Creating an Artistic Representation of my culture - due 10/20

Assignment:
Your assignment is to create a three-dimensional artistic representation of your culture and compose a written text that explains the significance of two of the symbols you have chosen to represent yourself.

Steps:
Planning:

1. Use the graphic organizer on the next page to generate a list of symbols that represent the cultures with which you identify
2. Select 2 symbols for each category (a total of 10) and think of an artistic method for making each symbol.  You may use painting, sculture, collage, found materials, watercolors, cut paper, ik, pastels, and/or actual artifacts or souvenirs, and so on.  Remember that your final product must be three dimensional, not a flat surface.

Creating:

1. Collect and/or create the objects for your artistic representation
2. then choose two symbols from the ten you have created that are especially meaningful to you.  Write two paragraphs that explain the significance of the two symbols.

Refining:

1. Experiment with various arrangements until you find a way to display the 10 objects that is aesthetically pleasing and engages your audience.
2. As you look at your artistic representation, try to anticipate questions that your audience might have.  Practice answering the questions aloud.
3. When your evise your written explanation of the significance of your symbols, try to incorporate answers to those anticipated questions into your explanation
4. Edit your written explanation using the tools available to you to presentan error-free text
5. Be prepared to share and explain your artistic representation of your culture to a small group or in a gallery walk
6. Reflection: did people read my symbols in the way that I thought they would? Hwo might I revise accordingly?

Culture through Literature

In class today we read an excerpt of a memoir entitled, "Funny in Farsi".  We discussed what we learned about Irani culture from the details given in the story.  We also talked about how other people outside of our country view America...

the term irony came up because a lot of students didn't think the story was that funny...

When you are selecting your lit. circle books in class tomorrow... I really want you to focus on learning about the cultures you are reading about... what do you learn about their traditions?

This will all help you with your embedded assessment - Which isn't due until Tuesday, 10/20 - Presentations of those projects will begin that day as well.

Embedded Assessment #1 is due on 10/20

Your projects are due on 10/20 and presentations will begin.  All students are required to present their projects to the class.

Embedded Assessment #1

In class today, you went over the first big assignment (p.24 in the text).  I'd like you to post your ideas and questions to this post.