Warm Up: Subversion

Watch the video provided here, and in a blog post, comment on how the video demonstrates subversion/subversiveness. After you make your own post, comment on ONE of your peers, entering into a conversation with her. By doing this, you will EXTEND what your classmate has said in her post.

HINT: Think about what you learned in the very first unit about culture -- more specifically high/dominant culture versus low culture. Also, read the information in the video and listen to the explanation of the dancer's background. Where does the dance form he mentions originate? What other dance forms does he seem to combine with it? Pay attention to the space he is using and what he is doing in that space. All of these considerations should assist you in considering how this video demonstrates subversion and subversiveness. Be sure to use the form of the word correctly.

Forms of the word:

subvert - verb
subversion - noun
subversive - adjective/adverb
subversiveness - noun

In other words, it's not enough so simply say you agree or disagree or that what the other student has said is "good". Instead, while you may certainly pay compliments or disagree, you must ADD information to what they are saying, EXTENDING, COMPLICATING, OR REFUTING what another student has said.

Here is the video:

Warm Up: The Book Thief Symbolism

WU: 11.18

Look at the chapter "The Gamblers (A Seven-Sided Die) (243). What is this chapter primarily about? Why are the images of a die throughout the chapter? What might the die symbolize? What do the different numbers on the die represent?

Reply to this post with your answer. 

Warm Up 10.14

SYMBOLS:

This warm up has two parts.

PART 1:
Write a list of symbols for the novel The Book Thief

PART 2:
Choose ONE of the one's you came up with and explain what it may symbolize, THEN explain the symbolism of the following:

• snow 
• the guards at Liesel's borther's funeral
• the key Max holds when he first arrives at the Hubermann's at the end of Part 3

Blog

Welcome!

Now let's test this thing out!

Please comment on this post with your Edmodo post on "other[ing]. Go back to the original post and copy and paste your comment onto this blog.

The goal is simply to see if the blog is functioning properly and everyone can post.

Whatever you post, however, please make sure your name is listed somehow -- either within the comment box or as your username.

I believe you may need to have a gmail account in order to do this, so if you don't already have one, please sign up for an account. It's quick, easy and fairly painless.

Here is a copy of the original prompt for the post:

Write a brief paragraph explaining how you see the idea of the "other" demonstrated in the readings for this unit so far ("Learning to Read" and The Book Thief). This should be virtually all analysis only (your observations after thinking critically about the text(s) ). You should draw from the information you read on the literary concept from the previous homework reading.

*IMPORTANT: Please be sure you are commenting on the "BLOG" page and NOT the "Home" page.

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DISCLAIMER: The "HOME" page will have EVERYTHING posted on the blog and is much more difficult to navigate. Please use the other pages (About, Syllabus, Course Schedule, Readings, Blog) to navigate the site. Everything featured on the Home page is sorted in each of the pages, thus you can find everything on the home page somewhere else, but in a much more convenient, readable, and user friendly way.

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Introduction to NDA's MLA on Fleek:

This blogsite is intended for ENG 10H: Multicultural Literature and Composition, Period 4. It is for both the instructor and the students in the class. 

The overall goal of this blog is to create a platform in which ideas can be sparked, exchanged and discussed, while simultaneously allowing students to expand classroom conversation into the real world and speak to various audiences via the world wide web. 

The site will be updated regularly to reflect upcoming assignments, and communication on the platform.

Students subscribing to the RSS feed for the site can get notices when things are added/updated.

Readings that are not in the primary textbook, but are available online, will be featured on the "Readings" page. A link to a pdf file of the reading selection will be provided on that page.

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This website is running on Blogger, as part of the google network. In order to make the experience the easiest, students should have a google account they can use to log in to the blogger website.