Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Modified Synthesis Assessment

Developing Effective Questions for JiTT Exercises

Read over the “Modified Synthesis Assessment” document. Choose one of the three options (Option 1: essay; Option 2: outline; Option 3: creative response).

Optional: post a question you have about the assignment on the discussion page.

22 comments:

  1. If you chose to do Option 3, and write a poem etc. Would you have to directly mention Romeo and Juliet as well as another text, or would you be allowed to just dive deeper into the topic that you chose?

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    1. An excellent question, Diya! Thank you so much for asking. You would not need to directly mention another text in your poem (or whatever creative piece you compose), but I would expect your "artist's statement" to mention how the play and something else (your life, another text, history) informed your creation of the piece.

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  2. I’m confused on the difference between the essay option and the outline option. I don’t really understand what the outline is and how it differs from the essay.

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    1. Good question! Please look at the samples provided. You'll see that the essay includes full paragraphs (there's context and analysis for all of the quotations), while the outline does not.

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  3. If we do a creative piece such as drawing, should we just take a picture of it and put it into the doc to submit it?
    B3 is Chris Bauge

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    1. Thanks for asking! Yes. Take a photo, put it in a doc, write up your artist's statement in the same doc, and file it in your English folder.

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  4. could we do a song?

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    1. You certainly could do a song (as part of Option 3). Just make sure the song is accompanied by your "artist's statement" that covers what from the play and another text informed the piece.

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  5. Is the final product due Friday, or just what we have been working on?

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  6. And does the big idea have to be the same one we did the chart for, or can it be a different one?

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    1. You're welcome to write about any of the big ideas.

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  7. If we write a poem do we need to make it sound like the book/play with the arts and thous

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    1. Your poem could be written in all sorts of different styles. It does not have to sound Shakespearean at all! It should, however, deal with a big idea from the play.

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  8. Do all of the options have to be the big idea we filled the brainstorm chart out for?

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    1. You're welcome to write about any of the big ideas. I assume it will be easier to write about the big idea you used for the brainstorm chart, but you don't have to use that one.

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  9. Could an “other” big idea involve how a feud is maintained or broken?

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    1. I suppose it could. I think many of the big ideas we discussed factor in to the feud's continuance ("the continuance of their parents' rage"): miscommunication, pride, impulsivity, etc.

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  10. Am I allowed to draw some pictures and write poems or do I have to pick one or another?

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    1. A combination is fine! Just make sure to include an artist's statement paragraph.

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  11. The theses in the samples seem to be two sentences. Does this mean our thesis could/should be two sentences?

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