Mark Denning back tomorrow!Do Now | read Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield to Part II Reclaim
Analysis | Little Black Book Your Little Black Book is a document that records your ideas, thoughts, and reflections from There, There. Entries into the accordion book will be connected to topics and questions that we study and discuss in class. As with all the writing you encounter in Great World Text, your Little Black Book should be thought-provoking, insightful, and descriptive in nature. However, this does not mean that it is done solely in the written form; it may include visuals, collages, symbols, etc. In short, the Little Black Book is a place to sift through your many thoughts about the world around you. Create a new section in your Little Black book for Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield and Edward Black. Respond to the following prompts in both text and visuals:
Exit Slip | Using a stick note, identify a paragraph or a statement that speaks to you, inspires you, leaves in awe. Explain why it does. Put sticky note in book to share with Mark Denning.
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Do Now | See, Think, Wonder
Analysis | Earth on the Turtle's Back
Assignment: Answer the following questions from The Earth on the Turtle’s Back. For each question, formulate your answer in a literary analysis paragraph:
How do the actions of the swans, duck and beaver represent the way we react to things as humans? Based on this myth, who created Earth? What is the significance of the natural environment in this myth? Do Now | Read chapter one and two in There, There by Tommy Orange
Analysis | Little Black Book Your Little Black Book is a document that records your ideas, thoughts, and reflections from There, There. Entries into the accordion book will be connected to topics and questions that we study and discuss in class. As with all the writing you encounter in Great World Text, your Little Black Book should be thought-provoking, insightful, and descriptive in nature. However, this does not mean that it is done solely in the written form; it may include visuals, collages, symbols, etc. In short, the Little Black Book is a place to sift through your many thoughts about the world around you. Create new sections in your Little Black Book for the characters Tony Loneman and Dene Oxendene. Respond to the following prompts in both text and visuals:
Do Now | Read Study finds only harmful effects from Native-themed mascots
Do Next | Read The Future of Native American Imagery in Sports
Federal Policies | Explore and consider how these impacted the generations of Native Americans today.
19th Century
Exit Slip | Read about Mark Denning Read more: How Milwaukee's Native Community is Working to be Un-Erased What is one question you have for Mr. Denning?
Analysis | "vanishing Indian" trope
Exit Slip | Prologue Bookmark Reminder! Due Today
Westward Expansion Booklets
On the notecard given to you:
TODAY
Journal Entry: 10/5/2022 Do you feel that Dennis Banks meets the definition of a warrior? Why / why not?
Do Now | See, Think, Connect
Reading | There, There, Tommy Orange Read Prologue aloud as a group. Use sticky notes provided to create annotation in your novel. Literary Definitions:
Exit Slip | Bookmark
Thursday Whole Group Check-in. | Next steps.
Key Elements you should be able to incorporate into you group presentation:
Group Grade for the following.
Friday Key Elements you should be able to incorporate into you group presentation:
Record information from the other four perspectives
Presentations: 3-5 minutes. Follow-up Whole Group Discussion.
Group Materials to be turned in:
Lesson Objectives:
Monday Here are Five Groups that you've been assigned to.
Getting Started: Review your Group Members Responsibilities, Who will fill each role?
Tuesday
Jump into group work time, up to 10:35ish
Things to consider when using these primary sources.
Activator: Quick Jot | Cold Call
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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 that investigates the novel There There by Tommy Orange, American novelist and citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. There There is a multi-generational, relentlessly paced story about a side of America few have seen: the lives of urban Native Americans. There There shows violence and recovery, hope and loss, identity and power, dislocation and communion, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. Through these striking, tragic, and often funny portraits of Native experience, classrooms will also explore specific topics such as fetal alcohol syndrome, housing insecurity, recovery, and healing Categories
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