AP Lit 2B/3B: Back at It w "miss rosie" literary 3x3 and more

We started today by . . . well . . . period 2B rearranged the furniture a lot . . . 

Then we covered some of our business items.  The most important things to know? They are in the homework section below.

We will be exploring some new methods of literary analysis as-of-yet unexplored.  (And remember that How to Read Literature text?  It's a coming back . . . heads up.  Man, I love that book.)

The first?  Literary 3x3.  You can read more detail about it by reading Rebecca Daniel's explanation of William Melvin Kelley's technique in the AP Lit guide available here.

(BTW: Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" is known to us as her play, Trifles.)

Screenshot here.

From the AP Lit Writing Guide

The idea here is that by distilling our thinking about a text down to a 3x3, we can hone our thinking and then use it as a catalyst for further development into . . . oh . . . say . . . a piece of analytical writing.  I'd argue that developing a 3x3 is completely worth your time as a pre-writing exercise during the on-demand portion of the test.

To practice 3x3 thinking, we used Lucille Clifton's poem, "miss rosie."

Here are some notes & thinking from both classes.  You might want to look and see what the Humanities class did later in the afternoon with the same poem.  (I really LOVE this poem with all the feels.)

And Humanities students thinking aloud later. . . 

HOMEWORK

Blog: 3+ posts

Req'd Post: Create a Literary 3x3 for one of these other two poems that reflect the contemporary African-American experience of the poets in their respective times (consider them as a collection alongside Clifton's "miss rosie")

Rita Dove's "Vacation"

Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy"

Due: Friday, Jan. 10

Read & Annotate: "Araby" by James Joyce (check your inbox)

Due: Thursday, Jan 9

Revise: Synthesis #2

Due: Friday, Jan 17 (if you want a 2nd revision)

Design & Create: Poetry as Design pieces

Due: Monday, Jan 13

Installation: Monday, Jan 20 (voluntary)

Read & Create:  Indie Book Project #3

Due: Tuesday, Jan 28

Note: We will be taking time Jan 27 - Feb 7 to explore our readings & share our products in depth 

Heads Up

Reading Hamlet in Class starts again next class

MUGS quizzes & opt-in mini-lessons on the way

Humanities: Habits of Mind & Metacognition

Today we dove into "Thinking About Your Thinking: Metacognition," one of the most important habits of mind to be successful in school.

We'll started with a pre-assessment of Roots #8.  These scores will be recorded and when we take the quiz next Thursday, after we do all sorts of activities and thinking around these terms, the goal is that your scores improve.  And if you've already mastered them without that thinking & learning?  AWESOME. You need not stress about the quiz.

This was followed by a self-assessment of our Habits of Mind.  We did this by hand.  Hopefully lots of people took pics of their thinking and posted them to their blogs.

Mr. Dunbar introduced metacognition through the metacognition paint chip rubric.

My thinking is crystal clear; 

My thinking is a little hazy; 

My thinking is cloudy; 

My thinking is in a fog 

We used that thinking as we did a think aloud activity around Lucille Clifton's "miss rosie"

Notice the big Q's getting asked; all student markup except first stanza & "self mirror"

HOMEWORK

Blog: 3+ posts
Req'd Post: Create your own list of "What If's" for 2014.  Look at Mr Ryder's example in the right sidebar.  He's posted his huge list.
Due: Friday, Jan 11

Study: Roots 8 (& 6, 7)
Quiz: Thursday, Jan 16
Complete: Word Map or Product for Roots 8 

Submit: Missing closing arguments & story corps/photo essays;  self assessments
Put in Humanities IN folder on Google Drive

Humanities: miss rosie think aloud

All Classes: JOHN DONNE "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Zen Pencils

Click on this link & read a GREAT web comic based on this poem.

Zen Pencils: 117. JOHN DONNE: For Whom the Bell Tolls

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Zen Pencils

No Man Is An Island

No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee. 

John Donne

Humanities: Habits of Mind Work Continues

Thursday, you have two options.

