Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Monday; Tuesday / Wednesday 27; 28-29 October.

Work was returned. Students who had turned in their reading journals and their synthesis paper on identity on time had those papers returned to them.

Mr. Zartler introduced the following assignment, and students had time to work on it in class.

Non-Fiction Group Project Instructions

Project Instructions: While reading your non-fiction book, you kept track in your journals of how individuals or groups of people were identified, categorized or discriminated against based on their gender, age, social class, religion, race, and national origin.  You also paid close attention to who had privilege and why, and who were the oppressed and why.  Another aspect you were to consider was how people define themselves and how they were defined by others and were different from others.  Now, you need to share what you noted with your partners and create a group project that visually reflects what you’ve learned.  You also need to have a connection to at least one of the other texts we have read, viewed, or listened to during this unit.  You will present this to the class.

How you do this is up to you, but here are some formatting suggestions: a scrapbook; a painting; pop-up book; video; musical performance where you create your own lyrics, and even better, a tune to go with it; a PowerPoint; a Prezi; found art.  Try to do something new that challenges you or something you’ve learned in another class that can be practiced through this project.

Requirements: Form a group of 2 or 3 people with those who have read the same book as you.  Somewhere in the project you need to have the following: 3 quotes from your book, 3 images (either concrete or abstract; literal or figurative) that reflect ideas, concepts, or characters in your book, 3 connections to other works (these can be written, implied, or symbolically represented for example).  Your grade will also be based on your contribution to the project, the perceived care given to the project, and professional production.  You are also required to complete a final reflection on your personal growth while doing the project.  No one will receive credit for the group project without this personal reflection.

Due Dates: Tuesday / Wednesday 5 / 5 November
Points Possible: 100




Group Project Individual Evaluation

What connections did you make between your book and the unit, the study of the individual?
How are those connections represented in your project?

What did you learn about your book by doing this project?

Group Evaluation


Name:

Group Members’ Names:

1.    In this section, I want you to reflect on what was learned.  Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.  Your grade will be based mostly on what you write in this section, so take it seriously.
a.    What connections did you make between your book and the unit, the study of the individual?
b.    How are those connections represented in your project and/or in your presentation?
c.    What did you learn about your book by doing this project?

2.    The following questions require only a sentence or two to answer.
a.    How did you contribute to the project?
b.    Based on the criteria for the assignment, do you think you “did not meet”, “met”, or “exceeded” with the project?  Why? 
c.    What are two things that your group did well?
d.    What are two things that your group could have done to improve your project?

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