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FOOD!

Starter 25:  How do you characterize your relationship with food?

Freewrite for 20 minutes on as many of the following questions as you feel.  Please feel free to go in another direction if you choose.

• What does the experience of eating mean to you?
• What do you eat?
• What are the influences that shape what you eat?
• What sorts of food have you grown up on? 
• What is the food culture like in your family? 
• What are your favorite foods and why?
• What kind of eater are you?
• What do you know about where your food comes from, and how does this affect what you eat?

Small Group Discussion:  

Why study food in Humanities?  Make a list of the potential connections that you see between food and Humanities class.  

What do you hope to learn more about it through this unit?

First reading:  Hatchet

1.  As you read, annotate regarding Brian's changing relationship with his food.  When you finish, write a paragraph that synthesizes your thoughts and observations.

2.  Compare/contrast Brian's relationship with food (while in the wilderness) with your own.

Seminar: Cat's Cradle

Seminar Rubric and Post-write

Cat's Cradle Seminar Coaching

Coaching Packet

Character Activity handout

Major themes/Interpretations handout

Books of Bokonon

Literary Analysis:

Shameless Lies: An Analysis of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle

Kurt_Vonnegut’s_Cats_Cradle:_An_Analysis

The_Use_of_Humor_in_Vonnegut’s_Writing

Reaction to Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Cat's Cradle

Sparknotes Analysis

Major Themes

Welcome Back, Juniors!

LINK reflection/self-assess and debrief

Project Wrap

Project Reflection:  due to me electronically by midnight Sunday (3-11)

After studying your intervention in-depth and learning about others from your peers, what is your overall take-away from this project?  Write a reflection that explores how studying US military interventions has affected your own ideology and perception of America's position in the world.  This reflection is pretty open-ended.  You may relate it to the concepts we have studied in US History and/or current global politics.  Please feel free to get very rhetorical in this reflection!  Use the appropriate appeals to describe your ideological opinions.  

Sign out a copy of Cat's Cradle.  Your assignment over the period of your internships is to read the novel and prepare for a seminar when you return.  When you finish the book, please get on Edmodo and post your ideas and interpretations of the novel's many ideological layers.  Engage with the ideas and interpretations of your peers.  Be prepared to be assessed on the novel on Monday, April 2 when you return from internships.  The seminar will be Wednesday, April 4.

Me van a hacer demasiado falta!  Que les vaya super bien en las practicas!  Pura vida!

Starter 24:  Edmodo Self-assess and Feedback

In addition to giving yourself a grade, write a paragraph about your relationship with Edmodo.  Be honest and reflective.  Write an additional paragraph to include feedback about the use of Edmodo as a classroom institution.

A:

I log on to Edmodo all the time to read and engage with my peers’ ideas.

I carry on intellectual conversations on Edmodo.  I regularly comment on my fellow classmates’ posts, and I have been doing so all semester.

I frequently post original ideas, food for thought, interesting links, etc. without being reminded to do so.  I have been doing so all semester.

B:

I log on to Edmodo sometimes, especially when Jessica or a fellow student reminds me it exists.

I sometimes comment on my fellow classmates’ posts.

I sometimes post original ideas, food for thought, interesting links, etc, but not as frequently and consistently as some.

C:

I have been posting on Edmodo lately since I was reminded that we had to self-assess.

D:

I rarely post to Edmodo. 

F:

How do I log on to Edmodo?

Starter 22:  Brainstorm the contents of your Powerpoint.
Make a bulleted list of main points  --OR--  "Outline" your slides

As you search for images for your presentation, save images to a folder and keep track of where you found them!

Reminders:
Iraq War revisions due tomorrow!
Sign up for Presentation date!
Powerpoint critique due Monday

PROJECT WORK TIME