Analyze a Subject in Two Mediums
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"The first thing I did in Ms. Waite's class was learn how to annotate. Annotating is a way of breaking down text so you can understand its true meaning."
- Hassan a former student |
This lesson was based on CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10 standards 2 and 7:
(2) Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. (7) Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. My objective for the lesson is that students will be able to determine a theme and analyze the representation of a subject in two mediums. This lesson uses annotation and reading comprehension on two different types of texts to compare and contrast and analyze them. In our unit on the question "What is freedom?" we read Monster and supplemental texts gave us additional or different perspectives on the topic. For this lesson, we listened to and read Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane" and then read "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, wrongfully imprisoned US boxer whose story inspired Bob Dylan song, dead at 76". I began the lesson with scaffolding/the gradual release method. First, we listened to the song while reading through the lyrics. I then placed the lyrics on the board and modeled my thinking and annotations. After two stanzas, I invited students to suggest annotations they might make. After two more stanzas, students were to continue annotating the song, thinking about what was said and how. When students finished with the song, they were to read the article individually. This time they paid attention to how it was similar or different in both craft and content. I walked around as students worked to help guide them and answer questions. Once finished with reading both texts, they completed a compare and contrast chart identifying both craft and content elements that they found different between the to texts. At the end of class, we returned as a whole group to discuss what they noticed and how the genre may have impacted the information they were given. These steps allowed us to look at this real event (and two texts written about the event) thematically and what it said about the novel we read and how freedom is defined. (This lesson was completed during a block schedule class, an hour and a half.) You will find the lesson plan and relevant worksheets for this lesson below. "Hurricane" lyrics and close reading prompts
"Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, wrongfully imprisoned US boxer whose story inspired Bob Dylan song, dead at 76"
Students read and annotated the article "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, wrongfully imprisoned US boxer whose story inspired Bob Dylan song, dead at 76" as a comparison to the song "Hurricane". I selected this article because it happened just the year before I first ran the unit and was a current event. At this point, ten years later, a different article on Hurricane could easily be selected instead as the second genre item to compare and contrast. |