Hi folks,
You'll start by choosing a music documentary from the following list to watch in either a small group or as a whole class. These are all available on Netflix. You might want to take a minute and investigate each one before making a choice.
20 Feet from Stardom
Muscle Shoals
The Wrecking Crew
Ain't In It for My Health
What Happened, Miss Simone?
The Other One: Long Strange Trip
Watch for 20 minutes and use this graphic organizer to Notice/Wish/Wonder about the content of the documentary as you watch. (You can print it off or make a copy that can be edited.) You might want to post those thoughts on your blog -- GREAT blog content!
Then you have the rest of class to work on design-a-band and blogging.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
AP Lit: 3x3s and Time to Blog
Hey folks,
I reloaded the white cabinet with index cards so you can build your 3x3s. If you take a look here, you'll see how to lay out the card.
1. Put One Word on Each Card.
2. Lay Them Out in a Grade.
3. Lower Left of Each Card, Put the Last Name of the Work's Creator (i.e. Smith, Portis)
4. Lower Right of Each Card, Put the Title or Identifiable Shorter version (Don't Miss, Grit, etc.)
5. Flip the Cards Over and Number Them in Order to Make Them Easier to Reset.
6. Put Your Initials In Upper Right of Each Card on the Number Side.
After getting your decks built, try doing the following.
1. Lay out your summer book 3x3s. See what trends emerge across each others.
2. Mix and match your summer 3x3s. See if you can make a 3x3 of your summer book out of the cards of others.
3. Look at 3x3s of True Grit. What commonalities are you finding? Try to remix. Then see if you can make a 3x3 of "I Don't Miss It" out of the True Grit cards.
Be playful. Experiment. And DOCUMENT EVERYTHING! Put it on your blog with video or photo and explanations.
You can then take the rest of class time to work on your blogs/synthesis including the 5 Card Flickr assignment for this week. Remember, your blogs can be full of your process of developing your essay: prewriting, doodles, sketches, maps, anything at all with a little explanation so I know what I'm looking at.
I reloaded the white cabinet with index cards so you can build your 3x3s. If you take a look here, you'll see how to lay out the card.
1. Put One Word on Each Card.
2. Lay Them Out in a Grade.
3. Lower Left of Each Card, Put the Last Name of the Work's Creator (i.e. Smith, Portis)
4. Lower Right of Each Card, Put the Title or Identifiable Shorter version (Don't Miss, Grit, etc.)
5. Flip the Cards Over and Number Them in Order to Make Them Easier to Reset.
6. Put Your Initials In Upper Right of Each Card on the Number Side.
After getting your decks built, try doing the following.
1. Lay out your summer book 3x3s. See what trends emerge across each others.
2. Mix and match your summer 3x3s. See if you can make a 3x3 of your summer book out of the cards of others.
3. Look at 3x3s of True Grit. What commonalities are you finding? Try to remix. Then see if you can make a 3x3 of "I Don't Miss It" out of the True Grit cards.
Be playful. Experiment. And DOCUMENT EVERYTHING! Put it on your blog with video or photo and explanations.
You can then take the rest of class time to work on your blogs/synthesis including the 5 Card Flickr assignment for this week. Remember, your blogs can be full of your process of developing your essay: prewriting, doodles, sketches, maps, anything at all with a little explanation so I know what I'm looking at.
Show the Learning.
Read & Annotate. True Grit to Page 113
Due. Tues. 9.22.15
Blog. 3+ Posts.
Creative Blog Post of the Week. Create a 5 Card Flickr in the Voice of Mattie Ross. How might you employ the same techniques as Portis to develop her voice in your work?
Due. Friday. 9.18.15
Design. Working Draft. Synthesis Essay #1
Due for Workshopping. Tuesday, 9.22.15
If you have time . . .
Turn your Literary 3x3s into Index Card Decks.
Design. Working Draft. Synthesis Essay #1
Due for Workshopping. Tuesday, 9.22.15
If you have time . . .
Turn your Literary 3x3s into Index Card Decks.
Eng 9: Caine's Arcade & the Global Cardboard Challenge
Today you'll be working on your own as we introduce our first big project.
Watch this video.
Caine's Arcade.
Watch this video.
And then watch this video to learn what the Global Cardboard Challenge is all about.
Complete a Notice/Wish/Wonder organizer to demonstrate your understanding of these two videos. (Timestamp means tell me exactly where in the video you are getting this idea. You will need to make your own copy of the organizer.)
I'm not here to answer questions for you or to have conversations, look over shoulders. You will have to do your best work to show me your thinking. HOWEVER, if you would prefer to audio/video record your responses, you may do so. Just be certain you e-mail or share with me what you create.
Support each other and ask Mr. Knight for help with sharing your work with me.
After completing the notice/wish/wonder organizer, turn your thinking to possibilities.
If you were to bring joy to other people by building something, what might you build? Make a list.
If you were to solve a problem others are facing by building something, what might you build? Make a list.
If you were to showcase your passions or interests by building something, what might you build? Make a list.
Post each of these three lists on your blog.
