Do Now | Nine, Ten Beauty and Truth Discussion
What is Nine, Ten really about? What is the real story of Nine, Ten?
Do Next | Studio Time Goal Review the components of the website project listed below. Based on those components, set a goal for today's Studio Time:
Project Components
Exit Slip | I Used To Think....Now I Think....
DO NOW | One word Carousel: share out an inanimate object related to 9/11. (No repeats!).
NEXT | Today, we will be writing a short poem from the perspective of an inanimate object that was present during the attacks of 9/11. Choose one of the objects from the list we generated during the DO NOW or find a new one! (Imagine the different poems that would sprout from the perspective of the sidewalk beneath the towers vs. the Hudson river surrounding Manhattan) PROFESSIONAL MODEL | "The Mirror" by Sylvia Plath As you read this poem, think about how Plath imagined herself into the perspective of a mirror.
Mirror — Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful ‚ The eye of a little god, four-cornered. Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long I think it is part of my heart. But it flickers. Faces and darkness separate us over and over. Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me, Searching my reaches for what she really is. Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon. I see her back, and reflect it faithfully. She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands. I am important to her. She comes and goes. Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness. In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish. STUDIO TIME | Now it is your chance to follow Plath and slip into the inanimate world! Write a poem from the perspective of an object that would have been present during the 9/11 attacks.
PUBLICATION | This is the final piece of writing that will be included on the websites. Please post it onto the "Creative Writing" section of your website. At the end of this week we will be finishing up and publishing out sites. TICKET OUT | Share your favorite line from your own poem! STUDENT EXAMPLE 9/11 Ashes I am a dewdrop of water hanging from a leaf Fragile and waiting to fall Birds of fire are born again and again from me I am death and life A raging beast slows and dies, I am what remains I am fluffy snow of the summer People gather and once they leave I am all that’s left I fill the once clear sky of a robins egg Leaving a black snail trail wherever I go I’m breathed in but spat back out Swirling and lifting like a ballerina I am a hot air balloon rising higher and higher with no way of getting down As if a giant black snow globe broke over the earth I fall and dance in the air I settle, leaving puddles of dark piles I set fear into those who run on this day I come after the fire
ODE TO THE ONLY BLACK KID IN THE CLASS — Clint Smith You, it seems, are the manifestation of several lifetimes of toil. Brown v. Board in the flesh. Most days the classroom feels like an antechamber. You are deemed expert on all things Morrison, King, Malcolm, Rosa. Hell, weren’t you sitting on that bus, too? You are everybody’s best friend until you are not. Hip-hop lyricologist. Presumed athlete. Free and reduced sideshow. Exception and caricature. Too black and too white all at once If you are successful it is because of affirmative action. If you fail it is because you were destined to. You are invisible until they turn on the Friday night lights. Here you are star before they render you asteroid. Before they watch you turn to dust. STUDIO TIME | Write an ode to one of the four main characters in Nine, Ten. (Naheed, Sergio, Aimee, or Will)
ODE — a poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner.
PUBLICATION | Post your ode to the "Creative Writing" section of your website. (Make sure it is clearly labeled and includes your name!) TICKET OUT | Share the metaphor you wrote at the end of your ode! Do Now | RATE. THIS. BOOK!
★★ ★ ★ ★ On the notecard provided at the door, rate Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story out of five stars.
Book Review A strong book review critically evaluates the makings of the novel. Discuss your opinion of the book, in writing, using information from the book as support. Your book review should consist of the following, in complete sentences and paragraphs:
Student Examples Publication This book review should be published on the Book Review page of your project website. Remember that we do not indent paragraph when working online. Instead we put a space between paragraphs. Also the title of the book should be italicized. If you are working in a group for this project, be sure to identify each students' book review. Project | Website Cleanup Research
About Me Enhancements
DO NOW: Write a short (1-3) line poem about how a snowstorm feels. SHARE.
NEXT: Today we will be finishing up—and posting to the website—our artist statements.
**Remember your Reading Log is DUE. If you haven't finished the book and filled out your reading log, please do so and SUBMIT IT. Do Now | Explore and listen to an Oral Histories from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum website. As you listen, doodle or sketch on the piece of paper provided. Also.... Respond to hear, think, wonder:
Do Next | Earlier this week we watched Rendering the Unthinkable with the artist, Manju Shandler. In her 9/11 exhibition Gestures, Shandler constructed a drawing for each victim lost on 9/11. Some of her pieces were literal interpretations of the person, other times she constructed abstract images that reflected the emotions and happenings of that day. oCreation | Create a rough draft of an image on the backside of your paper that captures the narrative, emotions, memories of the person you listened to from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum's Oral Histories. This image can be literal or abstract. Once you have a rough draft, ask your teachers for the supplies to construct your final image. You may choose to create your image using paint or markers. Supplies will be placed on a table in the classroom. Please let your teacher know which paint or marker colors you would like to use.
DO NOT get up and get the supplies yourself. Artist Statement | Once you have completed your image, construct a paragraph that describes the meaning behind the image. Your paragraph should include the following:
Publication | Take a picture of your image. Consider placing your image on top of white paper or holding it in front of a window when taking the photo. Publish the picture and your artist statement on the creative writing page of your website. If you are working in a group, be sure to identify it as your work in some way. Also, once published, have one of your group members or a close friend review it for feedback and any errors that you might have missed. Project Rewind | Website Redesign
Do you want your own website or continue within a group? Website Design Components:
Theme: How do you want your viewers to to see your website? Pick a term that represents your website.
Build website: How will you ensure your website visually portrays this term?
Do Now | Watch Rendering the Unthinkable
Research | Today we are going to clean up your research page on your website. You should have three annotated paragraphs on your research page. Conference with your teacher or a trusted peer on format, revision and editing.
Do Now | Choose an Adventure
Do Next | Vocab Stories
Vocabulary Quiz | Nine, Ten List Two Ms. Degenhardt's Group
Do Now | Silent Reading + Reading Log
Do Next | Open your 9/11 website
Annotated Paragraph | Write a paragraph about last week's film Boatlift, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience by answering these questions in your own words:
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