1) Completing the missing work  that demonstrates your understanding of the Of Mice & Men/Poverty Culture unit.

Or

2) Create a short film, play or comic strip that demonstrates your understanding of four of the sixteen habits of mind and where they have appeared in our work thus far this year.

This extends from the work we did on Tuesday and Wednesday, paraphrasing the Habits of Mind, identifying those we think most critical to understanding, and then doing some work around our strengths and weaknesses.

All of this is so we can best identify ways of developing our habits of mind moving forward and so Mr. Dunbar & I can develop a system of tracking and reporting your growth.

Here's some pics of the work we did.

HOMEWORK

Blog: 3+ Posts 
Req'd Post of the Week:  What do you think of these habits of mind?  Why do they seem important?  How well developed are these habits for you?
Due: Friday, December 20

Study & Complete Roots 7: Product & Quiz
Due: Thursday, December 19 TODAY!!!!

Projects & Arguments, Self Assessments & Reflections
Due: ASAP

AP Lit 2B/3B: Poetry As Design EXPERIMENT PHASE!

Today, we play with design & poetry.

We are in the EXPERIMENT phase of our DEEP design thinking process.

We will briefly review the CRAP principles of effective design by looking at them in practice.

And we will take a look at some particularly design-oriented poetic terms that will be particularly helpful on the AP Lit test as well.  They are highlighted here on this collection of terms from Dennis Carroll.

We'll see if we can identify some by looking at one or two of the poems in the Poet Speaks of Art collection from Harry Rusche at Emory University or perhaps by looking at the Scottish Poetry Library and its poster collection.

And then we make! Design Challenge: In 25 minutes, create a design inspired by a song or poem that works toward our collaborative goal.

Some of Tuesday's results from the Commercial Arts/AP Lit collaborative.  This class worked with Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball."

HOMEWORK

Blog: 3+ Posts

NOTE: 2 Req'd Posts 

1 Req'd Hamlet: Act II.  Branagh. The guy directed Thor.  Check out his Hamlet. And your Drive. Thoughts?

2nd Req'd: Post Your Suggested Means/Proposal/Prototype of Collecting Evidence of Thinking & Writing Processes as well as your thoughts on what the end products should look like to be most useful in demonstrating your understanding as well as being useful in the future.

Due: Friday, December 20

Watch:

Clips of Branagh Hamlet posted and shared for Act II in your Google Drive.

Reflect on Blog w/ Analysis/Thoughts on Versions

Due: Friday, December 20

Design:

Poetry as Design Project (create one poem, create visual interpretation of a found poem)

2 Products Total

1 must be a design interpretation of a found poem/lyric

1 must be connected to the collaborative goal

From there:

1 may be an original poem

1 may be a personal piece

Both may be connected to your goal

Friday:

Graded Class Discussion

1st Semester In Review Including But Not Limited To:

* Big Take Aways?

* Where Are the Gaps?

* What Is Working?

* What Could Help Things Work Even Better?

Not going to be in class?  Put these ideas on . . .  your blog!  Record them!  (This is a listen/speaking assessment after all.)

Due: End of 1st Week of January (we may want to think about an installation/publication the 2nd week of January)

Think ahead: 

Revisions of Synthesis Essay

Indie Book Project Due at Top of Q3

PACE: Calibrating & Project Work

We have spent the last month of class focusing on the reading standard.

Today we take some time to self-assess what we have learned, what we have done to demonstrate that learning by using the reading standard self-assessment chart in your PACE 2013 OUT folder.

And then there will be time to work on your poetry projects, due Thursday.  Remember, if you have your project done and submitted, you will not have any work to do over break.

When we return from break: writing.

HOMEWORK

Blog: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post:  Personal semester year in review.  Where are you at?  Where have you been?  How have you grown?  How would you like to grow?  What is working well for you in this class?  What could help you do even better?
Due: Friday, December 20

Complete Project: Poetry Is Music Is Poetry
Due: Thursday, December 19

Complete: Graphic Organizers
Due: PAST Due