In November of 2018 I posted an introduction for a class as a graduate school assignment.
In January of 2019 my priorities had changed.
In 2020, like most of us, as a recent graduate…. I lost all priorities for the most important ones.
Now in 2021, I just want to create and live life. How quickly we change……
IT”S TIME FOR LOVE, Family Friendly style. Don’t be afraid to jump in and get your feet wet. Creative expression in the making, This tribute to LOVE is full of original poetry, song and art from Salie. Lovingly packaged inside and around objects beautifully created and shared by the open sim community. Multiverse Masters, is an evolving adventure-based world for education. ***Currently I am fine tuning the Island as an educators resource area filled with examples of uses and tutorial links at http://multiversemasters.blogspot.com , http://WoPoLi.com , and https://multiversemasters.wordpress.com . Explore as you will as I have no idea what ventures lie ahead. I try to remember to make free items I find lying about able to be copied when permitted. If ever you see something that your concerned about please let me know. My goal is to support the opensource community by keeping resources free and shared. Many awesome and inexpensive resources I find on the Kitely market. I HAVE UPLOADED Love Island by Avia Bonne “Love Island About the oar; Selected license Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International All the free mesh objects I use in my freebie oars are checked at copyrights and are free to use for non-commercial use/personal use. Love Island is a Fantasy-area with lovely spots, sits & dance animations. Some trees are made by Tosha Tyran and Selea Core. The Taoboat is made by Shenn Tao. Idea and developed by Avia Bonne, February 2019. Avia Bonne” I have personalized it for Valentines with a little Easter thrown in. It won’t be around for much longer. Then, the next adventure! Click here to take the video tour.
Words from a novice. I have little knowledge on how to make animesh, lots of rigging and scripts but here is some simple stuff. Basically if you can borrow it it can be done with minor editing.
So what does this have to do with WOPOLI? WOrkshop of POtential LIterature? Well virtual worlds are great place to write and tell stories. In February I created a poetic love themed Island where you can click on objects instead of turning pages to be “read to” though not in audio, it still popped up in words on the screen. But being able to create an environment that looks real, to control characters and tell infinite stories. That’s POtential!
A Palindrome is read the same way forwards as it is read backwards. Like the central word in this work, Deified. Punctuation is ignored, only the actual letters count.
This Palindrome Performance Play is in Draft Form and is the creation of and copyright to, Salie. It is created for your enjoyment to be read. It is not to be printed, reproduced or performed with out permission. We welcome critique concerning this work. Please contact us with any comments, questions or concerns. Thank You.
A Palindrome in 777 words
Revoke, ‘tis I, time’s eye. Finish sin if eyes emit… six a.m. …
Max is noon… 12, 02, 2021, … 03, 02,2030?
REVILED, EVA’S DOG SWEPT PEWS!
God!
Dias: “Ah!!”
Satan said: “Star-Di, Asa, Dennis, Natasha, Ron, Maori, Ida, Ed, Hannah,
One Dragon, Eva, Sharon, Naomi, Isa, Emos, Deborah, Royal, Rats, Eros,
Tenet, Dogma, Id, Nacina, Paris, Devil …Sinned.”
Tenet: “God…Too far away…Murmur, murmur…”
Rats: “‘Y no mere clay or wonder… Murmur murmur…
Yes! Orders red rum, redder Eh? ‘Twas I? Dog!… Tonsured rum pots!”
Said: “Murder… Red Rose of Sharon!”…. He murders red rose… Y?
Dennis said “sinned? Did I? Now I won top spot. Ah… Natasha Dias sees dog star…put it up…” (Sinned)
“…as a god. Fool… A! Wow…, ‘Ave, ‘Ave some red rum too.
Fall apart, Natasha.”
Tenet: “Lives evil!”…
Dennis: “‘Ave some lager?”
Natasha Dias: “Doggy! Dash sin if I deliver Hannah?”
Star-Di: “Did I as I? Was I? I was raw Dog, as a devil, I am god deified.”
Dennis said: “Ha! Ron? He lived as a rat’s god.
Wow, I Liven a mood. I roamed under it…
Revolt, AHA, Live! He said “as a foeman” as I live.”
Natasha said: “Did Nacina play or did moody Ida? So. Ida? Adios!
Hey Dad, are we not drawn onward? ”
Dias said: “Ah…Satan. Rats deliver goddesses, so pay.
Flesh saw a sin, mad, dastard, Hannah, raw as a widened dam.”
Hannah: “I madam, I made fool a poor Dog.”
Natasha Dias: “I (Moan) go deliver Eh? I saw thee mad!”
Dennis Dias: “Sir appalls Dog…” (stops)
“…sleep repel, Eros eye saw Hannah.”
Said Hannah: “Eva! Can I live on?”
“Hannah, O’ No… Ah…” Satan: “Live dirt up!”
Mom said: “Ha, Robed!”
God: “Live not on evil, Madam Natasha, Madam Hannah Dias!
Murder Regal Red Rose of Sharon? I name no Devil-Dog as selfless.
A Devil! One Dragon! Pupils pull up! No Garden, O!
Norah, regal red rose… Y? Naomi…? (Moan)… ‘Y doom?”
Sharon Dias: “Mom, Ei! Reverie! Live O’ Devil, never odd or even.
No, it is opposition. ‘Y a period won? Oh!
Who was it I saw, Oh Who? Ha!”
Ron: “I”
Eva: “Revolt lover!”
Id: “Rats gnash teeth!”
Sang Star-Di: “Do… Do Good’s deeds. Live on? Reviled did I live! God saw!
I, deified, I was Dog. Evil I did deliver.
No! Evil’s deeds do, O God! O! Did Rats gnash teeth?”
Sang Star-Di: “Revolt! Love! Rave I?”
Norah: “Oh who was it I saw, Oh who? Now do I repay?
No, it is opposition.
Never odd or even…Live? Do evil? Ei!!, reverie!”
Mom said: “Norah’s moody.”
Naomi: “(Moan…) Yes, order lager… Ha! Ron.”
One Dragon: “Pull up? Slip up! No Garden? O’, lived as selfless?
A god lived one man! I.”
Norah’s foes order lager, red rum.
Said Hannah: “Madam, Ah!!! Satan! Madam, live not on evil Dog!”
Deborah Dias (Mom): “Putrid evil, Natasha! O’ No!
Hannah, No evil in a cave…”
Hannah Dias? Hannah was eye sore leper, (peels spots)
God: (SLLap!)
Paris said: “Sinned dame… Eh? ‘Twas I, here vile Dog!”
Naomi said: “Ah!!! Satan! Go droop aloof. Ed, am I mad?
Am I, Hannah? Madden.
Ed I was… A war.
Hannah: “Drat, sad… Damn!”
Isa: “Wash self, Ya, possessed Dog, reviled Star!”
Natasha Dias said: “…Drawn onward, to new era…
Dad, Yeh. So…
Ida “ Adios A! Di, ‘Y doom, Did Royal panic and Id?”
Dias: “Ah,”
Satan: “Evil is a name of Asa”
Dias: “Eh?, Evil!, a hat lover, tired nude.”
Maori: “Doom an evil I wow Dog Star as a Devil, eh?”
Norah Dias Sinned.
Deified Dogma: “I lived as a god. War saw I. I saw! I said I did… Rats!”
Hannah: “Reviled, I finish sad. ‘Y “G” God?”
Said: “Ah!! Satan regal?!”
Emos: “Eva… Sinned… lives Evil!”
Tenet: “Ah…”
Satan: “Trap all afoot, murder!”
Emos: “Eva!”
Eva: “Wow, Aloof Dog as a…!”
Dennis: “Put it up! Rats! God sees.”
Said: “Ah!!!”
Satan: “Ha, top spot. Now I won, I did! Dennis Dias sinned. Yes! Orders red rum, eh!”
Norah’s foes order red rum.
Dias: “Stop, Murder us not!
God: “I saw the redder murders.”
Red Rose: “Y? Rum, rum, rum, rum red now.”
Royal: “ceremony Star! Rum, rum, rum, rum,
Ya! War a foot. Dog! Tenet!”
