May 15, 2021

  Hello! Here's what we're up to today

Blocks 1/4

• Silent reading
• Checking in
• Recap of play so far
• Reading "Twelve Angry Men"
• Reaction/Freewrite
• Circling back to the paragraph project
• Looking ahead to next week
• How to plan ahead for the next few days:
• Tomorrow, come to class knowing which three texts you'd like to use, along with their common theme. You'll have the class to do a brainstorm.
• Thursday, come to class with a specific plan with quotes. You'll have the class to write the paragraph, and to prepare notes for your quiz.
• Friday, come to class prepared for the quiz, and also with a rough draft of your paragraph. You'll write the quiz, and then do peer editing.

• Blocks 2/3

• Checking in
• Discussion: How do you feel, when you go to an art gallery?
• Discussion: When you think of Indigenous Art, what do you think of?
• The Raven and the First Men

• Background on Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (pass around the book)
• Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun - video from MOA
• Ovoids
• "Solid Cement Indians"
  "On the Other Side"
  "Haida Hot Dog"
  "Neo Totem Pole"
• Red Man Watching White Man Try to Fix Hole in the Sky
• Activity
• What do you see?
• What are some possible symbols?
• Offer a thematic statement
• Offer your opinion.
• Freewrite
• Circling back to the paragraph project
• How to plan ahead for the next few days:
• Tomorrow, come to class knowing which three texts you'd like to use, along with their common theme. You'll have the class to do a brainstorm.
• Thursday, come to class with a specific plan with quotes. You'll have the class to write the paragraph, and to prepare notes for your quiz.
• Friday, come to class prepared for the quiz, and also with a rough draft of your paragraph. You'll write the quiz, and then do peer editing.