If you get done with the above during class, check your work and make sure it does the best job it can demonstrating your thinking.
You can then use the rest of time to study up on Roots 1. There's a quiz next week.
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Show the Learning.
Blog. 3+ Posts.
Creative Blog Prompt. 5 Card Flickr & Problem Story.
Create a 5 Card Flickr that tells the story of a problem being solved.
Post your images and write out the story on your blog.
Due. Friday. Sept. 18.
Complete. Notice/Wish/Wonder Organizer on Caine's Arcade & Caine's Arcade 2
Due. Friday. Sept 18.
Create. Lists. Three Lists on Problems/Passions/Joy.
Post on Your Blog
Due. Friday. Sept. 18.
Study. Roots Quiz 1.
Due. Thursday, Sept 24.
Pop Culture: Design-a-Band
How might we create an intentional band out of random elements?
This will be run similar to a DEEPdt flash lab.
DISCOVER.
Make a list of bands and artists that you believe have really great names. Even if you don't love the music or consider them a favorite, you hear the name and think, "that's a great name." Throw in good names of movies, good names of books, TV series, while you are at it.
Put three of your favorite names -- music or not -- and put each on a sticky note and up the marker board.
I notice. I wish. I wonder. We'll look at those band names up on the board and discuss using only those stems to start our thinking.
EMPATHY.
3x3 Interviews. Three questions. Three subjects.
1. What sorts of fonts appeal to you? Handwriting? Block? Serif? San Serif?
2. What colors appeal to you?
3. Do you prefer realistic or abstract images?
Collect your responses and include them on your blog post when you discuss the album art you create. Use what you know appeals to others visually to inform your choices.
3. Do you prefer realistic or abstract images?
Collect your responses and include them on your blog post when you discuss the album art you create. Use what you know appeals to others visually to inform your choices.
EXPERIMENT.
Create-A-Band Process
I'd Give Credit to the Creator of this Process But It's From a While Back & I Can't Recall the Link! #arghface.
1. Go to the Random Article link on the Wikipedia front page. (You can find it in the top left navigation menu.) The title of the random article is your new band/artist's name.
2. Go to the Random Quote link on the Quotations Page front page. (You can find it in the left side navigation menu.) You will get a list of random quotes. Pull either a full or partial quote from that page. That is the album title for your band's latest release. (You might also find some song titles this way as well.)
3. Go to Flickr and click on the 'Interesting Uploads from the Last 7 Days' link. (You can find it by scrolling down and looking beside the 'Take the Tour' link.)
4. Pull that information together and then use an app like Pages, Google Draw or Google Docs, a photo editor like iPhoto or Gimp, or any other application that lets you manipulate words and images, and create your album cover. Export your finished work as a .JPG and post it or PDF and screenshot it and post it on your blog.
PRODUCE.
5. On your blog, create a context for your band. Who are the members? How did they form and when? What genre(s) do they play? What was the gig that led to them making this album? Where do they play? In other words, what is the story behind the band?
Here's the big huge giant challenge of this creative endeavor: take those random elements from above and make them all seem intentional. How might you create sense out of what might be nonsense by applying the filter of music to it? What does this say about the power of music?
6. In a separate blog post, choose an artist or band you enjoy. Select an album by that performer. Explore the relationship between the artist's name, the album's name, and the cover art for that album. To what extent do they align? Where do you see a clear relationship between the visuals and the music? Where do you see it not working out? What about the band's logo or the font used on the album cover?
One to two descriptive paragraphs with visuals to illustrate.
Extra helpful? Embed some Vimeo links or Spotify links or other ways of proving your point through the music.
You might get some inspiration for your album covers here
10 Iconic Album Covers (Yahoo) Here
99 Well Designed Album Covers (Inspiredology) Here
21 Great Albums with Not So Great Art (AV Club) Here
Lego'd Album Covers Here
Show Your Learning.
Blog. 3+ Posts.
Creative Blog Post. Create a 5 Card Flickr where each image you choose becomes either a) an alternative album cover for an album that already exists or b) a new album by an artist/band that already exists. Explain your thinking in a few sentences for each new cover.
Due. Friday, Sept 18.
Other Posts?
5. On your blog, create a context for your band. Who are the members? How did they form and when? What genre(s) do they play? What was the gig that led to them making this album? Where do they play? In other words, what is the story behind the band?
Here's the big huge giant challenge of this creative endeavor: take those random elements from above and make them all seem intentional. How might you create sense out of what might be nonsense by applying the filter of music to it? What does this say about the power of music?
6. In a separate blog post, choose an artist or band you enjoy. Select an album by that performer. Explore the relationship between the artist's name, the album's name, and the cover art for that album. To what extent do they align? Where do you see a clear relationship between the visuals and the music? Where do you see it not working out? What about the band's logo or the font used on the album cover?
One to two descriptive paragraphs with visuals to illustrate.
Extra helpful? Embed some Vimeo links or Spotify links or other ways of proving your point through the music.
Curate. 1 item.
Pin on Your Pop Culture Pinboard & Use #Flight307pc.
Due. Friday, Sept 18.
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