Day: February 14, 2023

Danger of the Single Story & Narrative Essay

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Acknowledgement-Tianxiao

No Red Ink: Subject Verb Agreement

Finish “I Am Not a Number”

work on short story summary in groups-Short story summary good

Re-quiz will be Thursday at lunch!

Let’s Watch this great TED Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, please take notes.

Ted Talk Notes

Big Ideas

Themes

Persuasive Techniques

We will be starting our narrative essay tomorrow:

 

Worldviews Shape Perspective

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Acknowledgment-Riley

No Red Ink-Subject-Verb Agreement

Some time to work on 8th Fire Questions

Oreo cookie test how does it feel when you are labeled as a stereotype?

What is a worldview? Let’s here your thoughts!

Now let’s listen to Thomas King read from his essay, The Truth About Stories, “You’ll Never Believe What Happened is a Great Place to Start” we will start at the 2:36 mark.

  • Play the first ten minutes in his voice. When he tells the story of the parents, think about how there are personal stories and creations stories and those are two different types. Personal stories may not seem important to us, but they are important to the person who experienced them.
  • Anyone want to share a story from their own past that wouldn’t matter to anyone else but has defined them?
  • Now I want you to read pages 10-20 and recreate the creation story as a tableau, comic, lego people, or play dough. (10 min)
  • Continue reading the essay.