Dennis: “Lived Sir? A panic…
and I am god, tenet?
Sore Star lay or…
Ha! robed some, as I… I moan.”
Norah: “Save! No Garden, O!”
Hannah: “Dead, I… I roam.”
Norah: “Satan sinned!”
“A!” said Rats-Dias.
Natasha said: “Dog!”
SWEPT PEWS… GOD SAVE! DELIVER!
03, 02, 2030… 12, 02, 2020? Noon… six a.m. max. Is time’s eye finish’ sin? If eyes emit is it, ek… over?
Instructions for the performance play-
A STORY OF IDOL WORSHIP AND MURDER
A PERFORMANCE PALINDROME
BY DAVIS SALIE
Bold face type– characters, underlined words are part of the Palindrome, *and are the only words that are heard onstage.*
The names of the characters are spoken by the narrator (the character of Jesus Christ) to draw attention to the actions of the characters or before the specific character speaks. Words sometimes represent actions that are part of the palindrome and are also spoken by the narrator. The only words heard on stage are those that are specific to the palindrome. The story is given detail in actions, in select props, in symbolic wardrobe and in lighting that are all dramatized for effect. The only props needed are pews, pedestals, a cross, a bottle of rum and lager, a small cave and a single chair along with different colored robes, different colored body suits, different colored scarves, which represent various sins (the giving out of such can be simplified according to artistic interpretation), a spotted scarf or one with Velcro attached spots, an identifier for Time, such as a clock or staff and a really big fancy woman’s hat. This play would benefit from music. A musical palindrome would enrich it even more so.
Suggested set up for a one act play-
Initially the stage is dark. (Right and left references are facing the stage.) Pews are at the left of the stage in the mid area of the left side. These hold the Dias family and other church members. These people wear grey robes. Under their grey robes are white body suits or robes. God, dressedin a white robe, is positioned at the left of the stage in the rear area of the left side, on the highest pedestal. God is always represented with a capital “G” just as other characters who try to be idol gods are represented with a lower case “g”.
The Narrator (Jesus Christ) is at the left front, off stage at a podium or on the stage at the left front on a pedestal equal to God. Jesus is also referred to in the play as the Red Rose of Sharon. A cross is set behind him. Jesus is dressed in a white robe. His robe may be trimmed in red at the base and sleeves. A crown of thorns may also be used at this same point in the play in which the crucifixion is represented.
At the center rear of the stage is a set of three low pedestals. The center pedestal of these three is slightly elevated from the ones on either side. This center pedestal is where Star stands. She wears a gold robe.
At the right rear of the stage is another high pedestal, lower than that of God, in which Satan stands. He wears a black robe. The Rats and various Demons are gathered in front of Satan.
The Rats all wear black robes and carry black scarves. The Rats represent the occult members. The Demons all wear body suits. One Dragon wears a red suit with green scarves and represents unrighteous anger and ill temper. Devil wears a green suit with orange scarves and represents confusion and madness. Emos wears a purple suit and blue scarves and represents depression, sadness and being alone. Royal wears a gold suit and purple scarves, representing false rulers, and self appointed power. Eros wears a pink suit with red scarves representing physical desire or empty longing for passion such as the love for drink or other addictions. Tenet wears an orange body suit and silver scarves representing beliefs in a religion that believes in the organization rather than the truth. Dogma wears a silver suit and gold scarves representing authoritative and judgmental doctrine. Id wears a blue suit with pink scarves to represent the instinctual and unconscious nature of sin.
In this same area, out of sight or off to the side, is a chair holding Asa. He wears a nude coloredbody suit and a big fancy ladies hat. The small cave, big enough to fit one crouched person is also somewhere on stage out of sight with the spotted scarf inside or Velcro spots on a scarf.
The character of “Times Eye” represents time.The character should signify Father Time in appearance, with a white robe or, Time, in a white robe wearing or carrying a clock. A spotlight appears to the right of the stage to draw attention Times Eye as the character walks slowly from the right side of the stage to exit the left side of the stage as the character speaks. At the same time a spot lights appear on Jesus and God. From this point the spot lights are ever present on God and Jesus except for one important moment during the play. A red light may illuminate Satan in the same way. This is an artistic representation of their constant and unwavering presence.
Times Eye– “Revoke, ‘tis I, time’s eye. Finish sin if eyes emit… six a.m. … Max is noon… 01, 02, 2010… 12, 02, 2021?”
This statement represents an expression concerning the end of time and the end of sin. Note that the dates can be changed to reflect current times, 11, 02, 2011, … 02, 02, 2020 etc., while maintaining the palindrome, as time progresses beyond these dates. This action keeps with the artistic intent that no one knows when time will end while highlighting the possibility it could be soon.
The Demons and Rats begin moving from the right of the stage to the left of the stage, towards the pews following Time. The Rats slink. The Demons walk, skip, jump and dance. A spotlight falls upon Star as Tenet places a silver scarf on Star. The artistic intent is to symbolize false worship. Tenet pulls Eva from the pews. Id places a pink scarf on her. Royal gives Star a purple scarf. This signifies the idolization of royalty. When scarves are given they are initially seen as beautiful but as they mount in numbers they become a burden to the wearer. Tenet puts Eva on a pedestal next to Star. Tenet places a silver scarf on Eva. The Rats worship Eva and Star. Royal places a purple scarf on Eva. The Rats give Eva and Star black Scarves. The black scarves symbolize the occult.
Jesus Christ– “Reviled, Eva’s dog swept pews!”
Eva, Rats, Star and Demons react at this statement and a spot lights sweeps through the pews. The Rats and Demons whisper to those in the pews. The artistic intent is that this statement and actions symbolize temptation. Id gives all the Rats a pink scarf.
Jesus Christ– “God!”
Jesus makes a hand gesture towards God as if announcing God’s presence. God continues to be ever observant. Every one in pews, Rats, Demons, Star and Eva react.
Jesus Christ– “Dias”
Jesus makes a hand gesture towards the pews. Lighting increases so that the left side of the stage is fully viewable.
Dias family- “Ah!!”
All characters that are members of the Dias Family speak this in awe and fear.
Jesus Christ– “Satan said”
A spotlight shows Satan at the right of the stage. Ideally a light might illuminate each person as their name is spoken or/and as they speak as characters.
Satan- “Star-Di, Asa, Dennis, Natasha, Ron, Maori, Ida, Ed, Hannah,
One Dragon, Eva, Sharon, Naomi, Isa, Emos, Deborah, Royal, Rats, Eros,
Tenet, Dogma, Id, Nacina, Paris, Devil …Sinned.”
As Satan speaks lighting increases to show the full stage, he points to all the characters, accusingly. Each character reacts to its name as they might in the time of judgment.
Jesus Christ– “Tenet”
Tenet gives all the Rats silver scarves then is walking around the pews whispering in the ears of the people. The artistic intent is the temptation to sin under religious doctrine.
Tenet–“God…Too far away…Murmur, murmur…”
Tenet draws attention to the center stage with Star on a pedestal as he whispers. Tenet is tempting people with religious doctrine that is not based on truth.
Jesus Christ– “Rats”
The Rats (five in total)are walking around the pews whispering in the ears of the people, tempting them with false rewards for joining the occult.
Rat One–“‘Y no mere clay or wonder… Murmur murmur…”
The artistic intent of this statement is the idolization of the self. Royal gives Rat One a purple scarf. Rat One pulls Ron, Eva’s boyfriend, from the pews. Id puts a pink scarf on him. Rat One places a black scarf on Ron to symbolize his acceptance of the occult and puts him on the other pedestal next to Star. Tenet places a silver scarf on Ron. All the Rats worship Ron, Eva and Star. Royal places a purple scarf on Ron. Eros gives Rat Two a bottle of Rum, and places a red scarf on Rat Two. This symbolizes the empty longing for passion and temptation to fill this with drink. Since Rats are also people, they can receive scarves as well. Eros is whispering to Rat One. Rat Two pulls Dennis Dias from the pews and gives him the bottle of rum and a black scarf. Id places a pink scarf on him. Dennis proceeds to drink. Eros drapes a red scarf on Dennis.
