole's hard work really paid off! Amazing job :)

Natasha

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The powerpoint presentation they created was so well done! I was amazed it was only an animated slideshow as its appearance looked like a real website with functions. They also had a very multimodal performance with the usage of images, props, and actors. I think they did a great job conveying the reality of the fast fashion workers' lives and how the industry directly impacts their quality of life. The relatability of Mel's character hits home for many students in our class, including myself, and it reminded me of my role to living a more sustainable life.

Natasha

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The roles assigned and acting were creative and well done. I liked taking the approach to exploring mental health through a student's lens and how pressures from school and family contribute to the cultivation of a student's mental health issues. Overall, great job!

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The idea to use sock puppets (with sock puns) was ingeniously creative. I liked how each person explored different ways people outwardly express their mental health, with the end realization being how some expressions can affect others negatively. Mental health is a huge concept to explore and I think this group did well in conveying this topic. Great work!

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I loved how animated and lighthearted this performance was, especially on various emotional challenges that can be rather heavy. It was very well thought out and perfectly captured some very relevant experiences and feelings that go along with them, in our every day lives. Great work :)

By Alessia

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As easy as it is to be lured into quick online purchases, this group perfectly emphasized the importance on what goes on behind the scenes of consumerism. I think that they executed a perfect balance of representing both the producing and purchasing. Awesome work :)

By Alessia

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Seeing the transitions from elementary school, middle school, to highschool really captured the complexities that children face coming from different socioeconomic backgrounds. I think that this group expressed the harsh realities that some of these students go through in a positive and educational manner. Well done :)

By Alessia

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group1:

I like their performances, even though they laugh a lot, I can feel that everyone is working hard to play their roles well, and their ideas are very close to our lives, and their words are also very inspiring.

group2:

Their poems are so well written, the rhyme and content fit their themes very well. Even everyone will have the same feeling after their performance.

group4:

I like the way they display different stages, reflecting real life and thoughts from simple dialogues. Xinrui's performance surprised me. I didn't expect that she, who is usually so shy, could perform so well and her voice was conveyed very clearly.

group5:

I really like their presentation format, one piece of colored paper has two presentation methods, but I think it would be better if they could change the presentation method! And I never thought climate issues could be so interesting to talk about.

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(2)I really liked the format of the presentation and the way that the poem was said accompanied with the slides. A realistic issue expressed in a fun and engaging way.

(1)The narration was really interesting, the acting was very on-point. I loved that they commented on the importance of community!

(3)Loved the socks performance, very creativity. Everyone from the group was well prepared. All of the scenes flowed really well. I really liked the changes of the sock's perspective through the performance.

(4) The puppet show format was very fun to watch, the narrator was great. I loved how the topics changes as the kids grow older!

- Yuhan

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I really enjoyed the puppet show and the storyline you guys chose! I think the storyline is very relatable in the sense where at time one may be caught up in their own problems which leads them to be blind or ignorant about others problems. The storyline also highlights the struggles people have with mental health very well. I also enjoyed the puns that were made and I like how even on a serious matter of mental health you guys were able to make it lighthearted! Great work of conveying an amazing storyline about mental health! You guys did a great job of acting and I loved how you guys designed you puppets!

-Ashely

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I really like how they set up their play. The actor is separated from the narrator, which gives me the feeling of reading the actor's inner thoughts. I also like the idea of paper displays. With the combination of the actors' facial and body expressions and the visual impact of the paper displays, the overall presentation becomes incredibly engaging and immersive. This setup allows the audience to connect more deeply with the characters' emotions and enhances the storytelling experience.

Kevin

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I really enjoyed watching and listening to each poem. I really appreciated how we got to hear each group members different perspective and experience with the housing crisis as everyone has their own unique story. The way you introduced the performance made it really engaging and really grabbed my attention. You could've easily just read each poem back to back but adding the introduction to each person made it a lot more exciting and personable. I throughly enjoyed this performance, great job! - Anika

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group 1 (blue): the narration and acting was great! Even without the actors saying anything, there was a lot of feeling and messages portrayed! Definitely a creative and unique way to represent community and the experiences that many of us face!

group 2 (white): I really enjoyed the poems! I think it was a very creative and touching way to reflect on each of your experiences. Definitely made me reflect and make connections!

group 4 (socioeconomics): The puppet show was a super cool way to catch the audiences attention! I love that you guys thought of following a time-line journey across the students' experiences. Touching on humour and serious subjects in a way that allowed us to feel for the characters but also see the lightness of their youth.

group 5 (consumerism): i really liked the use of resources in the consumerism presentation, made us see more of the life cycle of products. Each of you shared the message in a different way which was very interesting to see!

group 6 (yellow): I found this presentation to be both informative and eye catching. I found myself following along to the fish/fire/coral props and watching as the human impacts reflect on our environments.

