This is it folks . . . the last sprint to the test.
Here's the work for this week into next.
In Class. Test Prep.
Be prepared to write a 15 minute prompt each day. We'll go through all three types of questions: poetry, prose, and open response.
Also be prepared to do a multiple choice item each day. We'll do two poetry items and two prose items before the test.
We will discuss each item. Discuss approaches to the writing prompt.
And . . .
Watchmen. We start Watchmen this week. We will use our analysis of each chapter to prime our minds for the test.
We'll read just one chapter a night until post-test.
ASSESSMENTS.
Read. Watchmen. Chapter 1.
Due. Next Class. Just read. We'll analyze and sketch note in class.
Blog. 3+ Posts.
Req'd Post. AP Review Pinterest Boards.
Create a set of Pinterest boards to aid in your review, and your peers' review, of three texts YOU LOVE from the past four years and want to have mentally ready for the open-ended prompt at the test.
Your set of boards MUST include pins that will help you to remember:
Characters & Narrators
Structure & Point of View
Conflicts & Resolution
Imagery & Symbolism
Items, Objects of Significance
Settings of Significance
Overarching Themes
These categories are based on trends one can see in the open ended response prompts of the past.
Now, how you organize your boards is up to your brain. It may make sense to have one board for each title. It may make sense to have one board for each category of analysis. Set it up in a way that makes sense to your brain and has deliberate intentions. DESIGN it for you the user and for me the observer.
Put links to each of your boards on your blog post.
Here's an example: https://www.pinterest.com/maceeqi/frankenstein/
And another: https://www.pinterest.com/anjanordstrom/frankenstein/
Due. Friday, May 1.
Poetry as Design.
Get your three components completed and in your AP LIT Inbox if not done so already.
Reminder of Expectations.
1. DESIGN a POEM. Craft an original piece that evokes the theme of happiness or connectedness. It must use at least 7 poetic devices from this menu.
Due. April 15. Poem for installation.
Due. April 16. 1 page analysis.
2. DESIGN an INTERPRETATION of a POEM. Craft a visual/audio/tactile interpretation of any poem you feel suits this theme. Consider using Poetry Foundation as a starting point for your search.
Due. April 15. Interpretation for installation
Due. April 16. 1 page analysis. Use poetic devices from this menu as backbone of this analysis.
3. DESIGN an EXPERIENCE with POETRY. Design an interactive experience for students on campus that uses elements of poetry and increases happiness and/or connectedness at Mt. Blue Campus. This is where the crux of our design work occurs.
Due. April 15. Installation.
Due. April 16. Collection of poems explored. Three analyses completed using SCOUT & CRAP.
Due. April 16. Documentation. DEEP. Discovery. Empathy. Experiment. Produce. Req'd Blog Posts for the Week. Have documentation of every phase and explanations ready for viewing.
Due. ASAP.
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
AP Lit: Poetry by Design Installation This Week
Hey folks,
Lots happening this week . . .
Hoping this post puts it all in context for you and serve as a schedule/checklist.
I'm going to organize it by component here.
INDIVIDUAL POEMS.
DUE: Wednesday Night.
Dan sent you a template for Pages. (Only change I would make -- and I should've said this to Dan yesterday because he did run it by me first -- is move your name as poet to the bottom of the page.)
Please put your poem in this template, save, and EXPORT as PDF and send it to me. (If you send me a Pages document I won't be able to open it.)
I will print these off on cardstock and we will then put them up in those nooks and crannies in the school where our users may not expect to see them.
We'll keep a map of them so we know where the poems are at in the building.
INTERPRETATIONS.
DUE: Thursday Morning.
Mike sent a Poetry Project tracker. Here you need to post three important pieces of information for the installation process.
1. the poem you are interpreting
2. the type of art you are creating
3. the location where you want it
Anyone with Period 1G free? We could use some help with the installing. We'll use the Theater Workshop as our rally point. Drop off art there.
EXPERIENCES.
DUE: Thursday Morning.
Staging in the Theater Workshop. Then each group should get 'em up as quickly as possible during Period 1.
Poetry Jenga 3x3. Need those 3x3s ASAP from those folks creating them. Everything is cut and assembled. Dan created a cool SketchUp model to help us design it. We are going to go black Sharpie on plain wood. We tried it. Looks good.
Poet-trees. We will be laminating and cutting today. Assembling in the workshop. These are looking great.
Poets Scale. Assembling in the workshop.
RATIONALES.
DUE: Friday.
BLOG: 3+ Posts
Req'd: Document your poetry as design work. This is the stuff.
Due: Friday.
Lots happening this week . . .
Hoping this post puts it all in context for you and serve as a schedule/checklist.
I'm going to organize it by component here.
INDIVIDUAL POEMS.
DUE: Wednesday Night.
Dan sent you a template for Pages. (Only change I would make -- and I should've said this to Dan yesterday because he did run it by me first -- is move your name as poet to the bottom of the page.)