Rat Two-“Yes! Orders red rum, redder Eh?”
Rat Two rejoices atthe drunkenness of Dennis Dias. Dennis Dias pulls Natasha Dias (his daughter) from the pews and gives her the rum. Id places a pink scarf on her. A Rat gives Natasha a black scarf. She drinks and also becomes drunk. She gives the rum back to Dennis. Eros drapes a red scarf on Natasha. They both begin worshipping Star (AKA Dog Star, Di, Star-Di, Dog, and Doggie), The various names of Star symbolizes the many possibilities for people to find idols, in great objects in the sky, royalty, or leaders, famous people, animals, or trendy concepts and ideas etc. Ron and Eva are also being worshiped. Ron and Eva participate in the drink and are given red scarves from Eros.
Rat Two–“ ‘Twas I!”
Rat Two rejoices in the accomplishments.
Rat Three–“ Dog!…”
Rat Three points at and accuses Star. Dogma gives Rat Three a Gold scarf symbolizing false judgment and blame.
Rat Four–“Tonsured rum pots!”
Rat Four accuses Dennis, Natasha, Ron and Eva. Dogma gives Rat Four a Gold scarf.
Jesus Christ-“Said”
Rat Five addresses every one including the audience pointing as Dogma places a Gold scarf on him.
Rat Five- “Murder… Red Rose of Sharon!”….
At this statement the cross behind Jesus lights up. Jesus puts his arms out as if hanging on the cross and bows his head. Alllights go out so that the stage and audience is in complete darkness for three seconds. The artistic intent is the three days Jesus spent in Darkness. If this is not desirable by the production then the red light on Satan may remain as Satan rejoices in victory. After three seconds the lights resume as before. The Rats point at God, questioning his allowance of the crucifixion of Jesus. Devil places orange scarves on them.
Rats- “He murders red rose… Y?”
Jesus Christ-“Dennis said”
As Dennis is speaking Natasha gets on her knees in front of Star. Dennis points out her guilt in worshipping Star.
Dennis–“sinned? Did I? Now I won top spot. Ah… Natasha Dias sees dog star…put it up…”
Dogma places a gold scarf on Dennis symbolizing unrighteous judgment.
Jesus Christ-“Sinned”
Dennis–“…as a god. Fool… A! Wow…, ‘Ave, ‘Ave some red rum too.
Fall apart, Natasha.”
Dennis gives Natasha the bottle of rum again. Tenet speaks and all the Rats and Demons jump and dance.
Jesus Christ-“Tenet”
Tenet- “Lives evil!”…
A Rat gives Dennis a bottle of lager. He drinks it then gives the lager to Natasha with his next line.
Jesus Christ-“Dennis”
Dennis- “‘Ave some lager?”
Natasha, suddenly feels repulsed at being drunk, throws the drinks down and turns to Star offering to bring her sister Hannah into the occultin exchange for forgiveness. Tenet gives Natasha a silver scarf.
Jesus Christ-“Natasha Dias”
Natasha Dias–“Doggy! Dash sin if I deliver Hannah?”
Natasha pulls Hannah from the pews and brings her to Star, AKA Star-Di, Dog, Doggy, Di, Dog Star, whois too self absorbed to notice. Id places a pink scarf on her. Hannah is given a black scarf by a Rat and begins worshipping Star. Tenet places a silver scarf on her.
Jesus Christ-“Star-Di”
Star-Di- “Did I as I? Was I? I was raw Dog, as a devil, I am god deified.”
As Star is speaking Devil puts an orange scarf on her symbolizing confusion and madness.
Jesus Christ-“Dennis said”
As Dennis is speaking the Rats are pointing at Ron and Eva and whispering in both his and Natasha’s ears.
Dennis- “Ha! Ron? He lived as a rat’s god.
Wow, I Liven a mood. I roamed under it…
Revolt, AHA, Live!”
While this is being said Tenet is whispering to Dennis who then struggles with Ron and throws Ron off his pedestal. Tenet helps Dennis unto the pedestal and gives him a silver scarf. At the word “revolt” Natasha throws Eva off her pedestal, and takes her place. Royal gives Dennis and Natasha a purple scarf.
Jesus Christ-“He said”
Dennis- “as a “foeman” as I live.”
Naomi and Ed, Ron’s parents,leave the pews to comfort Ron and Eva. Id places pink scarves on Naomi and Ed. A Rat leads Hannah to a stand next to her sister, Natasha’s pedestal. Royal places a purple scarf on her. Both revel in being worshipped by the Rats. As Natasha speaks to Dennis in the next line, Nacina and Ida, friends of Natasha, leave the pews and are given pink scarves by Id.
Jesus Christ-“Natasha said”
Natasha- “Did Nacina play or did moody Ida? So… Ida? Adios!
Hey Dad, are we not drawn onward? ”
As Natasha speaks, The Rats give Nacina and Ida black scarves and they join in the occult of worshipping those on the pedestals. Emos gives Ida a blue scarf symbolizing depression. At the word, “Adios” Ida walks away crying. Tenet gives Nacina a silver scarf. Nacina is whispering to Sharon, who isin the pews and she leaves the pews as well and is given a black scarf by a Rat and a pink scarfby Id. She stands next to her father, Dennis’s pedestal, and is given a purple scarf by Royal.
Jesus Christ-“Dias said”
Dennis is talking to Satan in the following line. He is offering his three daughters to Satan, expecting something in return. He then accuses Hannah just as he had Natasha before.
Dennis– “Ah! Satan. Rats deliver goddesses, so pay. Flesh saw a sin, mad, dastard, Hannah, raw as a widened dam.”
Devil places an orange scarf on Hannah, symbolizing confusion and madness.
Jesus Christ-“Hannah”
Hannah- “I madam, I made fool a poor Dog.”
Hannah points to herself at the word “fool” and to Star at the word “Dog”. At these statements, Hannah stops worshipping Star and walks away, weeping and distraught. Deborah, Hannah’s mother, leaves the pews to comfort her. Id places a pink scarf on Deborah. Natasha is observing her mother and sister, feeling remorse. Star has also stopped her self absorption to take notice of the events.
Jesus Christ-“ Natasha Dias”
Natasha–“I”
Natasha moans as the narrator, Jesus says the word “moan” and points at Hannah.
Jesus Christ-“moan”
Natasha–“ go deliver Eh? I saw thee mad!”
Natasha is mournful; crying as Emos puts a blue scarf on her. Star has become visibly upset by this point.
Jesus Christ-“Dennis Dias”
Dennis is speaking to Satan about his daughters.
Dennis-“Sir, appalls Dog…”
Jesus Christ-“Stops”
Dennis “stops” for a moment then, upset by Star’s upset, he again curses Hannah. One Dragon places a green scarf on Dennis.
Dennis–“…sleep repel, Eros eye saw Hannah.”
Eros puts a red scarf on Hannah and she is given drink. She becomes drunk and falls at Eva’s feet.
Jesus Christ-“Said Hannah”
Hannah-“Eva! Can I live on?”
Eva ignores her. Paris, Hannah’s boyfriend, leaves the pews to comfort her. Id places a pink scarf on him.
Satan speaks although not announced expressing pleasure at the situation.
Satan–“Hannah, O’ No… Ah…”
Jesus Christ-“Satan”
Satan continues, encouraging evil and sin.
Satan–“Live dirt up!”
Jesus Christ-“Mom said”
Deborah confronts her husband, Dennis, blaming him for their daughter’s predicaments. Dogma places a gold scarf on her.
Deborah-“Ha, Robed!”
Deborah begins to cry. Emos places a blue scarf on her. Norah, Deborah’s mother, leaves the pews to comfort her. Id places a pink scarf on elderly Norah.
