Submitted by: Wiley Hunnicutt
School: Freeman High School
Summary
The thematic elements of fear, flight, and fate run through Richard Wright’s seminal work Native Son. Wright’s novel is comprised of three parts entitled Fear, Flight, and Fate.
Each group was tasked with finding visual and auditory representations of each book in Native Son. Students searched for and discussed their finds and your choices. They wrote about why they made the choices they made for each book (three paragraphs minimum) in addition to presenting this information to the class in a dynamic, rehearsed presentation replete with visuals as well as musical accompaniment and the site produced for this lesson.
TIPC Ratings
This lesson is in the ideal/target range for Research and Information Fluency. Students constructed the questions to research based on their interpretation of fear, flight, and fate in the book as it related to their own lives. Students were in an environment where they selected the most appropriate digital tools and assembled information powerfully using Google docs and Google sites.
This lesson is Approaching in communication and collaboration. Students worked in groups with roles and were able to collaborate and communicate beyond their classroom. They used a range of tools to communicate throughout the lesson and did so without direct supervision.
This lesson is Approaching in Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Students generate, respond to, and justify decisions made throughout this lesson. They select, think critically about, and defend the audio and visual representations they chose. They applied the digital tools within Google Apps to display this in a dynamic way.
This lesson is in Approaching in Creativity and Innovation. Students created meaningful, original work that expanded a traditional novel study into something more personal. Students capitalized on opportunities to synthesize research, communicate and collaborate, and apply critical thinking skills. They took their interpretation of the book and blended it with art.
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