Do Now: What was your favorite part of the book? Could be a character, a scene, a theme, etc. Share out.
Do Next: Sit with your partner. Ash/Ina, Darian/Wesley, Landon/Veronica/Noah. Mystery Dice: Each group will get a pair of dice. One die has an art form on it. The other has an assortment of themes, characters, places, and objects from the book. In pairs, you will take turns rolling the dice. After you’ve both received your selection, you will spend five minutes creating whatever art form you received about whatever topic you received. Be creative! It could be from the topic’s perspective, it could be how people in Ding Village viewed it, it could be your own personal response, etc. YOU MAY ROLL ONLY ONCE MORE IF YOU DO NOT LIKE YOUR SELECTION. I will set a timer for five minutes. Then you will present your creation to your partner. Then we will do it again, two more times. Reflection: Each person must share one creation. Quick jot + Share Out: What do you feel like you’re coming away with from the book? What new insights have you gained? What questions do you still have? If you could change one thing about the book, what would it be? I know many people did not like the ending. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
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Course DescriptionGreat World Text is an advanced English and Social Studies course sponsored by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Humanities. Dream of Ding Village is a work of fiction. While its sociocultural and geopolitical contexts are integral to its impact, it is important to remember that this is a work of literature. While literature can help us teach culture, history, politics and so on, no one text can bear the burden of representing an entire nation, culture, or people. Dream of Ding Village is the story of the 1990s public health crisis in China, when rural villages selling their blood led to an AIDS outbreak.
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