We opened class with a chat about a clip from The Late Show, and a discussion about language and access to information.
We briefly discussed this article about the Jay Treaty, and the redefinition of citizenship.
In
groups, students raced to find as many quotations related to the three
time periods outlined in the play as possible, as per the following
instructions:
Find multiple quotations, at least 2, but hopefully more,
for each of the time periods our characters come from (1500's, 1980's and
2090's) that cover all of what setting is about -->Time/Place/Society/Tone/Mood/Feeling
-- These Quotations can describe the space, but they can also be bits of
conversations that reveal things about setting. PLEASE write down the
quotation, and note the speaker, page number, and time period it represents.
At the end of the race, the group with the greatest number of quotations (on everyone's sheets) won a little prize.
Students
received the project piece for this unit - they will have two blocks to
work on the project, and will receive the rubric for it next class.
It
came to my attention that I skipped the end of the play with this
class, due to the snow day and time blindness - we will, without
question, finish it at the opening of our next block!
