Tuesday, January 28, 2014

1.28.14

Objective:
  • I can determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis. 
  • I can provide an objective summary of the text, and effectively code-switch between different lexicons.
  • I can write an argument to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. 

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."
Maya Angelou 




1.  Launch (and submission form for HW)
2.  Vocabulary:
     2a.  assimilation
     2b.  interpellation
3.  Review A Historical Look at the Moor:
      3a.  Utilizing Language for Academic Argument: Defend, Challenge, Qualify
      3b.  What does the Moor symbolize?
      3c.  Contact = conflict; give an example from your own life
      3d.  How does imaginary or theatrical space function differently than 'real life'?  What purpose does art serve in society?
      3e.  "Artists have a particular ability, and even responsibility, to show us the affects of alienation." Defend, challenge, or qualify my assertion
4.  Act II, scene i (up to page 8)
     4a.  Reading Journal
     4b.  Questions to consider:  Act II, scene i, lines 108-179
            How are women referred to in the text?  What is the tone?  What assumptions from feminist criticism can you apply?
5.  Exit Ticket: Check in with your group vis a vis Writing Prompt


[natal alienation] -- POC (person of color) is born into a position in society where they aren't considered a real "person;" that, since birth (natal), they are alienated from the rest of society; the emotional and social implications/effects thereof are profound
What does it mean to be a slave?
1.  being subject to unlimited violent coercion
2.  being subject to systematic social dishonor and degradation
3.  being subject to "natal alienation," meaning being isolated from the protections and support provided by kinship and community, with only one socially recognized relationship -- that of the slave to his owner/master.

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