My sophomores that read Antigone with me and participated in my research, making song connections to the text, had to (got to?) do a project (or, if you must, a 'performance assessment') for the end of the unit. I gave them several choices of what they could do - each with some level of a creative element as well as a written element. One of the choices was to take a song connection that they made and explore the connection between the two texts on paper and either a poster or a Power Point. I just have to say that the kids who picked this option (only 4, but worth it) totally ROCKED IT! I honestly have never been so impressed and proud of my students for the work they created.
One student connected to Fabolous, one to old-school Tim McGraw, one to Alicia Keyes, and another to Evanescence. Each of them either alluded to the idea or straight up said that they didn't expect to be able to connect ancient Greek drama to anything from their own modern, cultural experience. Yet each of them did just that. They made substantial text-to-text connections, pointing out places where they matched up and places where the connections broke down, but also added some awesome creativity, art, and graphic design skills to make a rockin' awesome project.
That's all - just had to say the 10th graders gave me a fantastic going away present!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment