Geeks & Hidden Figures Projects

Turn in your homework from last week: "The Web Goes Social"--that homework is due today.

In the lab today, please work on the following tasks. If you were absent last class, please go back to our previous post and complete task 1 today in the lab. You will have an extension for tasks 2 & 3.

Task 2 (Geeks poem draft)

• Please read Langston Hughes' poem "Theme for English B"
• Please read Jessie's poem response to the University of Chicago on pages 110-112 of Geeks
• Just like the instructions from the University of Chicago's Office of Admissions, write a truthful poem about yourself, beginning where Hughes begins: "I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem./I went to school there, then Durham, then here/to this college on the hill above Harlem./I am the only colored student in my class." That is to say, each of us is at a certain stage of life and has a history. Each of us has lived somewhere and gone to school. We each are what we feel and see and hear, as the poem goes on to say. Begin there and see what happens.
• Write a draft of your poem.
• Add your poem draft to your blog. Send your poem through Facebook or some other form of social media that you commonly use (Twitter may not be the best choice depending on length...).
• See who responds to your poem. Print out this response and turn it in with a copy of your poem draft by Thursday (first deadline) or Monday, Oct. 16 (second deadline)  

Task 3 (video review of Hidden Figures)

Create a short quicktime video or movie reviewing the film Hidden Figures. Reflect on the film.

• Briefly summarize the plot of the film and who plays which major roles (you can find most of this information at IMDB.com.) 
• Review the film. What issues did the film raise that you feel are important?
• Review actors & director. How well do you think the actors in the film portrayed their role? How effective do you think the director was? Give a few reasons why you think this. [You can use your film vocabulary sheet and notes to help you]
• What makes the film important (or not important) to watch for a general audience? Would you recommend this film (to whom?) and why? Give a few reasons for your answer.
• Send your quicktime movie reviews to me (bradley.craddock@rcsdk12.org) and upload your quicktime film to YOUR blog as a review of the film. Use the slate board icon to upload your film file to your blog. 
• Your quicktime film is due today or Monday, Oct. 16 (second deadline)

Task 1 (revisited) - Revision option

• Use the rubric to improve and revise your personal essay draft. 
• Turn in your new draft (WITH THE OLD DRAFT ATTACHED) for a potentially higher grade.
• Turn in your revision by Wednesday, Oct. 18 (deadline)

HOMEWORK: Complete tasks 1-3 as needed.