Jesus Christ-“God”
God speaks, to Natasha and Hannah, warning them that these things are not from him. Each reacts in fear and weeping. Everyone reacts by cringing. God points to Jesus, Reminding everyone that their sins are what Jesus died for. God warns that the Demons, such as Devil and One Dragon, and those things they worship, such as the Dog Star (AKA, of many names), do not have their interests in mind. The Demons cower at his words, as does Star. God asks the people to repent and warns them of the dangers of losing eternity spent close to God (the Garden). God speaks to the elders of the church, Norah, also known as “Red Rose” symbolic of her pious and close relationship to Jesus as the “Red Rose of Sharon”, and Naomi who consider themselves pillars of the church, warning them of the danger they are also in.
God- “Live not on evil, Madam Natasha, Madam Hannah Dias!
Murder Regal Red Rose of Sharon? I name no Devil-Dog as selfless.
A Devil! One Dragon! Pupils pull up! No Garden, O!
Norah, regal red rose… Y? Naomi…?”
Jesus Christ-“ Moan…”
God moans as Jesus states the word “Moan”, both showing great distress.
God- “ ‘Y doom?”
The Rats are whispering in the ear of Ron while pointing at Dennis. Ron moves towards Dennis but Sharon notices him. Rats also whisper in the ear of Eva, pointing at Natasha.
Jesus Christ-“Sharon Dias”
Sharon calls to her mother, Deborah, as Ron struggles to throw Dennis off the pedestal. She pleads with the demon Devil to help her father; no one is interested in helping. Sharon becomes confused in her excitement. Devil places an orange scarf on her.
Sharon–“Mom, Ei! Reverie! Live O’ Devil, never odd or even.
No, it is opposition. ‘Y a period won? Oh!
Who was it I saw, Oh Who? Ha!”
Jesus Christ-“Ron”
Dennis is thrown to the ground and Ron takes his place on the pedestal, hollering triumphantly as he replies to Sharon. Despite this, Sharon remains near the pedestal, being worshipped.
Ron–“I”
During this same time Eva struggles with Natasha but does not succeed.
Jesus Christ-“Eva”
Eva cries out in triumph for Ron’s success and continues to struggle with Natasha.
Eva-“Revolt lover!”
Jesus Christ-“Id”
The Rats are in fervor.
Id-“Rats gnash teeth!”
Natasha throws Eva to the ground and the struggle stops. Natasha remains on her pedestal.
Jesus Christ-“Sang Star-Di”
Star is still in madness, upset by all the commotion, and sings her words.
Star–“Do… Do Good’s deeds. Live on? Reviled did I live! God saw!
I, deified, I was Dog. Evil I did deliver. No! Evil’s deeds do, O God! O! Did Rats gnash teeth?”
Star is visibly depressed; Emos places a blue scarf on her. She continues dramatically, after a pause…
Jesus Christ-“Sang Star-Di”
Star-“Revolt! Love! Rave I?”
Dennis is attempting to reclaim his position but is continually repelled by Ron. Norah, Dennis’s mother, becomes distraught and confused about what she should do as Ron is the son of her best friend Naomi. Devil places an orange scarf on her.
Jesus Christ-“Norah”
Norah–“Oh who was it I saw, Oh who? Now do I repay?
No, it is opposition. Never odd or even…Live? Do evil? Ei!!, reverie!”
Deborah speaks to Norah but she is inconsolable. Emos places a blue scarf on Norah.
Jesus Christ-“Mom said”
Deborah-“Norah’s moody.”
Jesus Christ-“Naomi. (moan)”
Naomi moans when the word is spoken. She asks for and is given lager as Eros places a red scarf on her. She then rejoices, lifting the lager, for her son, Ron. Dennis ends his struggle with Ron.
Naomi- “Yes, order lager… Ha! Ron.”
Jesus Christ-“One Dragon”
One Dragon speaks to everyone, mocking what God has said and declaring Ron as a god, and as himself as he places a green scarf on Ron.
One Dragon–“Pull up? Slip up! No Garden? O’, lived as selfless?
A god lived one man! I.”
The Rats all dance with lager and rum around Norah, tormenting her and offering her drink which she keeps refusing.
Jesus Christ– “Norah’s foes order lager, red rum…
Said Hannah”
Hannah makes an appeal to Norah, her grandmother, warning her, then points to and denounces Satan and Star.
Hannah- “Madam, Ah!!! Satan! Madam, live not on evil. Dog!”
Jesus Christ–“Deborah Dias (mom)”
Deborah points at Natasha, blaming her. Dogma places a gold scarf on Deborah. Deborah encourages Hannah to go away to a cave that is far back on the stage.
Deborah– “Putrid evil, Natasha! O’ No! Hannah, No evil in a cave…”
In the cave is “spots”, like a cloth with Velcro spots to symbolize leprosy. Hannah goes into the cave and puts on this cloth. As Jesus speaks the next lines Hannah sits at the mouth of the cave “peeling spots” When Jesus states “Sllap” God makes a motion towards Hannah. Hannah is healed and drops the spotted scarf.
Jesus Christ–“ Hannah Dias? Hannah was eye sore leper, (peels spots)
God, “SLLap!”… Paris said”
Paris points to Hannah, accusing her of sinning, deserving of leprosy. One Dragon places a green scarf on Paris. Paris denies his own responsibility or sin. Id places a pink scarf on him. Paris points to Star in blame. Dogma places a gold scarf on him.
Paris- “Sinned dame… Eh? ‘Twas I? Here, vile Dog!”
Hannah rejoins the group, near Naomi and Ed. The Rats continue dancing around Norah who can not get away from them.
Jesus Christ-“Naomi said”
Naomi looks at her friend, Norah, and is sad. Emos places a blue scarf on her. As she speaks, she notices Satan and is afraid. Naomi turns to her husband Ed and then to Hannah, asking if she is mad.
Naomi–“Ah!!! Satan! Go droop aloof. Ed, am I mad?
Am I, Hannah? Madden…”
Jesus Christ–“Ed”
Ed replies as Devil places an orange scarf on him. Ed exclaims war, symbolizing the war between good and evil.
Ed–“I was… A war!”
Jesus Christ–“Hannah”
Hannah also replies, still confused. Looking at Norah and Naomi.
Hannah–“Drat, sad… Damn!”
Jesus Christ–“Isa”
Isa, wife of Asa, leaves the pews; Id places a pink scarf on her. She accuses Star and receives a gold scarf from Dogma.
Isa–“Wash self, Ya, possessed Dog, reviled Star!”
Jesus Christ–“Natasha Dias said”
Natasha remains enamored with Star, speaking to and idolizing her father, Dennis, encouraging him to regain his position of power.
Natasha–“…Drawn onward, to new era…Dad yeh… So…”
Jesus Christ-“Ida”
Natasha’s friend Ida, echoes the same sentiments speaking to Star.
Ida- “Adios A! Di, ‘Y doom, Did Royal panic and Id?”
Jesus Christ-“Dias”
Dennis, Sharon and Natasha all speak in agreement in the next line and continue in unison after Satan speaks.
Dennis, Sharon and Natasha- “Ah,”
Jesus Christ-“Satan”
Satan points to Asa asleep in a chair off to the side of the stage, stating he is evil. Eros places a red scarf on Asa and Id places a pink scarf on him.
Satan-“Evil is a name of Asa”
As Satan speaks, all the Rats except for one leave Norah. One Dragon places a green scarf on Norah. As the Rat One whispers in her ear, she also takes notice of Asa.
Jesus Christ-“Dias”
Dennis, Sharon and Natasha-“Eh?, Evil!, a hat lover, tired nude.”
Maori, a friend of Isa, is drawn from the pews by Isa, receiving a pink scarf from Id.
Jesus Christ-“Maori”
Maori points to Asa while she speaks, and receives a gold scarf from Dogma. She denies her own responsibility and is wowed by the idol worship of Star. She receives a black scarf from a Rat, and a silver scarf form Tenet.
Maori-“Doom an evil! I? wow, Dog Star as a Devil, eh?”
A Rat also begins whispering in the ear of Dennis, pointing to Eva who is worshipping the Star. Dogma places a gold scarf on Norah. Norah “murders” Asa by throwing a black cloth over him.
Jesus Christ-“ Norah Dias Sinned. Deified Dogma”
Dogma is overjoyed and declares war between God and evil (all the Rats and Demons.)
