Today's Goals
- Begin to think about the ideas that America is made of
- "Deconstruct" a text
- Preview our first project and the content of first semester
AGENDA
Starter 8.30 (in Digital Comp Book):
Complete this sentence as many ways as you can think of. Be literal and/or figurative, positive and/or negative.
- America is....
Listen once without video and answer prompt questions
1. Do you think that John Cougar Mellencamp’s tone is more patriotic or cynical? Explain why you think so, using evidence.
2. Make an interpretive claim about this song using evidence. What is he saying? What is the message? What do you think this song is trying to express about America?
3. Group share/interpretation: What meaning do we find? What do the people in the song believe about America?
4. Discuss: Does the video change your interpretation? How and why?WHAT IS “DECONSTRUCTION”? (A good explanation of deconstruction...)
PROJECT LAUNCH!
Deconstructing America: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Democratic Experiment
For your review:
AM Class Values and Norms
PM Class Values and Norms