FILMING WEEK!Artist Statements When you are done filming, you need to finish and finalize your artist statement. Have Addie review and give feedback before publishing it on the Humanities page of your éportfolio. This is done as a group; you don't have to write individual artist statements. Theme | The connection to A Small Place and the world you know and understand. The argument that you want your views to appreciate from the novel, about the novel.
Creation | The breakdown of meaning within the movements of the dance.
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Week of April 29: finalize dances and music, begin filming! Week of May 6: finalize filming and editing!! Week of May 13: viewing parties!!! 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
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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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