Dogma–“I lived as a god. War saw I. I saw! I said I did… Rats!”
Jesus Christ-“Hannah”
Hannah continues speaking in remorse; she calls out to God, with a capital G, asking “Why”.
Hannah-“Reviled, I finish sad. ‘Y “G” God?”
Jesus Christ-“said”
She again denounces Satan with sarcasm.
Hannah- “Ah!! Satan regal?!”
Jesus Christ-“Emos”
Emos points to Eva, accusing her.
Emos-“Eva… Sinned… lives Evil!”
Jesus Christ-“Tenet”
Tenet is reacting to Dennis approaching Eva from behind.
Tenet-“Ah…”
Devil places an orange scarf on Dennis, symbolizing madness.
Jesus Christ-“Satan”
Satan is speaking to all the Demons and Rats, who react with fervor.
Satan-“Trap all afoot, murder!”
Jesus Christ-“Emos”
As Emos says Eva’s name, Dennis approaches Eva.
Emos-“Eva!”
Jesus Christ-“Eva”
Dennis “Murders” her, by throwing a black cloth over her as she is speaking and worshipping Star, in mid sentence.
Eva-“Wow, Aloof Dog as a…!”
Jesus Christ-“Dennis”
Dennis takes notice of God and in a revelation, feeling remorse at what he has done, declares to the Rats that God sees.
Dennis-“Put it up! Rats! God sees.”
Jesus Christ-“said”
Dennis cries out in fear and repentance.
Dennis-“Ah!!!”
Jesus Christ-“Satan”
Satan rejoices over the events.
Satan- “Ha, top spot. Now I won, I did! Dennis Dias sinned. Yes! Orders red rum, eh!”
Jesus Christ-“ Norah’s foes order red rum… Dias”
All the Rats except for one begin dancing around Norah again, tormenting her with rum. Rat One is whispering in the ear of Dennis and pointing to Natasha and Sharon. Sharon and Natasha have remained in power while Dennis has not. They show fear of their father.
Jesus Christ-“Dias”
Sharon and Natasha appeal to their father as he approaches them.
Sharon and Natasha-“Stop, Murder us not!”
Dennis “Murders” Sharon, tossing a black cloth over her but stops short of murdering Natasha when he hears God speak.
Jesus Christ-“God”
God-“I saw the redder murders.”
Jesus Christ-“Red Rose”
Norah cries out to God, asking why? Norah takes the rum and becomes drunk. Eros places a red scarf on her as she sings.
Norah-“Y? Rum, rum, rum, rum red now.”
Jesus Christ-“Royal”
Royal dances around Star then Norah, back to Star and then dances with Tenet singing.
Royal–“ceremony Star! Rum, rum, rum, rum, Ya! War a foot. Dog! Tenet!”
Jesus Christ-“Dennis”
Dennis falls to his knees in confusion and remorse. He denounces his attempts at being worshipped as a god. He realizes that Star is pitiful. He points to others, that they have been robbed of their happiness by him and he himself is in misery.
Dennis–“Lived Sir? A panic… and I am god, tenet? Sore Star lay or…
Ha! robed some, as I… I moan.”
Jesus Christ-“Norah”
Norah calls out to God to save, realizing the consequences and the Rats scatter.
Norah-“Save! No Garden, O!”
Jesus Christ-“Hannah”
Hannah is mournful.
Hannah-“Dead, I… I roam.”
Jesus Christ-“Norah”
Norah points at Satan and at herself acknowledging evil and sin, and then to the Rats and everyone else, stating “Dias” as if inviting every one to acknowledge their own sin.
Norah-“Satan!…Sinned, A!”
Jesus Christ-“said”
Norah- “Rats, Dias…?”
At this point some return to the pews, I.E. those that expressed repentance by words or by actions such as Dennis, Hannah, Norah, Naomi…(artistic interpretation can decide who and how many.)
Jesus Christ-“Natasha said”
Natasha, still on her pedestal cries out to the Star to save her.
Natasha-“Dog!”
As Jesus speaks Natasha, Star, Ron and everyone else not in the pews crumple to the ground and scurry/crawl into the darkness towards Satan. This includes the Rats, Demons and all those that have been murdered without repenting, Eva, Sharon, Asa, also move towards Satan with all their burdens in tow. The lights go out except for lights sweeping the pews as the characters sitting there throw off all of their scarves and the grey robes revealing white robes, or body suits at their words “God Save, Deliver!” hands up rejoicing.
Jesus Christ-“ SWEPT PEWS…”
Everyone in pews- “GOD SAVE! DELIVER!”
As Time speaks the light shines only on one side of the stage, joyful, while the other is in darkness and misery.
Time’s eye- “12, 02, 2021… 01, 02, 2010? Noon… six a.m. max. Is time’s eye finish’ sin? If eyes emit is it, ek… over?”
This statement again represents an expression concerning the end of time and the end of sin. Note once again that the dates can be changed to reflect current times, 11, 02, 2011, … 02, 02, 2020 etc., while maintaining the palindrome, as time progresses beyond these dates. This action keeps with the artistic intent that no one knows when time will end while highlighting the possibility it could be soon.
End of play.
Times Eye: “Revoke, ’tis I, time’s eye. Finish sin if eyes emit… six a.m. … Max is noon… 01, 02, 2010… 12, 02, 2021?”
Jesus: “REVILED! EVA’S DOG SWEPT
PEWS! God! Dias.”
Dias: “Ah!!”
Jesus: “Satan said,”
Satan: “Star-Di, Asa, Dennis, Natasha, Ron, Maori, Ida, Ed, Hannah, One Dragon, Eva, Sharon, Naomi, Isa, Emos, Deborah, Royal, Rats, Eros, Tenet, Dogma, Id, Nacina, Paris, Devil …Sinned.”
Jesus: “Tenet.”
Tenet: “God…Too far away…Murmur, murmur…”
Jesus: “Rats.”
Rat 1: “ ‘Y no mere clay or wonder… Murmur murmur…”
Rat 2: “Yes! Orders red rum, redder Eh?”
Rat 2: “ ‘Twas I!
Rat 3: ” Dog!…”
Rat 4: “Tonsured rum pots!”
Jesus: “Said.”
Rat 5: “Murder… Red Rose of Sharon!”….
Jesus: “Dennis Said.”
Dennis: “sinned? Did I? Now I won top spot. Ah… Natasha Dias sees dog star…put it up…””
Jesus: “Sinned.”
Dennis: “…as a god. Fool… A! Wow…, ‘Ave, ‘Ave some red rum too.
Fall apart, Natasha.”
Jesus: “Tenet.”
Tenet: “Lives evil!…”
Jesus: “Dennis.”
Dennis: “‘Ave some lager?”
Jesus: “Natasha Dias.”
Natasha: “Doggy! Dash sin if I deliver Hannah?”
Jesus: “Star-Di.”
Star-Di: “Did I as I…? Was I…? I was raw Dog, as a devil, I am god deified.”
Jesus: “Dennis Said.”
Dennis: “Ha! Ron? He lived as a rat’s god.
Wow, Liven a mood. I roamed under it…
Revolt, AHA, Live!
Jesus: “He said”
Dennis: “as a “foeman”, as I live.”
Jesus: “Natasha said.”
Natasha: “Did Nacina play or did moody Ida? So… Ida? Adios!
Hey Dad, are we not drawn onward? ”
Jesus: “Dias said.”
Dennis: “Ah…Satan. Rats deliver goddesses, so pay.
Flesh saw a sin, mad, dastard, Hannah.”
Jesus: “Hannah.”
Hannah: “I madam, I made fool a poor Dog.”
Jesus: “Natasha Dias.”
Natasha: “I…”
Jesus: “Moan.”
Natasha: “go deliver Eh? I saw thee mad!”
Jesus: “Dennis Dias”
Dennis: “Sir, Appalls Dog…”
Jesus: “Stops.”
Dennis: “…sleep repel, Eros saw, Hannah.”
Jesus: “Said Hannah.”
Hannah: “Eva! Can I live on?”
Satan: “Hannah, O’ No… Ah…”
Jesus: “Satan!”
