V4/V5 CKV: Cultural backgrounds

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Welcome class! You need: your phone, your (charged) laptop, a pen.

Student: Hind El Yazidi

Student number: 1655323

Course: CKV; Cultural backgrounds

Program

- Learning objectives 

- Pre-activity (10)

- Theory + instruction (5)

 - Work on assignment (20)

- After activity (5)

- Reflection/Evaluation 

- Next lesson

Learning objectives

At the end of this lesson...

- I can describe my feelings and thoughts after reading a poem.

- I can connect visuals with my feelings and thoughts after reading a poem. 

- I can make a short video of visuals connected to the feelings and thoughts I had after reading a poem.

Expectations

1. We come prepared to class. I've done my homework and got all the materials I need for this lesson.

2. We are respectful towards each other. Towards my fellow classmates, as well as my teacher. I help where necessary. 

3. We are focused in class. I focus on achieving the learning goals. 

Pre-Activity

What do you already know of poetry? Let's see!

Do you read poetry outside of class?

1. yes
2. no

Which poems do you know?

What do you think is the function of a poem?

Which poems do you know?

What genres/types of poetry do you know?

What, do you think, is the function of a poem?

Reading poetry

(If there's time, you could do this optional exercise)

Read the poem in the note attached to this slide. Then use the following questions to reflect: 

• Did you enjoy the poem? 
• How does it make you feel? 
• What do you think it's about? 

[anyone lived in a pretty how town]

By e. e. cummings

anyone lived in a pretty how town

(with up so floating many bells down)

spring summer autumn winter

he sang his didn’t he danced his did.

Women and men(both little and small)

cared for anyone not at all

they sowed their isn’t they reaped their same sun moon stars rain

children guessed(but only a few

and down they forgot as up they grew

autumn winter spring summer)

that noone loved him more by more

when by now and tree by leaf

she laughed his joy she cried his grief

bird by snow and stir by still

anyone’s any was all to her

Theory + Instruction

Take a look at the handout. Read along with your teacher. 

- Please, ask questions if something's unclear.

- Make sure you look at the criteria; it is minimal so you have a lot of freedom to make the video the way you want it!

- Some slides, like the previous one, have notes, which you can click on for additional information/explanation.

Film assignment

1. Choose a poem from the selection. 

2. Take a seat and read the poem carefully; don't discuss with your neighbour! You may underline/highlight words that mean something to you.

3. Which feelings and thoughts pop in your head? Fill in the word web for yourself with words that describe your feelings and thoughts. 

Done? Choose at least 6 words that you think describe your thoughts/feelings best. 

4. With these words, you're going to make 6 shots of 10 seconds, which you need to compile later. You can ask your teacher to leave the classroom if you want (but keep track of time!).

5. You can edit and add music, the way you like it!

Tip: see the following slides for tips regarding the video editing. 

Don't be too hard on yourself because of the time limit: your thoughts and feelings are spontaneous, so should be your shots! 

Try to think of this: what will be the first visual (in class, or outside of it) that you can link with the words in your wordweb? Go and take that shot! 

Using InShot app for editing:

If you don't have prior experience working with editing apps/video editing, here's a short tutorial for a video editing app called InShot. Make sure you download it on your phone.

Inspiration:

Here's an example of a video, which is an interpretation of someone's thoughts and feelings after reading a poem.

After activity

In pairs, watch two videos of each other.  While watching, discuss the following points: 

• Do you see similarities in the videos? Can you explain?
• Do you see differences in the videos? Can you explain?
• Which shots appealed to you the most? Can you explain?

Don't be too hard on yourself because of the time limit: your thoughts and feelings are spontaneous, so should be your shots! 

Try to think of this: what will be the first visual (in class, or outside of it) that you can link with the words in your wordweb? Go and take that shot! 

Reflection/Evaluation

At the end of this lesson...

- I can describe my feelings and thoughts after reading a poem.

- I can connect visuals with my feelings and thoughts after reading a poem.

- I can make a short video of visuals connected to the feelings and thoughts I had after reading a poem.