tussenevaluatie - Still I Rise

Lesson aims
At the end of this lesson:
- You can talk about and link the message of a poem to the world today.
- You can write an informal letter with your opinion/ideas
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In deze les zitten 12 slides, met tekstslides en 2 videos.

time-iconLesduur is: 90 min

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Lesson aims
At the end of this lesson:
- You can talk about and link the message of a poem to the world today.
- You can write an informal letter with your opinion/ideas
Welcome

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

TALK TIME
In groups of 4 discuss these questions:

  • Have you ever been treated unfairly? What happened? how did it make you feel?
  • Are you always fair to other people?
  • has there ever been a situation where you have treated someone unfairly?

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

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Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Slide 5 - Video

Read the poem!
Underline difficult words while reading.

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Discuss these question
In groups of 4, look at the poem and answer/discuss the following questions:
  1. How does reading the poem make you feel and why?
  2.  Describe what Maya Angelou thinks of racism. How is it (not) similar to your opinion?
  3. How has Maya Angelou experienced society when you look at the poem? Explain.
  4. Do you think that nowadays there are people who feel the same way as Angelou did? if yes, who are they and what do they stand for? 

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Slide 8 - Video

Discussion topic
  • Is the message of the poem still relevant today?
You may think of the following:
self-esteem, mental health, vaccination, discrimination of appereances/faith etc...

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Task: Writing

Imagine Maya Angelou was alive. Write an informal letter to her:
- Give your opinion on the poem "Still I Rise". 
- Tell Maya Angelou how racism/oppression is seen today. (e.g. black lives matter, own experiences etc).
- Ask her a question that you still have.

Done? 
Hand it in on Microsoft Teams under "Opdrachten".




















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Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Go to Padlet  
3 things I learned today...
2 Things I found interesting...
1 Question I still have...



Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Homework
  • Hand in the task "informal letter to Maya Angelou" on Microsoft Teams.
  • Search for another English poem about "racism" and bring it to class next week!

Slide 12 - Tekstslide