Do Now | Group Work
Join your group and grab your sticky note project planner. Then grab ONE Studio Time goal sheet for the group as a whole. Develop a goal for Studio Time for your group. If your group is going to divide and conquer, please identify individual group members and goals. BE SURE TO KEEP ADDING IDEAS, PLANS, AND INFORMATION TO YOUR POSTER. THESE WILL ALSO BE GRADED! Share goal with Guest Teacher.
Section 1 | Summary The first section should be titled Summary. Divide your group members into roles and as a group, summarize your section of the novel with evidence to support.
Section 2 | Theme The second section should be titled Theme. Theme is the message or understanding that the author wants you to gain as the reader. The theme should be one word that represents the argument or message of the section as a whole (oppression, tourist, gentrification, etc.). Write the name of the theme on the sticky note paper and how it is represented in that part of the novel. Write a statement of understanding about the theme and what the reader is supposed to understand about based on your particular section. Section 3 | Argument Begin creating your final project by answering the following questions in the third box:
Section 4 | Movements As a group, you will create a two minute movement piece. EVERYONE must participate in some way; however, this does not mean that everyone needs to dance. There are several roles that can be completed in order to be actively engagement in the final project:
Exit Slip | Studio Time Reflection
Do Now | Group Construction
Do Next | Theme Each group will be given a section of the novel. On the piece of sticky note provided, put your section of the novel as the title (Part I, II, III, IV), then divide the sticky note into four sections. (THURSDAY) Section 1 | Summary The first section should be titled Summary. Divide your group members into roles and as a group, summarize your section of the novel with evidence to support.
(FRIDAY) Section 2 | Theme The second section should be titled Theme. Theme is the message or understanding that the author wants you to gain as the reader. The theme should be one word that represents the argument or message of the section as a whole (oppression, tourist, gentrification, etc.). Write the name of the theme on the sticky note paper and how it is represented in that part of the novel. Write a statement of understanding about the theme and what the reader is supposed to understand about based on your particular section. Section 3 | Argument See, Think, Wonder Begin creating your final project by answering the following questions in the third box:
Section 4 | Movements As a group, you will create a two minute movement piece. EVERYONE must participate in some way; however, this does not mean that everyone needs to dance. There are several roles that can be completed in order to be actively engagement in the final project:
Analysis
La Beguine
Do Now | Symbolism
After discussing our Four Corners response, let's reconsider the the quotes through a symbolic lens. Remember that a symbol is an object, person, or idea that is supposed to represent something else, something more, something meaningful to help us better understand the argument that is being presented through the text.
Do Next | éPortfolio
Book Review Characterization
Conflict: Consider the plot and the actions that lead to the conflict.
Symbolism or Motifs
Argument
Interpretation: This portion of the critical review answers so what?. It identifies the theme of the piece; it is what the audience is meant to understand about the human experience.
Personal Response: Finally, this is your opportunity to reflect on your experience with the piece and what you learned from it.
Do Now | Who writes history?
Writing Workshop | Final Cyberjournal!!! Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Professional Publication
Remaining Time | Finish the book if you have not already done so! Book Review Do Now | Continuum Spring Break Edition
Do Next | How can you see something for first time, multiple times? Thinking Routine | On Seeing England for the First Time, Jamaica Kincaid
Annotations
Exit Slip | What is one narrative connection to A Small Place? Do Now | Open Google Sites
I have an IndieLens Page:
Critical Thinking Paragraph
Publication
Remaining Time | Skyward has been updated. Please do a grade check, decide on one missing assignment to work on. Put your name on the board and write the name of the assignment next to your name. If you are all caught up, put silent reading and read. Do Now | Circle Up!
What gentrification have we seen on Antigua in Part III? Provide a specific detail. Submit cyberjournal Welcome back Molly! Please note that you will have another reflection! Even if you refuse to participate in simple movements, you are expected to be in the dance space listening and watching the movements. Sitting on your phone is not acceptable!
Analysis | Bele Dance #1
Cyberjournal Reflection | Do at the end of the class. This is an informal reflection. While I am looking for explanations of why, I don't expect the amount of writing of a formal analysis cyberjournal Do Now | What's one thing you have read about in A Small Place that would seem to be gentrification to you?
Cyberjournal | Read Part III to the break on page 52 Turn your Compass Points into a comprehensive Cyberjournal that considers thoughts on gentrification using evidence from the two audios from yesterday as well as considers gentrification within the novel: What “gentrification” happened in Antigua in part three?
Publication | éPortfolio Submission Form
Do Now | Compass Points
Reconsider: The Effects of Gentrification in Milwaukee, WUWM
Add to your Compass Points by (re)considering the same questions in regards to this podcast:
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éPortfolio Submission FormCourse DescriptionA Small Place is an interdisciplinary course inspired by the controversial nonfiction novel, A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid, about Antigua—the lasting effects of British colonialism, criticism of the tourist industry and corruption of Antiguan government. Throughout this course, Étudians will research and analyze a wide variety of multimedia texts about Antigua, Sheboygan, and Native American history in Wisconsin; focused on the themes of tourist and native, colonialism and gentrification, and the cultural importance of movement.
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