We are starting the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, this week. Please return your poetry texts, Themes on a Journey, to the library and sign out the novel.
Permission Forms are now OVERDUE. You may lose the opportunity to attend the performance.
Prezi or powerpoint projects on the introduction to the novel's themes are due Wednesday. If you do not have a group, ask me for one. Visit the previous blog post for the link and pick a topic to research.
Injustice:
What aspect of your school, your city or your world do you regard as UNFAIR?
How does art impact the way we see the world? Harper Lee's novel had an enormous impact on the way the world began to view the poverty and prejudice which existed in the southern United States.
She chose to write a novel from a child's point of view? Why?
Project-based learning:
Alone or with a partner, choose an area in your life that you feel is unjust. Create a work of art which "shows" rather than states the injustice.
You could prepare a rap, a collection of poetry, a film, a short play, an art installation, a mockumentary, a documentary etc. in order to express the injustice in a manner that will grab people's hearts and make them change their minds.
Think of great films, poems, books, plays, or stories that have made you look at a topic in a new way. Imitate that style.
First draft due in two weeks: Mon. Nov. 5.
USSR reports for October are due Oct. 31. How many books have you read so far? How many can you read this week?