Please put your poem in this template, save, and EXPORT as PDF and send it to me. (If you send me a Pages document I won't be able to open it.)
I will print these off on cardstock and we will then put them up in those nooks and crannies in the school where our users may not expect to see them.
We'll keep a map of them so we know where the poems are at in the building.
INTERPRETATIONS.
DUE: Thursday Morning.
Mike sent a Poetry Project tracker. Here you need to post three important pieces of information for the installation process.
1. the poem you are interpreting
2. the type of art you are creating
3. the location where you want it
Anyone with Period 1G free? We could use some help with the installing. We'll use the Theater Workshop as our rally point. Drop off art there.
EXPERIENCES.
DUE: Thursday Morning.
Staging in the Theater Workshop. Then each group should get 'em up as quickly as possible during Period 1.
Poetry Jenga 3x3. Need those 3x3s ASAP from those folks creating them. Everything is cut and assembled. Dan created a cool SketchUp model to help us design it. We are going to go black Sharpie on plain wood. We tried it. Looks good.
Poet-trees. We will be laminating and cutting today. Assembling in the workshop. These are looking great.
Poets Scale. Assembling in the workshop.
RATIONALES.
DUE: Friday.
BLOG: 3+ Posts
Req'd: Document your poetry as design work. This is the stuff.
Due: Friday.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
AP Lit: Poetry as Design Challenge: Experiment Phase & More
EMPATHY & EXPERIMENT PHASES.
Monday and Tuesday, we have several vital signposts ahead of us.
One. We need to explore some more poetry structures. Sestina. Gazhal. Villanelle. This week. In class. (I promised no piling on. I meant it.)
Two. We need to examine results of empathy work and map our insights.
Three. We have to determine which experiences we want to install and who will work on each.
Four. We need a schedule for this next week and a half. We will be installing on the 15th, due to step up day for the middle school crew. Folks need to know what to finish and for when.
Five. We need to engage the DEEP board so we can better keep track of who is doing what and when.
This is where it gets both nuts and amazing. Just like any good design challenge should.
Reminder of Expectations.
1. DESIGN a POEM. Craft an original piece that evokes the theme of happiness or connectedness. It must use at least 7 poetic devices from this menu.
Due. April 15. Poem for installation.
Due. April 16. 1 page analysis.
2. DESIGN an INTERPRETATION of a POEM. Craft a visual/audio/tactile interpretation of any poem you feel suits this theme. Consider using Poetry Foundation as a starting point for your search.
Due. April 15. Interpretation for installation
Due. April 16. 1 page analysis. Use poetic devices from this menu as backbone of this analysis.
3. DESIGN an EXPERIENCE with POETRY. Design an interactive experience for students on campus that uses elements of poetry and increases happiness and/or connectedness at Mt. Blue Campus. This is where the crux of our design work occurs.
Due. April 15. Installation.
Due. April 16. Collection of poems explored. Three analyses completed using SCOUT & CRAP.
Due. April 16. Documentation. DEEP. Discovery. Empathy. Experiment. Produce. Req'd Blog Posts for the Week. Have documentation of every phase and explanations ready for viewing.
This is also our pre-cursor to the big end of the year Watchmen installation. This is really an extended flashlab to help us get accustomed to this work.
ASSESSMENT.
Blog. 3+ Posts.
Req'd Post This Week. SHOW YOUR WORK. DEEP. Discovery. Empathy. Experiment. Any component of the installation. Show it. Record it.
Monday and Tuesday, we have several vital signposts ahead of us.
One. We need to explore some more poetry structures. Sestina. Gazhal. Villanelle. This week. In class. (I promised no piling on. I meant it.)
Two. We need to examine results of empathy work and map our insights.
Three. We have to determine which experiences we want to install and who will work on each.
Four. We need a schedule for this next week and a half. We will be installing on the 15th, due to step up day for the middle school crew. Folks need to know what to finish and for when.
Five. We need to engage the DEEP board so we can better keep track of who is doing what and when.
This is where it gets both nuts and amazing. Just like any good design challenge should.
Reminder of Expectations.
1. DESIGN a POEM. Craft an original piece that evokes the theme of happiness or connectedness. It must use at least 7 poetic devices from this menu.
Due. April 15. Poem for installation.
Due. April 16. 1 page analysis.
2. DESIGN an INTERPRETATION of a POEM. Craft a visual/audio/tactile interpretation of any poem you feel suits this theme. Consider using Poetry Foundation as a starting point for your search.
Due. April 15. Interpretation for installation
Due. April 16. 1 page analysis. Use poetic devices from this menu as backbone of this analysis.
3. DESIGN an EXPERIENCE with POETRY. Design an interactive experience for students on campus that uses elements of poetry and increases happiness and/or connectedness at Mt. Blue Campus. This is where the crux of our design work occurs.
Due. April 15. Installation.
Due. April 16. Collection of poems explored. Three analyses completed using SCOUT & CRAP.
Due. April 16. Documentation. DEEP. Discovery. Empathy. Experiment. Produce. Req'd Blog Posts for the Week. Have documentation of every phase and explanations ready for viewing.