Satan: “Live dirt up!”
Jesus; “Mom Said.”
Deborah-Mom: “Ha, Robed!”
Jesus: “God!”
God: “Live not on evil, Madam Natasha, Madam Hannah Dias! Murder Regal Red Rose of Sharon? I name no Devil, Dog as selfless. A Devil! One Dragon! Pupils pull up! No Garden, O! Norah, regal red rose… Y? Naomi…?”
Jesus: “Moan…”
God: “‘Y doom?”
Jesus: “Sharon Dias!”
Sharon: “Mom, Ei! Reverie! Live O’ Devil, never odd or even. No, it is opposition. ‘Y a period won? Oh! Who was it I saw, Oh Who? Ha!”
Jesus: “Ron!”
Ron: “I.”
Jesus: “Eva!”
Eva: “Revolt lover!”
Jesus: “Id!”
Id: “Rats gnash teeth!”
Jesus: “Sang, Star-Di.”
Star-Di: “Do… Do Good’s deeds. Live on? Reviled did I live! God saw! I, deified, I was Dog. Evil I did deliver. No! Evil’s deeds do, O God! O! Did Rats gnash teeth?”
Jesus: “Sang Star-Di.”
Star-Di: “Revolt! Love! Rave I?”
Jesus: “Norah!”
Norah: “Oh who was it I saw, Oh who? Now do I repay? No, it is opposition. Never odd or even…Live? Do evil? Ei!!, reverie!”
Jesus: “Mom said,”
Deborah-Mom: “Norah’s moody.”
Jesus: “Naomi! Moan…”
Naomi: “Yes, order lager… Ha! Ron.”
Jesus: “One Dragon!”
One Dragon: “Pull up? Slip up! No Garden? O’, lived as selfless? A god lived one man, I.
Jesus: “Norah’s foes order lager, red rum… Said Hannah,”
Hannah: “Madam, Ah!!! Satan! Madam, live not on evil Dog!”
Jesus: “Deborah Dias, Mom.”
Deborah: “Putrid evil, Natasha! Hannah, No evil in a cave…”
Jesus: “Hannah Dias? Hannah was sore leper, peels spots, God, SLLap!… Paris said,”
Paris: “Sinned dame… Eh? ‘Twas I? Here vile Dog!”
Jesus: “Naomi said,”
Naomi: “Ah!!! Satan! Go droop aloof. Ed, am I mad?
Am I, Hannah? Madden…”
Jesus: “Ed”
Ed: “I was… A War!”
Jesus: “Hannah!”
Hannah: “Drat, sad… Damn!”
Jesus: “Isa!”
Isa: “Wash self, Ya, possessed Dog, reviled Star!”
Jesus: “Natasha Dias said,”
Natasha: “…Drawn onward, to new era…
Dad, Yeh… So…”
Jesus: “Ida”
Ida: “Adios, A! Di, ‘Y doom, Did Royal panic and Id?”
Jesus: “Dias!”
Dennis, Sharon, Natasha: “Ah,”
Jesus: “Satan!”
Satan: “Evil is a name of Asa”
Jesus: “Dias!”
Dennis, Sharon, Natasha: “Eh?, Evil!, a hat lover, tired nude.”
Jesus: “Maori!”
Maori: “Doom an evil!, Wow, Dog Star as a Devil, eh?”
Jesus: “Norah Dias sinned, deified Dogma.”
Dogma: “I lived as a god. War saw I. I saw! I said I did… Rats!”
Jesus: “Hannah!”
Hannah: “Reviled, I finish sad. ‘Y “G” God?”
Jesus: “Said,”
Hannah:“Ah!! Satan regal?!”
Jesus: “Emos!”
Emos: “Eva… Sinned… lives Evil!”
Jesus: “Tenet!”
Tenet: “Ah…”
Jesus: “Satan!”
Satan: “Trap all afoot, murder!”
Jesus: “Emos”
Emos: “Eva!”
Jesus: “Eva!”
Eva: “Wow, Aloof Dog as a…”
Jesus: “Dennis!”
Dennis: “Put it up!…Rats! God sees.”
Jesus: “Said,”
Dennis: “Ah!!!”
Jesus: “Satan!”
Satan: “Ha, top spot, now I won, I did. Dennis Dias sinned.
Yes! Orders red rum eh!”
Jesus: “Norah’s foes order red rum.
Dias!”
Sharon, Natasha: “Stop, Murder us not!”
Jesus: “God!”
God: “I saw the redder murders.”
Jesus: “Red Rose!”
Norah: “Y? Rum, rum, rum, rum red now.”
Jesus: “Royal!”
Royal: “ceremony Star! Rum, rum, rum, rum,
Ya! War a foot. Dog! Tenet!”
Jesus: “Dennis!”
Dennis: “Lived Sir? A panic… and I am god, tenet? Sore Star lay or… Ha! robed some, as I… I moan.”
Jesus: “Norah!”
Norah: “Save! No Garden, O!”
Jesus: “Hannah!”
Hannah: “Dead, I… I roam.”
Jesus: “Norah!”
Norah: “Satan sinned! A!”
Jesus: “Said”
Norah: ” Rats…Dias?”
Jesus: “Natasha said,”
Natasha: “Dog!”
Jesus: “SWEPT PEWS… GOD SAVE! DELIVER!”
Times Eye: “12, 02, 2021… 01, 02, 2010? Noon… six a.m. max.
Is time’s eye finish’ sin? If eyes emit is it, ek… over?”
Weathering: when rocks and soil are worn down.
Erosion: when the material that is worn down is carried away by wind, water, living beings or gravity.
Deposition: the dropping, or releasing of sediments that have been moved from one and build up in another.
Constructive Forces
Deposition: Deltas and Sand dunes
Sand dunes:
mounds or ridges of sand that the wind forms along coastlines. They may form in long, irregular rows set back from the water.
Deltas:
land forms formed at the mouth of a river where the river flows into the ocean, estuary, lake, or reservoir. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried away by the river and dropped as it leaves the mouth of the river.
Earthquakes:
Earthquakes can be both a constructive and destructive force. When the fault lines move they can cause incredible damage (destructive) and they also can cause new land formations (constructive). Almost always though, they are destructive!
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Faults:
Earthquake faults are caused by the Earth’s crust moving upward, downward, and sideways. Normal faults occur when plates move apart. Reverse faults develop when plates smash together. The San Andreas Fault is a place where plates slip past each other.
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Volcanoes:
Volcanoes can be both a constructive and destructive force.
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Destructive Forces
Weathering:
Weathering is the breaking down of rock.
Mechanical (Physical)
Mechanical weathering refers to the physical separation break-up of a material.
When wind blows against a solid surface, it’s pushing against it. The push is small, of course. But, over time, all the pushing adds up. It might chip pieces off of the solid. If they end up blowing far away, we call it wind erosion.
Ocean waves smash into the coast.
Coastlines often have very unique shapes to them. That’s because waves weather them over time. Each new wave digs into the rock a little. Much later, the digging can produce interesting patterns.
Small waves break against coastal rock.
Chemical:
The next type of weathering we’re going to look at is a little different. We can’t usually watch it happen. It takes place at the atomic level. But, we can learn from examples of what we know as chemical weathering.
Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis is when water, chemically known as H₂O, reacts with a rock to form a new material. This can happen when rainwater hits the igneous rock granite. Some of the minerals in granite react with water to form clay. This is an example of weathering because the new clay is much easier to erode.
Leaching
Leaching is a simple, but important force. It’s when rainwater, which is naturally acidic, dissolves rocks. This happens a lot with limestone (a type of sedimentary rock). If runoff moves through a deposit of limestone, it might create a cave.
A cave. Caves are created by chemical weathering.
Biological :
Our last type is actually quite simple. It’s when a living thing does any sort of weathering. It usually refers to soil: Animals dig through it, and plants grow in it.
Meerkats weather the soil by digging holes through it.
This biological weathering is great for the environment! Organisms evolve to survive in their biomes, not destroy them. Their actions are only inconvenient for us.
