CLE:
1. Briefly state how you "spent" your pretend $100, and where your item(s) placed on the spectrums. ( how did you know what to get and where to place them on the spectrum)
2. Is one end of each spectrum always better? E.g. Lasting impact > short-term impact; life-changing vs. moderately meaningful. Explain.
English 8:
Today, let's find the 3 poems/ lyrics that we can graffiti for:
- connection to yourself (your experiences, beliefs, attitudes, etc.)
- poetry devices
- meaning
You can use some song lyrics if you like - just make sure they're school appropriate.
You can also use https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/teens
NM 10
Choose an article to read and complete the table provided in class.
Let's make connections between the fictional film The Hate U Give and the world we live in today. There is room to discuss minority groups in Canada, gang membership in general, police brutality in the States, and/or even unpacking Capitol Hill. You may pick the direction you want to focus on.
The objective is to show that we can unpack a news article, as well as critically consider it by connecting it to our film.
Options for Exploration (or choose your own article):
CLE: https://forms.gle/giHMawhPLPB9exQj9
New Media 10
Choose an article to read and complete the table provided in class.
Let's make connections between the fictional film The Hate U Give and the world we live in today. There is room to discuss minority groups in Canada, gang membership in general, police brutality in the States, and/or even unpacking Capitol Hill. You may pick the direction you want to focus on. If the current news is a bit overwhelming or tiring, perhaps something like "Into the Abyss" might be of interest - it presents more as a chapter in a sociology textbook, but this distance might be more comfortable reading (though the material is slightly challenging).
Options for Exploration (or choose your own article):
I've indicated the publisher where relevant instead of the author, based on our previous conversations on left/right/middle-wing source material.
All American Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m36xv75MJ4U
From Now On: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greatestshowmancast/fromnowon.html
Go the Distance: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/michaelbolton/gothedistance.html
Hey There Delilah: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/plainwhitets/heytheredelilah.html
How has the text’s meaning been changed, between the paragraph version and the free-verse poem version?
Turtle Came to See Me
How does your article define "us vs. them?" Isolate 4-5 key facts/ findings from your article.
History: https://humanrights.ca/story/us-vs-them-the-process-of-othering
Psychology: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/finding-new-home/201908/the-psychology-us-vs-them
Categories and Strategies: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-the-us-against-them-mentality
SImply Psychology: https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html
Or, Find Your Own article about "us vs. them" as a construct
CLE:
Part A:
Choose one of the following links to use in class today, or find your own. We are going to choose an article and investigate Google as a COMPANY: what do recent (~last 5y) articles inform us about how Google operates as a company, and/or what it's like to be an employee? How might they be/ not be a model for other companies?
We will be working in groups with individuals who have read different articles. If you are decided on with whom you'd like to work, perhaps spread out the articles right from the start.
LitKit Self-Assessment
1. Which 2-3 books did you bring together?
2. Describe your process: how did you complete your project?
3. How/ where did you include creative flair?
4 (anything else Ms. M should know?)
