September 23, 2014 - Tuesday

Class Work

1. Color Presentations ... this was the assignment:
So, what is significant about "red?" What if she had been wearing blue, or yellow, or green, or purple, or black?

You will "adopt a color" to research and to present. You need to:

• Introduce your color - have fun with this! Entertain us!
• Compare it to other colors - is it superior or inferior to other colors?
• Tell the history of your color (Check out a dictionary site.)
• Tell of your color in stories, art works, and nature.
• Tell who or what "wears" your color.
• Explain why your color is or is not important.
• ell how the story of Little Red Riding Hood would have been different if she had been wearing your color. ("No change" is not an acceptable response!)

Keep track of your sources and include them in your last slide. (Seven slides are required plus the Works Cited page. ) We will present a week from today on 9/ 23/14. You have at least 2 1/2 minutes but no more than 5.) (100 points)


As a listener, take notes. Submit the notes at the end of the presentations. What did you learn about each color? (Worth 100 points)

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Stories have been used around the world to teach lessons about life. Join one of three groups and participate in a Readers' Theatre activity.

1. Assign parts - you may have more than one.
2. Read through so that you know the story.
3. Read through again now that you know a bit about the characters.
4. Read for the class. VOCAL enthusiasm is a MUST! Appropriate facial expressions are also required.

Group work: 34pts.
Vocal inflection and varied volume: 33pts.
Facial Expression: 33 pts

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Homework

Read "Cinderella" - p. 3 and "Ashenputtel" - p. 68

Explain in paragraph form what is similar between the two stories? What are the differences? Which version do you think would be most liked by girls in 21st Century America? Explain. Use specific lines from the stories in your answers.