August 8, 2017
E.Q: What songs represent you?
Describe community from your perspective.
Obj: I can introduce myself and understand others through music.
I can describe community from my perspective and demonstrate my writing skills.
Starter:
Take out the soundtrack from yesterday.
Create a quick checklist of what you still need to complete.
* The guidelines are posted below if you need to review.
Vocabulary:
Word:community
Part of Speech: Noun
Dictionary Definition: a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
(one of many)
Your Definition:
Activity: Find image that you associate with community.
Activity:
1. Soundtrack
Throughout our lives, many of us find songs that resonate with our thoughts, emotions, feelings, etc.
Find THREE songs that represent your life at the current moment.
List out the artist's name and title of the song.
Then, provide a 2-3 sentence explanation as to why you picked that song to include on your personal soundtrack.
Once you complete your explanations, design an album cover for your soundtrack.
This should represent you and the songs.
2. Class Contract
Brainstorm at your table what a great classroom looks, sounds, and feels like.
We will use your ideas to collaboratively create a class contract for the semester.
3. Big Idea : Community
Read the poem, Theme For English B by Langston Hughes
Discuss how this relates to the big idea with your tablemates.
Then, in a ONE page paper respond to several of the following questions:
How do you define community?
Describe what your community looks like.
What is your role in the community?
Closure:
What is one song that you can relate to?
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