Key themes and topics:
Voice & Oral traditions
Diversity and notions of text and media
Important vocabulary
Literary interpretation
Performance
Literal and Figurative
Connotative and Denotative
Cooperative work
Activities
Clapping Academy
Barbell Factory
Reading Friday
Literary Yoga & Self-care
Maori Mihi
Thursday: How you say it is just as important as what you say.
Guiding questions:
What is equity? What is voice? What is a text?
Key vocab
Voice --context and expression through:
syntax, meter, diction, word choice, themes, volume, pitch and emphasis.
Go over syllabus quiz
Clapping Academy -- equity
Image interpretation -- a text conveys information. Can be pictures, clothing, dance, words.
Class activity reflection (Journal 2):
What did you do? Was it fun? What was the point? Why? How will you use these ideas?
Full sentences / minimum 1 page/ skip every other line.
Friday
Reading Friday -- Bring a book!
Yes, a book of your choice.
10 points for bringing a book, 7 for borrowing.
10 points for 40 minutes of silent reading (-1 for each redirect).
10 points for journal entry
Literacy coaching
Monday -- No School
Tuesday
Barbell Factory
Create initial groups ( 4 to a group)
Key vocabulary featuring voice
Girl Assignment -- choose, interpret, and perform the ten most important sentences.
Give evidence for your interpretation of connotative and denotative.
It is important to get background information ans secondary sources
Please visit Jamica Kincaid's biographical page and her wiki to see what you can learn about her and how these secondary sources might influence your literal and figurative interptretations of the poem "Girl".
Wednesday
Girl cont'd
Thursday
Lab 148 finish Mihi
Friday
Reading Friday
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