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Essential Questions and Multi-genreSlide2

Why?

English:

Poetry Unit

Short Story Unit

Novel Unit

Essential Questions, on the

otherhand

, allow you to explore many different genres because you are not limited to style- the priority is that you explore different answers to the question.

You use critical thinking skills to approach the issue at hand.

Well then what is an Essential Question?Slide3

Essential Questions

Have no simple “right” answer

Provoke & sustain inquiry

Address conceptual or philosophical foundations

Raise other important questions

Naturally & appropriately recur

Stimulate vital, ongoing rethinkingSlide4

Examples

What

is a true friend?

To what extent does art reflect culture or shape it?

Is everything quantifiable?

To what extent is DNA destiny?

In what ways is algebra real and in what ways is it unreal

?Slide5

More Examples…

To what extent is US history a history of progress?

How would you define a utopian society?

How does conflict lead to change?

How do we form and shape our identity?

Is humankind inherently good or evil?Slide6

Types of Essential Questions

Overarching

:

Frame courses and programs of study around truly big

ideas

Topical:

Are unit specific but still promote inquiry

GOOD TEACHING USES BOTH!Slide7

Overarching

: How can we ever truly be certain of our reality?

: Is fear essential to our well-being?Slide8

Topical:

What

does the work of Stephen King teach us about the psychology of fear?Slide9

What is fear?

Irrational Fear/Phobia

is the fear of something that is:

*Harmless. What is feared can not cause death, injury, illness, dismemberment, or ruin

someones

reputation.

*Something potentially dangerous, but whose probability of occurring is extremely low or not possible.

*A fear where the danger is misjudged or magnified.

Rational Fear

Truly dangerous. Can cause death, severe injury, dismemberment, illness, or ruin

someones

reputation.

*Something dangerous with a high probability of occurring.

*A fear of a dangerous situation which is seen clearly and

undistortedly

.

*A fear resulting from well examined conclusions and evidences and based on the law of probability.Slide10

Childhood Hauntings

Fantasia (1940)

The film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold

Stokowski.

the film "integrates famous works of classical music with wildly uneven but extraordinarily imaginative visuals that run the gamut from dancing hippos to the purely

abstract”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLCuL-K39eQSlide11

TarantulaSlide12

Man in the black suit

Stephen King (1995)Slide13

What do these stories prey on??

Why is Stephen king

so successful?Slide14

Reading

There is a copy of the story for every two people.

You must read it together and annotate each page.

Unknown Words

Literary Devices

Predictions

Personal Comments

QuesitonsSlide15

Agenda

Terror vs. Horror

Finish reading Man in the Black suit individually

Work on Questions 1-6

“Conclusion Bank”

Danse

Macabre – Class ReadSlide16

Crash Course in Gothic LiteratureSlide17

Characteristics

Set in Medieval times

Dark, mysterious, evil tone

Dark castles, palaces, chambers, haunted mansions

Isolated setting

All come together to emphasize the sense of evil

http://www.encounterspri.com/Articles.htmSlide18

More characteristics

Presence of ghosts, spirits, vampires, and other supernatural entities

Mysterious disappearances and reappearances

Supernatural or paranormal occurrences

http://www.penelopesweb.com/gargoyles.htmlSlide19

Characteristics -- cont’d.

Religion, usually Christianity or at least spirituality, is confronted.

A gothic “double” is used in which a character who seems to be good is linked with another who is evil

www.pagedepot.com/.../ GOTHIC%20CHAPBOOKSX.HTMSlide20

More characteristics

Blood, pain, death

Cruelty

Eroticism

Characters with “aberrant psychological states”

Events are “uncanny, macabre, or melodramatically violent bordering between reality and unreality

http://www.pantip.com/cafe/chalermthai/newmovie/hauntedcastle/hc.htmlSlide21

Purpose

To evoke “terror” versus “horror” in the reader because of situations bordering reality/unreality

Often used to teach a message

May lack a Medieval setting but will develop an atmosphere of gloom and terrorSlide22

Differentiating between the two

Horror

“An awful apprehension”

Described distinctly

Something grotesque

So appalling, unrealistic

Depends on physical characteristics

Terror

“A sickening realization”

Suggestive of what will happen

Depends on reader’s imagination

Sense of uncertainty

Creates an “intangible atmosphere of spiritual psychic dread”Slide23

American Gothic

Important from the mid-18th Century on

Related to “Romantic Period”

Criticizes “national myth of new-world innocence by voicing the cultural contradictions that undermine the nation’s claim to purity and equality” - Teresa A.

Goddu

Tells of historical horrors that make national identity

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/154/1420/1024/american%20gothic.jpgSlide24
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Conclusions based on short story

Plausability

is essential

Loss of Innocence/ Traumatic childhood memory

Fragility of Sanity

Guilt

The Unknown

The vehicle for all of this is our own imaginations. Slide26

Short Film

This film is not by Stephen King, but the Anchor Text is so we can explore any other genre as long as it links to our essential question and its exploration.

What is the psychology behind this short film?Slide27

Has guilt ever haunted you???? ……Slide28

Creative Writing

Challenge: To scare your classmates with your story of terror!

Your story must be based on

one of the principles of fear

which we have explored:

What would be ‘poetic justice’ if you were ‘punished’ for your guilt?

Ex. Forever tormented with horrible partners/never to fall in love because you didn’t warn your friend that their partner was cheating on them.

