Sunday night was a big evening for the movie industry as the Academy Awards were doled out. The event pretty much caps the awards season after the Golden Globes (film & TV) and the Grammys (music) and some important but lesser known awards (SAG -- movies).
Today we'll take a look at the winners and the nominees and take a look the extent to which these awards reflect our tastes and interests as movie watchers.
We'll be using the movie ballot at Fansided.com
We won't use every category for our work -- only the following.
Best Picture
Director
Actor
Actress
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actress
Visual Effects
Animated Feature
You'll code the ballot with the following.
H. Heard of It.
S. Seen It.
N. Never Heard of It.
We'll take your codes, collect the data, and see what trends merge. Then we'll explore ways of visualizing these understandings. Different ways to show the data. Especially using http://memebase.cheezburger.com/graphjam as our inspiration -- because that will help us head into our comedy unit.
We'll develop questions from our data as well as we uncover the sorts of questions we should be asking for the rest of this semester as we explore pop culture.
HOMEWORK.
Blog. 3+ Posts.
Req'd Post. Design Your Own Pop Culture Related Awards Show.
What would it be called?
What would be the categories?
Who would be the nominees this year? The winner?
Explain your choices for the above and then . . .
Create a logo or promotional poster for the awards as well.
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Humanities: Of Mice & Men, Symbolism, Themes & Poverty
We'll start with MUGS Quiz #1: It's/Its on NoRedInk.
From there, we will do an activity with Of Mice & Men to help us start seeing the symbolism and themes in the book.
We will revisit the first chapter of the book and use a literacy strategy called coding.
As we read through the chapter again, using the photocopied pages and your design kit tools, use the following codes to mark your thinking. We will try an experiment with working in groups and on a bigger to do this.
! For ideas/ facts/ points of interest/epiphanies
? For further questions, points of clarification
& For connections
Then we will look at how this book ties into our poverty work. We'll be using a definition chart from Ruby Payne's A Framework for Understanding Poverty and look for examples from Of Mice & Men to demonstrate our understanding.
HOMEWORK
Finish: OF MICE & MEN.
If you haven't.
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post:
Choose any character from Of Mice & Men and create a photo essay about that character's hopes and dreams for his or her future. Post or link those images on the blog. Try to write in the voice of the character.
Due: Friday, Nov 15
Study & Complete: Roots 5
Quiz & Word Map
Due: Thursday, Nov. 21
From there, we will do an activity with Of Mice & Men to help us start seeing the symbolism and themes in the book.
We will revisit the first chapter of the book and use a literacy strategy called coding.
As we read through the chapter again, using the photocopied pages and your design kit tools, use the following codes to mark your thinking. We will try an experiment with working in groups and on a bigger to do this.
! For ideas/ facts/ points of interest/epiphanies
? For further questions, points of clarification
& For connections
Then we will look at how this book ties into our poverty work. We'll be using a definition chart from Ruby Payne's A Framework for Understanding Poverty and look for examples from Of Mice & Men to demonstrate our understanding.
HOMEWORK
Finish: OF MICE & MEN.
If you haven't.
Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Creative Post:
Choose any character from Of Mice & Men and create a photo essay about that character's hopes and dreams for his or her future. Post or link those images on the blog. Try to write in the voice of the character.
Due: Friday, Nov 15
Study & Complete: Roots 5
Quiz & Word Map
Due: Thursday, Nov. 21
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