ELA Final Class: Blogging, Exit Survey, and Found Poems

Happy final day of class!!!  We did it!!  Way to go!  To finish off the year, you have a couple of ends to tie up today.  First of all, you need to finish the tasks I introduced Friday:

• Blogging Challenge #8: Today is your last day to post and comment on the blog.  After you finish challenge #8, make sure that you have all eight blogs posted.  Also, take some time to comment on your peer's blogs.  Make sure everything is in top form before final grades!
• Third Hour
• Fourth Hour
• Exit Survey

After that, we'll move onto poetry writing!  You have a couple of options for poetry writing today.  Click on the links below to get started:

• Autobiographical Spoken Word Poems
• Free form Spoken Word Poems
• Found Poetry 

ELA Final Essay, Blogging, and Exit Survey

In the last couple of days of English Language Arts, you have several tasks to complete.

1. Final Essay:  Click on the link to see the prompt.  Make sure to complete your essay in size 12, Times New Roman font, and double space the lines.  Proofread for grammar and spelling!
2. Final Blogging Challenge: Blogging Challenge #8.  Click on the links below to go to your class website:
• Third Hour
• Fourth Hour
3. Exit Survey:  Complete the survey to help me adjust my teaching for the future.  Answer honestly and completely.  Your responses will be anonymous. 

Critical Consumerism--Performance Assessment Task

This week, we are finishing our unit on Critical Consumerism.  To wrap up the unit, you will be completing a Performance Assessment Task.  The task was explained in-class today and the majority of the class period was dedicated to working on the project.

The final project, including the Counter-Ad, presentation, and three-paragraph essay, is due tomorrow, Thursday, April 3rd.  

Note:  Students in band will be handing in the final project and presenting on Friday, April 4th.

Click "Read More" below to view the PDFs of the Performance Assessment Task, Counter Ad Tips, and Rubric.

Critical Consumer--Assignment #5

Essential Question:

How does advertising reflect and impact culture?

Guiding Questions:

• How can we critically analyze advertisements to be informed consumers?
• How can our awareness of culture and identity help us critically analyze advertisements?

Today in class, you will be working in groups of three to analyze the advertisements you brought in.

Critical Consumerism--Assignment #4

Essential Question:

How do advertisements impact and effect teen culture?

Assignment #4

• Bring an advertisement to class on Monday to analyze.
• The advertisement can be print (ie. from a magazine or newspaper), digital (ie. from Facebook or youTube), or audio (ie. from the radio).  
• Make sure it is in an accessible format for class.  You will have access to computers.

Due: Monday, 3/31

Critical Consumerism--Assignment #3

Essential Question:

How do advertisements impact and effect teen culture?

Assignment #3

1. Like with assignment #1, you job tonight is to engage in at least 30 minutes of media usage.
2. During this time, have Worksheet #1- Desires and Advertising with you.
3. As you see advertisements, jot down which desires they address in the "Corresponding Ad" column.
4. Come with this filled out and prepared to share on Thursday.

Due: Thursday, March 27th

Critical Consumerism--Assignment #2

In preparation for Wednesday's lesson, you have another assignment.

Assignment #2:

Bring a PRINT advertisement from a magazine you or your family reads.   You will be analyzing the advertisement in class on Wednesday, so make sure to pick one that you would authentically look at.

Due:  Wednesday, 3/26

Critical Consumerism--Assignment #1

Essential Question:

How do advertisements impact and effect teen culture?

Today in class, we addressed the following guiding questions:

• What is culture?
• What is your culture?
• What is American teen culture?
• How is culture represented in advertising?

Assignment #1:

1. Engage in media usage for at least half an hour (ie. watching TV., looking through a magazine, listening to the radio, being on Facebook).
2. In this time, tally the amount of advertisements you see.
3. While tallying, choose one cultural component we discussed and analyze the advertisement for that component.  Choices include:
•  Language and Communication Styles
• Family Norms
• Bodies and Relationships
• Gender Roles
• Privilege and Racism
• Success
• Teen Experience
4. While tallying, begin to ponder the following questions:
• What cultural norms were represented?
• How often were they represented?
• How were they represented?

Due: Wednesday, 3/26.

Note:  All you need to bring to class is a record of the type of media, time (half an hour or more), and tally.  We will be answering the questions and analyzing the results in class on Wednesday.

Where I'm From

To introduce ourselves this week, we will be writing and sharing "Where I'm From" poems.

Background:

These poems are based off the poem "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon.  However, the final product does not need to resemble anything like her original poem.

Your Task:

Write a "Where I'm From" poem.  You may use the template provided, modify the template provided, or totally create your own structure.  Use the poem as a creative space to introduce yourself, and tell us a little about your life.

You will be sharing these poems in small groups, and you will have the opportunity to share your poem with the class.

Creative Inspiration:

To read George Ella Lyon's original poem, click here.  To listen to George Ella Lyon's poem, click here.

For more modern inspiration, check out the video by Chief the Poet below:



Note:  In class, we've been using this video starting at the 2:46 time.

Additional Materials:

For the copy of the poem and the poem template, click here.

Note: Visuals are not required