This is also our pre-cursor to the big end of the year Watchmen installation. This is really an extended flashlab to help us get accustomed to this work.
ASSESSMENT.
Blog. 3+ Posts.
Req'd Post This Week. SHOW YOUR WORK. DEEP. Discovery. Empathy. Experiment. Any component of the installation. Show it. Record it.
AP Lit: Poetry as Design Challenge: Empathy Phase Into Experiment Phase
We had a powerful Thursday and Friday last week.
Empathy phase abounded with composite users and user mapping.
We created composite users on Wednesday and Thursday and the put them onto a spray chart to better define our core and fringe users.
Empathy phase abounded with composite users and user mapping.
We created composite users on Wednesday and Thursday and the put them onto a spray chart to better define our core and fringe users.
This was certainly one of our biggest A-HA's above . . . we thought of other contexts where the users who MOST NEED a product those LEAST LIKELY to use it, and those with LEAST NEED are MOST LIKELY to use it.
And this is the tension we are facing with our Poetry as Design installation.
PIE. This captures the project well. Poem. Interpretation. Experience.
That is what you are designing. Three products.
Perhaps we should make three point one four products.
On Monday, we should be getting first of our empathy conversation work.
I like that we are using the term empathy conversation.
The intention behind that choice makes me happy. Talk. Not mine.
We also need to find our users. Figure out where best to install our experiences so that we are reaching the users where they are. Map 'em. See 'em.
Tuesday we will get these results.
Monday, March 30, 2015
AP Lit: Poetry as Design: Design Thinking Challenge: DISCOVERY Continues
Monday, we continued our work with our poetry as design challenge: DISCOVERY.
Where we are at so far:
How might we increase . . .
Period 3B. Connectedness
Period 4G. Happiness
at Mt. Blue Campus through our understanding of poetry and design?
We have been ideating/brainstorming around possible installation features and experiences as well as starting to look at the sonnet form.
Today, 3B came up with four strong experiential installation features:
Where we are at so far:
How might we increase . . .
Period 3B. Connectedness
Period 4G. Happiness
at Mt. Blue Campus through our understanding of poetry and design?
We have been ideating/brainstorming around possible installation features and experiences as well as starting to look at the sonnet form.
Today, 3B came up with four strong experiential installation features:
- hide-a-poem/find-a-poem (find parts of a poem around the building)
- suggest-aiku (suggestion box that receives only haiku)
- poet-trees (metaphorical & literal trees built of poetry)
- poet scale (to which poet do you most align?)
There were others as well; these four simply emerged as the strongest contenders from our 8 Box into Storyboards ideating protocol.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will determine how best to practice empathy and identify user needs this week. We will also start populating the DEEP board with this project so we can see who is working on what elements of the installation and making certain we hold ourselves accountable for the process. (Tuesday, Period 4G will also be doing a fast paced version of 8 Box & Storyboard.)
In the meantime . . .
ASSESSMENTS.
Blog. NO REQ'D BLOGGING! Fill in any req'd posts you might be missing.
Read & Close Read. Sonnet work for Wednesday/Thursday
Sonnet Work:
Read: "The Sonnet" chapter in "How to Read Lit" and annotate.
Read: you’ve got a pile of poetry to read and it’s gonna be great. We will be examining the sonnet form and discussing why it endures. There are poems you need to read on the “Sonnet” page. (The English, Petrarchan and Italian examples) There are two Shakespearean sonnets you need to read as well, ”Let Those Who Are in Favour”and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
Annotate/sketchnote three of the above sonnets. (Suggest SCOUT and CRAPify lenses.) Your choice.
Read: "The Sonnet" chapter in "How to Read Lit" and annotate.
Read: you’ve got a pile of poetry to read and it’s gonna be great. We will be examining the sonnet form and discussing why it endures. There are poems you need to read on the “Sonnet” page. (The English, Petrarchan and Italian examples) There are two Shakespearean sonnets you need to read as well, ”Let Those Who Are in Favour”and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
Annotate/sketchnote three of the above sonnets. (Suggest SCOUT and CRAPify lenses.) Your choice.
Poetry as Design Challenge.
a. Design an original poem (must employ at least 7 poetic devices) and one page self-analysis
b. Design an interpretation of a poem (visual, audio, dramatic) and one page self-analysis (identifies poetic devices at play in poem)
c. Collaborate with classmates on interactive poetry infused installations to increase happiness/connectedness at Mt. Blue Campus.
d. Portfolio of collected poetry for use in interactive installations and accompanying SCOUT & CRAPify analysis for three of those pieces.
Due. Installations & interactives. Wed April 14. Portfolio, SCOUT/CRAPify, and self-analysis due Fri. April 16. Documenting of design process. Fri. April 16.
Looking ahead.
Indie Book Projects.
Due End of Week After April Break.
Watchman installation.
Due end of May.
Final Synthesis.
Final due at end of class in May.
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