Erosion:
Erosion is simply the process by which the earth’s surface gets worn down. This usually happens as a result of water (rain, rivers or oceans) and wind. Erosion is the 2nd part of a cycle. First the earth is worn down through weathering. Then the weathered material erodes as a result of water and wind. Finally, the material that has eroded stops somewhere else in what is known as deposition.
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Impact of Organisms:
One of the main causes of erosion are all the billions of critters that continuously dig up the soil in search of food and homes. Insects, worms, reptiles, and mammals all help to disturb the upper layers of the Earth. Once soil is disturbed, then wind and rain can more easily wash it away. While it’s easy to point our fingers at the other members of the animal kingdom, it’s important to remember that the biggest culprit when it comes to biological erosion is humans. The amount of erosion resulting from one storm hitting an open construction site or a freshly plowed field is often greater than all the erosion caused in the same area by other animals working more than 100 years!
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was caused by a combination of soil erosion, drought, and high winds. These problems combined to cause great amounts of dust to be blown over many states and killed crops, animals, and people in the process.
Earthquakes:
Earthquakes can be both a constructive and destructive force. When the fault lines move they can cause incredible damage (destructive) and they also can cause new land formations (constructive). Almost always though, they are destructive!
Learn More:
Volcanoes:
Volcanoes can be both a constructive and destructive force.
Learn More:
c. Ask questions to obtain information on how technology is used to limit and/or predict the impact of constructive and destructive processes. (Clarification statement: Examples could include seismological studies, flood forecasting (GIS maps), engineering/construction methods and materials, and infrared/satellite imagery.)
Seismological Studies:
Seismographs – Seismographs are used to record and predict earthquakes.
Richter Scale:
Scientists use the information provided by a seismograph to determine the severity of an earthquake. The Richter Scale scores earthquakes from 1 to 10 depending on the amount of movement that the earthquake causes. Every whole number on the scale represents the earthquake being ten times bigger. For example, a 5.0 on the Richter Scale is ten times bigger than an earthquake measuring 4.0. Scientists have recently begun using a newer, more specific scale to measure earthquakes called the Moment Magnitude Scale (MMS).
Flood Forecasting:
Using GIS Maps
Dams
Dams help control the flow of water down major rivers. That flow of water is then turned into electricity. The Tennessee Valley Authority, which was created as part of FDR’s New Deal, built many dams in the Southeastern U.S. They still are a major source of hydro-electric power today. You can explore their site to learn more about dams, hydro-electricity and flood prevention
Levees
Levees are designed to control the flow of water. Unlike dams, they do not block a river. Instead they make the sides of the river taller to prevent flood damage to nearby cities, houses and businesses.
Storm Drain Management
Heavy rainfall can also lead to large amounts of water running through the city’s storm drain system. As more and more people live in cities, pollution becomes a bigger and bigger problem.
Museums / Virtual Field Trips From Home:
16. Play soccer.
17. Make a chalk picture on your driveway or sidewalk.
18. Make pizza from scratch.
19. Play a board game.
20. Try some food you’ve never had before.
21. Shoot some hoops.
22. Play a game of Charades.
23. Do a family art project.
24. Make a family breakfast.
25. Make a care package for someone in need.
26. Plant some seeds and watch them grow.
27. Build a birdhouse or bird-feeder.
28. Clean house and donate items to non-profit.
29. Have a treasure hunt.
30. Plant trees.
31. Pick seasonal fruit at a local farm.
32. Go to the beach.
33. Create your own fiction story.
34. Choreograph a dance routine.
35. Create your own STEM challenge with items around the house.
36. Create a Bucket list of places to go on family vacation.
37. Draw or Paint
38. Think of a new skill/hobby you would each like to learn and work on the new skill/hobby.
39. Exercise together.
40. Teach each other something new.
41. Start a new healthy habit.
42. Write thank you notes to people in your life.
43. Have a camp out in the back yard or in the living room!
44. Host a movie night. Make your own movie tickets, pop popcorn, and set up the living room like a cinema.
45. Build with Legos.
46. Get Crafty – Make friendship bracelets, key chains, slime, origami, etc.
47. Rearrange your room.
48. Scrapbook/Journal about the year so far or about what you would like to do in the future.
49. Complete household chores.
50. Make a photo collage.
Information gathered from:www.georgiastandards.org http://www.jonathanfeicht.com
1. Think Central (Journey’s Reading):
Username: 5-digit lunch number + @lowndes
Password: last name (all lowercase)
2. iStation:
Username: 5-digit lunch number
Password: last name (lowercase letters)
3. Accelerated Reader (AR)/Renaissance Place:
Username: 5-digit lunch number
Password: last name (all lowercase)
Helpful Math Programs & Websites
1. XtraMath: (Math Fact Fluency Games)
Website: https://xtramath.org
3. Zearn: (Math How-To Instructional Videos)
Website: www.zearn.org
http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ This is a community sight for companies helping parents who are homeschooling during closures and other free supports
opics: activities, enrichment
This is another Google Doc list of ideas and websites for enrichment activities when working from home/kids stuck at home. We don’t maintain this resource. Someone else does.
https://docs.google.com/…/1KCFnWreu4v7VoO3NbgP-Qc…/htmlview…#
How to access the videos:
Note: Each lesson comes with questions on the right side
Arts (Visual)
Arts (Music)
Arts (Theatre)
Community Service
Counseling
Debate
Design/Technology
French
Language & Literature
Note: There are several poems from the “There’s a Poem for That” series in this list. They all are identified with the series’ name in parentheses after the title.
Logic & Reasoning (Riddles)
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical & Health Education
Psychology
Sciences
Note: They have many videos for the individual elements of the periodic table. I did not list them here. To find them, enter the name of the element in the search box to see if one has been made or go to this link http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos
Social Studies/World Cultures
Spanish
Special Education
U.S. History/Government
Grades 1-2 👉 http://bit.ly/grades1-2packet
Grades 3-4 👉 http://bit.ly/grades3-4packet
Grades 5-8 👉http://bit.ly/grades5-8packet
Over 30 Virtual Field Trips with Links
(Click on colored text for links. Safe Travels!)
| San Diego Zoo | The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour! | ||
| Yellowstone National Park Virtual Field Trip | Mud Volcano, Mammoth Hot Springs, and so much more. | ||
| MARS!!! | Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover.
They are updating from WEBVR to WEBXR now, but 360 Mode offers a digital view! |
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| Animal Cameras | Live Cams at the San Diego Zoo
Monterey Bay Aquarium live cams Georgia Aquarium has Jellyfish, Beluga Whales, and more |
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| Virtual Farm
Tour |
This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers
11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs. |
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| U.S. Space and Rocket Museum in Huntsville, AL | See the Saturn 5 Rocket on YouTube and more on this tour thanks to a real father/son outing. | ||
| Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips | A few of the field trip topics include | ||
| The Louvre | Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip. | ||
| The Great Wall of China | This Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China is beautiful and makes history come to life. | ||
| Boston Children’s Museum | Walk through the Boston Children’s Museum thanks to Google Maps!
This virtual tour allows kids to explore 3 floors of fun. |
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Have fun learning at home!
Activities to do at Home
Time for Kids (K-6)
Ideas for Activities During School Closings
Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch (Video)
ByrdseedTV (Educational Videos)
Epic! Digital Book Library (for kids 12 and under) (there is a cost – $7.99/month)
Storyline – Streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations
Best Music Apps and Games for Kids
50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They’re 12
Common Sense Selections highlighting the best movies and TV shows
Best Documentaries for Kids and Families
Common Sense Media (reviews for what your kids want to watch before they watch it)
Write notes, letters, draw pictures to send or drop off at local nursing homes – the elderly in nursing homes aren’t allowed to have visitors right now and it will brighten their day!
For Teachers
Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings
Khan Academy Student Schedules for School Closures
Scholastic Learn at Home: Teaching Remotely for Grades K-12
Scholastic Learn at Home: Free Resources for School Closures
Zoom – free sign up for teachers and students & relevant article
17 Apps to Help Kids Stay Focused
Apps That Act Like Math and Science Tutors for Homework Help
Free Educational Apps, Games, and Websites
Common Sense Media Education Resources
Temporary School Closure Support Group for Educators
Designing for Online Learning Online Course – a free course that runs from March 16-20. Registration ends at 7pm on Sunday March 15. The course requires about 45 minutes of your time per day.