-Aimee

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I loved the use of emotions in the acting! The volume of narrators was loud, clear, and really helped to navigate the storyline. I really resonated with the performance as I find it so hard to connect and build relationships at school. I think you guys did an awesome job!

- Tristan

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I loved how you took such a complex topic and made light of the difficult situations that individuals face on a daily basis. It was really easy to stay engaged with the performance as voices were loud and clear. Great job!

-Tristan

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I really enjoyed your performance, I think the props were a great addition. It brings to light the harsh reality of fast fashion, I have often found myself ordering from businesses such as Shein because it's cheap and doesn't hurt the wallet if I don't like it or stain it, but knowing the life cycle of these fashion pieces really opened my eyes. I liked that you included both the consumer and the workers, to really emphasize the negative effects of fast fashion. Really good job guys!

-Tristan

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The topic you chose really hit close to home to all of us in the Vancouver area. Sharing poetry can put you in a very vulnerable position and I'm glad you all felt comfortable voicing your emotions and opinions on the topic. It was very neat hearing each persons perspectives! And Theo did a great job opening up the performance.

-Tristan

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I loved the concept being about fast fashion as well as the approach you took with the skit. It really showed the impact fast fashion has from a third-world perspective to our first-world perspective. Great work!

Nicole

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I found the diverse perspectives of the paper puppets from various age groups to be truly valuable. This group's ability to tackle sensitive and significant topics with lightheartedness was both refreshing and impactful. Their performance not only entertaining but also sparked deep reflection on the complexities of students from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

-Bennet

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I found the simplicity of the paper notes used in your performance fascinating. I really enjoyed how your team was able to convey both the emotions that aren't easy to distinguish visually through facial or body expressions and the 'labels' we tell ourselves and others, such as "failure" and "kind", with the written visuals. Both the concept of the performance, and the props, were clear and simple, which made the presentation very accessible to understand for any audience member. I can really appreciate the planning used in the scriptwriting to allow all your team members to be casted as both actors and narrators as respected times, as well as the planning in stage direction for when and where to store the papers and tape for when they were necessary, and when and where to discard them for when they weren't. Brava!

- Melissa

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First off, amazing concept to host a slam poetry for the class. I truly felt like I was in a speakeasy on an evening out while sitting in the audience with the staging and position of the chairs lined up for the poetry readers and with the host. I know I mentioned this in class already, but again, I really want to highlight what an incredible job Theo did with taking on that host role, engaging with every teammate as they came on and off, and helping carry that positive, welcoming energy throughout the presentation with remarks such as "Amazing job X, now let's please welcome X!". I love that you had a topic that was relatable to all your teammates (and audience members) and every one of you were able to express your creativity and unique perspective of housing inequality and unaffordability through your poetry. Again, repeating what I mentioned in class, I want to extend what a great job you all did and thank you for all being so courageous in sharing your creative writing. Poetry tends to be very personal and like a diary of our inner feelings and thoughts, and it isn't easy to be vulnerable with your peers, so I applaud you all for doing so. It was an honour to attend your poetry night!

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Your presentation was thrilling to watch! Especially after what felt like forever of growing anticipation to see elements of it unfold in class during the artistic designing of socks (your little mini-me sock versions! adorable!) and production rehearsals behind tables laying on their side. Your entire script was pun-ny throughout which made it engaging and kept us audience members hanging onto every line by not wanting to miss a cute reference to the socks. Your humour wasn't just in your script though as it extended through your props and spread into physical humour. Despite not being able to see your puppets faces from the audiences' perspective, you did a fantastic job of remembering to engage your sock puppets with the other puppets on stage, and react to your teammates puppets such as: turning their body to face the speaker, nodding in agreement to other's dialogue, opening their mouth wide and rolling their entire head to shut it closed after the full rotation as to indicate an eyeroll, and my personal favourite, suddenly opening their mouth wide to indicate a GASP!

It was such a fun presentation to watch, covering a difficult interpersonal topic but in an accessible, fun, engaging and humourous manner. I can envision this presentation traveling throughout elementary schools to present to kids. Outstanding work!

