{"id":1200,"date":"2022-03-29T18:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/uncommonsense\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2022-03-29T18:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:52:42","slug":"in-class-project-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/uncommonsense\/2022\/03\/29\/in-class-project-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Class Final Project: Critical Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tuesday: &#8220;Sweetness&#8221;; &#8220;Brownies&#8221;; &#8220;Gorilla, My Love&#8221;; and &#8220;oh she gotta head fulla hair&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday: &#8220;First Day&#8221;; &#8220;White Rat&#8221;; &#8220;Shift&#8221;; &#8220;And Love Them&#8221;; and &#8220;A Butterfly on F Street&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\">1.  Review Feedback (5-10 minutes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the comments I made on your project proposal, and mark any questions you may have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\">2.  Annotate Text (15-20 minutes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pull up a copy of your group&#8217;s text, and annotate the portion(s) of the text that your group&#8217;s project examines.  Your notes should address the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A)<\/strong> <strong>Content: <\/strong><ul><li>What information does this part of the text explicitly communicate?<\/li><li>What information does it implicitly communicate?<\/li><li>Your annotations should make clear both the answer to these questions and the specific part of the text that leads to you make this response.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>B) Form:<\/strong><ul><li>What formal choices does this part of the text employ, in terms of <strong>Language<\/strong> ?<ul><li>(e.g. syntax, diction, rhythm, tense, length of sentence, punctuation, rhythm, sounds (ex alliteration, assonance, rhymes, etc.)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>What formal choices does this part of the text employ, in terms of <strong>Rhetoric &amp; Style <\/strong>?<ul><li>(e.g. tone, audience, appeals to reason, appeals to pathos, anecdotes, analogies, metaphors, etc.)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>What formal choices does this part of the text employ, in terms of <strong>Narrative &amp; Genre<\/strong> ? <ul><li>(e.g. plot, PoV, sequencing, juxtapositions, omissions, pacing, flashbacks, foreshadowing, breaking the fourth wall, allegory, character foils, rising action, central crisis, tension, dialogue, interjections, scene and chapter breaks, etc.)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>C) Critical Theme:<\/strong><ul><li>What aspects of this part of the text address the subject(s) of race and \/ or blackness? <\/li><li>How does this part of the text address the subject(s) of race and\/or blackness? <ul><li>(ex:  Does it do so explicitly? Does it highlight racial conflict, foreground the image of a racialized body feature? Does it allude to a historical figure prominent for theorizing blackness?)  Basically how do you know this part of the text is addressing the topic.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>How does the text encourage readers to think or feel about this instance of race or blackness? <ul><li>(ex. Does the text present it as a source of tension; or a curiosity; or a point of fact;  or something abstract and elusive; or a communal practice; etc.)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What does the text do in terms of form and content in order to encourage readers to think or feel about blackness or race in this way?<br><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\">3.  Draw Proposed Exhibit Piece (10-15 minutes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Draw an illustration of your proposed piece. Make the illustration as large and as clean as you can on the paper provided in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\">4.  Annotate Illustration (20 -25 minutes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> Annotate your illustration.  Be sure to note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A)<\/strong> <strong>The practical details<\/strong> of each component of the piece.  To this end, you should <ul><li>Label each components of your piece.  And for each component<\/li><li>Identify and describe:<ul><li>The component&#8217;s function in relation to the aims of the piece as a whole <\/li><li>The material(s) and method\/technique with which you plan to construct this component<\/li><li>The material(s) and method\/technique with which you plan to connect various components to each other<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>B) The symbolic relation<\/strong> between this component and the text that you&#8217;re examining.  Specifically you should:<ul><li>Explain how this component of your piece helps articulate and\/or extend your understanding of how the text encourages readers to feel and\/or think about blackness and\/or race; AND<\/li><li>Address the significance of your choice of material(s); method of construction; physical attributes (e.g. shape, weight, color, etc.); and relative position and function within the piece as a whole.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday: &#8220;Sweetness&#8221;; &#8220;Brownies&#8221;; &#8220;Gorilla, My Love&#8221;; and &#8220;oh she gotta head fulla hair&#8221; Thursday: &#8220;First Day&#8221;; &#8220;White Rat&#8221;; &#8220;Shift&#8221;; &#8220;And Love Them&#8221;; and &#8220;A Butterfly on F Street&#8221; 1. Review Feedback (5-10 minutes) Read the comments I made on your project proposal, and mark any questions you may have. 2. 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