Global Online Academy COVID-19 Resources
International Educator Shared Resources Google Doc
Google Hangouts – Google has extended Hangouts Meet premium features to all G Suite customers through July 1, 2020
Book Creator – giving 90 days free so you can collaborate on writing books with your students
Kahoot Premium – offering free access to all features to support distance learning in schools affected by the coronavirus outbreak
BoomWriter – a free writing app
BrainPOP – free access
Buncee Classroom – as per this tweet email info@buncee.com for free access
Discovery Education – comprehensive response to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak
Pear Deck – allows you to request individual or district-wide access if you’re impacted by closures
Tynker – will let you apply to receive their entire curriculum free if you’re impacted by closures
Adobe Spark – project based learning
Free Tools for Schools Dealing with Corona
| Time | Activity |
| 8am – 9am | Wake up, make your bed, eat breakfast and get ready for an awesome day! And yes, change out of PJs 🙂 |
| 9am – 9:40am | Let’s start strong with some serious math brain training. Remember your brain is like a muscle, the more you use it the stronger it gets! Khan Academy math practice. Depending on level, one of the following courses are likely appropriate: Course challenges and unit tests can be used to accelerate through material. If you don’t have too many gaps, you should be able to get through a previous year’s content in 1-3 hours. If you do have gaps, it may take a bit longer, but that is good! This is your chance to fill in those gaps that might otherwise hold you back in the future. |
| 9:40am – 10am | Go for walk/run or do a GoNoodle! |
| 10am – 11am | Reading time. Sora, I-Ready lessons, Reading Plus, or just a book you love. |
| 11am – 11:20am | Break. Walk/run outside if possible. |
| 11:20am – 12pm | 15 mins Khan Academy Grammar: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar Recommend starting by taking the course challenge a few times to figure out what you know and don’t know. 35 mins Journaling/WritingThings to write about/prompts:
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| 12pm – 1pm | Lunch – Listen to an educational podcast! Try RadioLab If you like science, Forever Ago if you like history, or Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls if you like biographies |
| 1pm – 2pm | Science and social studies. Newsela or Brainpop |
| 2pm-2:30pm | Walk/break |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Enrichment: Khan Academy computer programming Khan Academy computer programming |
| 3:30pm-9pm | relax, go outside, work on passions, time with family. |
| 9-10pm | Lights out, time to sleep! |
Usually reserved for conference guests only, I’ve made a page of free printables that I would like to share with everyone. I’m putting links to more free printables in comments.
https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/…/list-of-education…/
Reading, language arts
This is a completely free online reading program for kindergarten through Grade 6.
Storyline OnlineLike Page
At-Home Learning
Schedule, Resources, and Guidance for At-Home Learning Experiences
Recommended for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
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| 8:30-9:30 | Current Events / Non-Fiction Reading | |
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Experiments / Investigations
Content Review
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Additional Content / Experience Ideas (DRAFT):
With school closures around the country due to #coronavirus, please use our FREE children’s literacy resource featuring the world’s best storytellers reading books aloud. Each video includes an activity guide with lessons for K-5 students to do at home. https://www.storylineonline.net/
Set up a grid of options so that students have choices about what they do and when. Don’t try and structure their whole day! As long as it is all done by your due dates.
When considering your options, look for transdisciplinary links to cover more of your topics.
Ensure that there are some tasks that everyone can easily achieve and some optional tasks that open-ended.
If you can think of low-floor, high-ceiling activities, they are the ticket!
Elementary teachers, I don’t recommend demanding an essay. Writing at home can lead to minimum quality and tears depending on your students. I’ve been prompting for paragraphs that could be combined into a good-copy written piece at a later time.
Have copies of all students logins readily accessible if you’re using online programs. And prepare yourself for claims that things didn’t work, couldn’t logon or glitched.
If you have that rubric of activities or at least a checklist, it makes keeping track of student progress too.
If you are getting students to do personal reading, I recommend have a follow-up activity a book review or writing the definition of 5 challenging words, so you have evidence.
math sessions on SeeSaw now with these puzzles
Some ideas from SEEDS on how to do church at home.
1. Commoncoresheets.com (Extra practice worksheets in all subject areas & answer keys)
2. Study Island:
Username: 5-digit lunch number + @lowndes
Password: last name (lowercase letters)
3. Brainpopjr.com & Brainpop.com (Short Videos)
Username: dewarelementary
Password: des
Discovery K12 provides a complete online curriculum for pre-k to 12th grade. All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.
All of the curriculum if free to use and it is available worldwide.
Doodles Academy is a free art curriculum that is available virtually. It provides art projects that offer authentic art experiences for students — every student makes their own artistic decisions and walks away from the project with an artwork unique to them. Each project includes video tutorials and thorough lesson plans so that anyone can feel comfortable teaching art, regardless of their background or experience level. More, the art projects are aligned to topics and themes found in literacy, math, social studies, and science, so while students work through an art project they are building knowledge and context around other subjects.
art curriculum, virtually available, with lesson plans and video demos
Engaging reading game for grades K-2,3-5,6-8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages to create a fun, curriculum-aligned literacy game.
Always free
Foreign languages
Always free (paid options, but base content always free)
Collisions is a system of digital games, grounded in the rules of chemistry, that can be used to introduce, teach, and review key concepts in chemistry.
Always free.
Reading passages for grades 3-5,6-8,9-12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions. Also has highlighting and notes tools embedded on its passages, as well as most passages have a read aloud function. Once students are signed up on here you can track which students have completed the assignments, and what they are having trouble on. Can easily link to Google Classroom.
Always free!
Curriki revolutionized the way digital learning content is distributed and shared. For over 10 years we have made the best curriculum, lessons and on-demand content free, open, and accessible to all.
Always Free
Each lesson has a reading passage, videos, optional review questions, and self-graded practice questions. The lessons can be assigned to Google Classroom and it puts the grade in that students got on the practice questions (students must get 10 practice questions correct to get 100%).
Always Free
An free online STE(A)M club for kids!
We always free. We offer free STE(A)M classes, projects, and teaching resources for families and educators.
Boost student engagement & fact fluency with our free multiplayer educational games, math games, language arts games, and more!
Always Free.
Interactive videos meant to stimulate creativity and a hands-on activity at home.
Belouga is a digital platform providing K-2,3-5,6-8,9-12 teachers and students with a personalized learning journey through connection, communication and collaboration with peers around the world.
Always Free.
Harness the curiosity and creativity of your middle and high school students with a supercharged social studies curriculum that gets beyond facts. Big History Project is a free, online social studies course that emphasizes skill development as students draw mind-blowing connections between past, present and future. What can you expect to see? Amazing gains in student writing and critical thinking.
BHP delivers a big picture look at the world, and helps students develop a framework to organize what they’re learning both in and out of school. After they leave your class, students will have a better understanding of how we got here, where we’re going, and how they fit in. It’s a place that was 13.8 billion years in the making.
Always Free.
Simulations and virtual labs for biology topics including evolution, ecology, and cellular energetics.
All materials are free
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the WGBH Educational Foundation to coordinate a national effort to preserve at-risk public media before its content is lost to posterity and provide a central web portal for access to the unique programming that public stations have aired over the past 70 years. To date, over 110,000 digital files of television and radio programming contributed by more than 130 public media organizations and archives across the United States have been preserved and made accessible for long-term preservation and access. The entire collection is available on location at the Library of Congress and WGBH, and more than 52,000 files are available online at americanarchive.org.
Access to thousands of historic public television and radio programs.
https://www.jumpstart.com/free-online-3d-virtual-world-for-kids.aspx?pid=js&cid=games_content_seo
https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/homeschool11
https://games.sense-lang.org/EN.php
https://www.remc.org/21things4students/
http://www.21things4teachers.net/
Create Magic in your Classroom – MetaverseApp – Medium
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