- Melissa

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I am shocked how smooth and effortless you made the presentation feel after discovering how cramped up you all were behind that small poster board. The popsicle stick pencil-crayon-coloured character figures peeking over the small window cut-out was very reminiscent of my childhood, but it was also the really thought-out elements such as the specific audios used as background ambience to indicate the scene switches, as well as the students' dialogue topics changing from food, to clothes, to graduation plans as time went on, that really brought me back to my own memories of my K-12 experiences. That ability to craft such specific, intentional elements helps transform the audience member not just visually and auditorily, but emotionally and viscerally into your scene, which is where the real magic happens. I especially felt connected with the dialogue topics transitioning with age-appropriate focuses and mannerisms. The values installed into the characters are realized through the character's dialogue, from an emphasis on their family unit at adolescent ("my mom tells me we need to eat our greens to grow strong"), to a shift to a societal narrative at young adulthood ("yeah, but that's not a 'real' job"). This subtle use of changing value systems and where children start engraining messages really emphasize the process of how children (and their views, and therefore their attitudes and behaviours onto others) are just creations of their surrounding environment. Very powerful message about financial inequality and how those barriers show up in our students at school, interpersonally, and as a glimpse at home. Very powerful!

- Melissa

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I really didn't know what to expect with your group as I felt like it was tightly under wraps for much of the planning process. Nonetheless, I was surprised and delighted to watch your presentation on climate change. I found it really clever to have each member embody a specific continent, and from that macro lens, really narrow it down into a micro perspective of a distinctive region in order to address a specific climate concern affecting that locational area. I found the visual elements of the double-sided shiny props very entertaining. My attention is like a crow, in that it is captured by shiny objects, so with the dim lighting of the room and the soft light of the PowerPoint presentation in the background, it created a really beautiful flickering shine when the prop elements were moved around in the background. I think it also created a great interaction with the speaker and groupmates who weren't sharing as they still held a very clear purpose in narrating and building visual understanding to what was being said, which was sometimes necessary, as I found it hard to hear everything said at times due to being at the very opposite end of the classroom against the wall in the audience. Nonetheless, it was really well done, and I would love to hear it again, either sitting closer to the stage or if team members projected slightly louder to really digest all the hardwork put into your scripts. Amazing work!

- Melissa

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I really liked the usage of the words on paper, especially the point where the members covered up the bad with the good. This made the scene much more impactful and really reflected how positive support outweighs the negative aspects of life!

The usage and transition of narrators was really helpful in allowing for the focus of emotions in the scene, also really unique and a style I enjoyed watching!

Gagan

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I really liked the overall story development from start to finish. It was enjoyable to see each character develop especially the dismissive sock. The change from disregarding others to being able to understand others despite having your own struggles was something extremely realistic and I am sure that everyone is familiar with someone like that or has seen this dynamic somewhere.

The acting itself displayed lots of emotion whether this was through the tone or the movements of the socks to display certain emotions. This made the show a lot more engaging and interesting to watch and the effort was very much appreciated!

Gagan

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The format of the poetry show was very unique. By using this approach, each member's contribution was highlighted very clearly and the transitions were helpful in separating each person's part.

I also really liked the idea of each person having a verbal contribution but also having a visual contribution. The idea of putting each image as a different room showcased the different perspectives and that many different stories can exist under a single idea/concept which in this case was housing!

Gagan

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Your group's idea had many different stories going on at once. I like how you did not focus just on a single idea and instead revealed the struggled faced throughout different stages of one's life. The development and storyline clearly showed the transitions and the idea of how things can linger and impact one for long periods of time.

Also, it was evident that your group spent a lot of time and effort into making the different characters as well as the actual scene/curtains. Whether it was designing or coloring, these props helped bring the idea to life and was very engaging to watch and follow along. The tone and speech used was also very engaging and your group made an effort to show the transition from childhood to adolescence through these simple voice changes which ultimately, were very effective!

Gagan

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The concept was very unique and was articulated very well with the combination of a presentation and verbal storytelling. I personally really enjoyed the facts that were being told as many of them were unfamiliar to myself so I was able to learn quite a bit through your group's presentation.

Also, each member was actively present in each scene whether this was through holding props or moving them around. This showed the cohesion in the group and that everyone was present and paying attention to other's contributions, reinforcing the same message to the audience.

Gagan

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I really enjoyed how you guys came up with an interesting play with such a hard topic. Each scene was designed thoughtfully and was connective enough for the audience to relate to. Great job!! (Tiffany)

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The sock puppet show was one of my favorites!!I can tell they put a lot of effort practicing and also creating the sock characters. They did a really good job assigning characteristics to each role and delivering the message through a well-planned story. Thank you for bringing us such a valuable performance:) (Tiffany)

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The yellow group presented us with an educative and intriguing show. I enjoyed listening to the informative facts and visualizing the creative props at the same time. Also, I think distributing each member a continent was a smart approach because they could individually research how climate change has impacted their assigned area but also come together and share what they have learned. Well done:) (Tiffany)

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The puppet show was truly engaging to watch! The props and setting was well designed which created an immersive atmosphere. The scenes were written in the sense it was relatable to the audience and brought awareness of issues our community is currently facing. Great job!! (Tiffany)

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The fast fashion performance was the one that caught my attention the most!! This team did a fabulous job addressing the issue of fast fashion in a creative way. The entire play was well acted and the narrator did a great job weaving the storyline together with their compelling delivery. Aside from the acting, the message captivated me more to pay attention to fast fashion industry. (Tiffany)

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I really enjoyed watching the performance as it had so many ideas within a short performance. Being able to see the process from start to finish was something that was definitely challenging but your group managed to do it very well.

Having the narration going on while the different scenes were being acted out was also a great way to tie the entire performance together. Having a mixture of narrating the scenes and incorporating facts, which were all new to me, was a great decision.

The PowerPoint in the background was also a great touch and it set the scene very well given that we had limited resources within the classroom to create a setting. Overall, I think your group did an excellent job conveying the issue that many people overlook and you took a very unique approach to having done so.

Gurnoor

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What stood out to me for your group was the delivery of the messages. The message of different socioeconomic statuses and their impacts was carried through the entire performance starting off very innocent and becoming more serious as the characters became older. The characters changed, and so did their conversations however, the overarching idea stayed solid throughout so great job with that.

The topic was also made to be very easily digested. This was something that I'm sure a lot of people can relate to and it was presented in a way that was familiar. We had all gone through elementary, middle school, and then high school and inevitably were part of these conversations or at least overheard them. So props to taking a very playful approach and successfully bringing the message across.

Gurnoor

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I want to start by saying how much effort was visible within the sock puppets that the group made. Making them reflect yourselves was a very personal touch and giving them each a personality made the performance all the more interesting to watch. Props to putting in so much work into making them because they really brought the entire performance together very well!

Another thing that I think your group did the best was the voices and tone used to convey your messaging. Each sock character had its own voice that reflected its emotional state and this was carried well throughout the entire performance.

The sock puns were very enjoyable to listen to and helped to make the idea much more playful which is often difficult to do within a short period of time and with limited resources so well done!

Gurnoor

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Your group's idea was very different in comparison to the others and it stood out. The use of props even though the majority of the presentation was verbal really helped with making it engaging. The props were also very beautifully made and it was obvious that a lot of time was put into them! And the fact that there was so many and most of them were double sided was awesome.

The fact that each of you represented a different continent was a clever idea. This allowed for each member's contributions to be very clear and give full attention to their specific continent. I also really liked how each person was engaged throughout the entirety of the presentation even when they were not the ones who were speaking. This allowed for a cooperative setting and showed that your team respects one another's work!

Gurnoor

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Your group's performance was very unique and I have never seen the concept of a poetry night so your group did a very good job with using this idea. Having a host was also an awesome choice because it made the performance very fun to watch and also created a sense of curiosity to see which person was next and what they would be talking about.

I also think your group did the best job in incorporating everyone's different experiences and views while still keeping them specific to a certain topic. Each poem was different and had lots of insights and new things to learn but the general message was consistent across. The poems were also fun to listen to whether this was through rhyming or imagery that allowed for visualization. Great work!

Gurnoor

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The creativity of your group is amazing! Using socks to represent each person, expressing emotions through sounds and gestures, is simply ingenious. I found the idea very interesting and the enthusiasm of each of you was clearly visible while performing. When I see the whole class smiling happily, I am convinced that your talent and expressiveness are unparalleled!

Alice Li

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This group is so creative! Their performance method is unique: two people serve as narration, the other two silently play the role, and the performers express their emotions through words. This ingenious arrangement made me laugh. Their performance is like a small movie, with ups and downs of the plot, which is dizzying and really amazing!

Alice Li

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The writing prowess of this group is truly amazing! Their poems are not only highly skilled, but also rhyme neatly. Every sentence is as sweet and moving as music. I am immersed in it and enjoy the beautiful melody of the language. Their works made me feel fresh and new, and I felt the charm and power of words.

Alice Li

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The performance of this group is really lifelike! They used the child's growth process as a clue and incorporated the ups and downs of the show's plot into it. And they also cleverly incorporated the unique hustle and bustle of the school, as well as sounds such as the school bell, to make the whole scene more vivid. This realistic technique makes the audience feel as if they are in reality and feel the reality and richness of life. The creativity and skill of this group is truly breathtaking!

Alice Li

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The performance of the last group was really interesting! What’s even more surprising is that they cleverly incorporated elements of the popular Shein campaign, which is even more eye-catching. They showed the entire process of a piece of clothing from growing cotton to making clothing, and then delivering it to the buyer through express delivery, vividly showing the chain of the clothing industry. This ingenious creativity is not only eye-catching, but also triggers thinking about fashion and consumption, making the audience ponder while laughing. What an amazing performance from this group!

Alice Li