Renaissance Faire Fun
by Emily R
On October 11th, seventh-grade students went to the Renaissance Faire. EMS used to do this field trip before Mr. Miller came to teach seventh-grade. He and the other seventh-grade LA teachers, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Rios, we were thinking of ways to helping students establish a connection with to British literature and theatre, and thought it would be great to start it up again.
In order to go, students had to complete a project having to do with the 13th century period, and they had several options. Students could either complete a heraldry project where students had to make their own coat of arms, a theatre project where students met in a group to perform plays from this time period, or a poster. Kids submitted their projects which were to be competing against projects from 10 other school districts, Mr. Miller bought his realistic costume as well as bringing ones for the students.
Eager students in the Renaissance Faire enrichment group set out to in Mt. Hope Estate and Winery in Manheim, PA to have a marvelous time! Among the attractions were actors who interacted with the visitors, in realistic 1400s costumes, skits in the middle of the street, ax throws, knife throws, and a humorous mud pit. A human chess game took place where the king and queen ordered pieces around while the pieces themselves fought. Huge turkey legs were a highlight for a lot of the students. At the end of the day, a joust occurred, where two men went on horseback to fight, represented as a real joust without anyone getting hurt for real or killed.
The winners for the projects were announced: Kayla D was awarded 2nd place in the heraldry contest, and Mr. Miller agrees that Wesley L and the theatre group of Kyle S, Erica L, Ryan B, Scott W, and Lauren K did very well. Students had a fun time at the Renaissance Faire. If seventh-graders want to go next year they can, and submit another project, and come see Mr. Miller. “The Renaissance Faire is a great opportunity for students to immerse themselves in a time period that is really unique in world history. Art and literature were flourishing and everything about that time period was interesting and will be compelling to students today,” says Mr. Miller, one of the leaders of the Renaissance Faire and a seventh-grade Language Arts teacher.
by Emily R
On October 11th, seventh-grade students went to the Renaissance Faire. EMS used to do this field trip before Mr. Miller came to teach seventh-grade. He and the other seventh-grade LA teachers, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Rios, we were thinking of ways to helping students establish a connection with to British literature and theatre, and thought it would be great to start it up again.
In order to go, students had to complete a project having to do with the 13th century period, and they had several options. Students could either complete a heraldry project where students had to make their own coat of arms, a theatre project where students met in a group to perform plays from this time period, or a poster. Kids submitted their projects which were to be competing against projects from 10 other school districts, Mr. Miller bought his realistic costume as well as bringing ones for the students.
Eager students in the Renaissance Faire enrichment group set out to in Mt. Hope Estate and Winery in Manheim, PA to have a marvelous time! Among the attractions were actors who interacted with the visitors, in realistic 1400s costumes, skits in the middle of the street, ax throws, knife throws, and a humorous mud pit. A human chess game took place where the king and queen ordered pieces around while the pieces themselves fought. Huge turkey legs were a highlight for a lot of the students. At the end of the day, a joust occurred, where two men went on horseback to fight, represented as a real joust without anyone getting hurt for real or killed.
The winners for the projects were announced: Kayla D was awarded 2nd place in the heraldry contest, and Mr. Miller agrees that Wesley L and the theatre group of Kyle S, Erica L, Ryan B, Scott W, and Lauren K did very well. Students had a fun time at the Renaissance Faire. If seventh-graders want to go next year they can, and submit another project, and come see Mr. Miller. “The Renaissance Faire is a great opportunity for students to immerse themselves in a time period that is really unique in world history. Art and literature were flourishing and everything about that time period was interesting and will be compelling to students today,” says Mr. Miller, one of the leaders of the Renaissance Faire and a seventh-grade Language Arts teacher.