An ‘unknown’ that can strike terror in you.

Ex. Space, Absolute silence/ Deepest Ocean

Depending on the principle/ conclusion that you decide to write about you may have a story with a

beginning, middle and end

OR you may wish to

vividly describe a scenario that someone could find themselves.

The latter requires even more imagery so that you can essentially

HYNOTIZE

your audience.

We’ll share these during tomorrow’s class and see who places in the top 5 for most thrill/ fear inducing writing. Slide29

Day One of Group Work

Find your group

Get out your master list of essential questions.

If you have not chosen your own favorites then do this now.

3. Determine which Overarching Question you want to grapple with.

4. Begin determining which Short Story you think begins to tackle this question.

5. Finding this story is the key to unlocking your topical question. Slide30

Looking ahead

We will be working in class in your groups on this project, but you will be dividing up work in order to actually collaborate and adjust ideas.

Crafting the topical question will be vital

You will need at least two other genres besides your short story.

Choose your resources first before deciding on a lesson activity.

You will need to keep track of your sources as you will be writing an Annotated Bibliography for your sources. Slide31

Due Dates

You must have your overarching essential question chosen

today

and sign up with Ms. McKee.

Every group has to be doing a different question.

Topical Questions and Anchor text will be due by the end of the day on

Monday.

Presentations will begin on Monday June 8thThere will be further check ins and due dates throughout next week. Slide32

Monday Agenda

Put the desks into groups in an orderly fashion.

Have you found a short story Anchor text? Do you all agree?

Once you have found your short story you must make sure that everyone in your group has a copy of it to annotate. This annotation will count towards your grade.

The Annotation must be done separately and then you must come together to agree on:

Themes

Interesting passages

How does it tackle your overarching question?Slide33

After annotation

Agreeing on the conclusions from your annotations is essential to figuring out what other texts you want to include.

You Need:

2

other

texts

They must be different genres.

They must be related to your overarching question.You do not have to throroughly cover all three textsin your 30 minute presentation, but they must be

included somehow. They can be: article, movie, tv- show, novel, music etc. Slide34

Topical Question

After you have gathered your texts then you must craft your topical question.

This is a question that narrows your overaching question to something much more manageable.

It is essentially a Bloom’s higher order question, which still allows for multiple answers and exploration.

What do your texts have in common?

Theme?

What did you agree on in your annotations?

What is the angle that you took the overarching question?Reality and Unreality = Psychology of Fear using one author’s craftSlide35

TuesdaySlide36

Bloom’s

TaxonomySlide37

Your Three textsSlide38

Step by Step

1. Find your short story.

2. Annotate it individually.

3. Compare your understanding of the short story. Do you have the same

theme

? What is the most

important idea

from the story? Any notable literary devices?4. If your short story had to answer your overarching question then where would it start?

Ex. “The Man in the Dark Suit” has the protagonist question what they know to be real by playing on his guilt and lost innocence, which subsequently terrorizes/ haunts him all his life.Slide39

This is the beginning of your topical question.

It’s kind of like formulating an essay question. It should be a Bloom’ s higher order question, which leaves room for interpretation. Slide40

After you have one answer

“The Man in the Dark Suit” has the protagonist question what they know to be real by playing on his guilt and lost innocence, which subsequently terrorizes/ haunts him all his life

.

From here you must convert this ‘answer’ into a question. This is where your other texts will help you.

What is the dominant theme throughout your other texts? What could you add to the initial answer from these texts?

The short film Apartment 41 also plays on a person’s guilt and its power to manipulate your perception of the world. This power can be terrorizing. Slide41

Your Three texts

So what do I want to ask

my audience?Slide42

Conclusions

I know I want to deal with the horror genre.

I know that the reason the horror genre can be so terrifying is because it has the power to terrorize.

What terrorizes people?

Guilt seems to be a huge part of terror, but so does a corruption of innocence.

What other factors do author’s use to create terror?

What does the work of Stephen King teach us

about

the psychology of fear?Slide43

Order of operations:

Anchor Text Theme:

Theme of Supplementary Texts:

What is the answer to your overarching question based on the short story?

What essay question would you want to create based on your texts?Slide44

Good Question leadsSlide45
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After you have your questions…

After you have created your topical question then it is time for you to start lesson planning.

There is a lesson plan template on my website and you have 30 minutes of class time to make your ideas happen.

How will you get your students to grapple with this question?

The first thing that you need is a Hook. You need to get people interested.

This could be a song playing, a short video, a quick fire discussion etc.

After that you are well on your way. Slide47

Activity ideas:

Guidelines:

You need

ONE

writing activity and one other “assessment”

How will you have students ‘read’ your short story?

Anticipation Guide KWL

Think- Pair- Share Role PlayDebate MonologueFreewrites

RAFTS (see book page. 134)Passage ResponseInteractive Annotation

VisualizationsRead Alouds

Questions based on texts

Exit Slip

Double Entry JournalSlide48

Hook

Make those first 5 minutes of your presentation THRILLING!!!

Grab your audience and pull them into your ideas!!!

Song, Controversial Question, Survey, Video, Visualization, Image AnalysisSlide49

How will you communicate your story?

Story Time (active listening skills)

Video and Passages form story

Split the story into pieces and give to groups with a leading question.

Visual Storyboard

Paraphrasing the story with visuals to compliment

How will you transition

…

What’s the next text that

you want to use?