9th Grade - We are beginning to wrap up the Freshmen poetry unit, and we are doing a project this week that will focus on making connections between historical poetic periods, and contemporary music/writing.
The project outline and rubric were provided in class (and are also accessible off this web page). The Five Degrees of Separation Project asks students to pick a contemporary musician/singer/artist, and track their influences through five generations.
I chose an obscure Canadian hip hop artist to demonstrate this process in class.
Step 1) 2000s - Buck 65 - influenced by . . .
Step 2) 1980s - Afrika Bambattaa - Influenced by . . .
Step 3) 1950s - The Beat Generation (Jack Kerouac) - Influenced by . . .
Step 4) 1930s - Jazz and Bebop Music. Also Influenced by . . .
Step 5) 1900 - Marcel Proust; French Novelist.
The second part of the project involves analyzing a piece of your artist's music/writing, and comparing it to a work from a previous movement that is similar.
The style and content of Buck 65's music is owed to the works of the preceding generations, and students are asked to make these connections with an artist of their choice. This is a partner assignment, but I will allow students to work individually if they request. Be aware that the requirements for the project are the same whether you work alone or with a partner.
10th Grade - Last day to work on the literary analysis B.O.E. in class; was turned in at the end of the hour. Some students had the option to come in during lunch to finish it without it being counted as late. Anything turned in from this point out is considered late.
Sophomores are starting a new unit tomorrow focused on the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
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