Knave! April 19, 2010
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Alexandra Beneteau
Dail
Eng 3241
19 April 2010
Movie Maker
This project was definitely a learn by doing process. Only by trial and error, as well as looking up how-to blogs on the internet could I figure out how to use movie maker, and even then I still had problems. I first made “knave” as a power point document with around 70 slides. I had trouble uploading the slides to movie maker, but when I changed the file type, it worked like a charm. I narrated my movie to add the sound, and edited the slide durations. My biggest problem I had was when I was trying to publish the project, which I am sure you will still see evidence of. I tried publishing it to e-mail and then it just got sent into cyber space and I have no idea which e-mail it was talking about. Then I published it to the computer which seemed to work, because I could watch it on the computer. However, when it came to posting it on my blog it was no where to be found. It showed up on windows media player as a .wmv, which I could e-mail to myself, unlike the previous file name. Then when it was done and I was trying to reopen it, all the slides showed up as little Xs. Altogether, converting my slides to video was the easy part, but publishing the video was no easy task.
Video Clip April 11, 2010
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Student Sheet
Shakespeare in Pop Culture
Shakespeare’s works, although written in the 16th century still remain relevant today. For example, this Klondike commercial uses Shakespeare to entice people to buy ice cream bars.
Write a one page essay on why you think the company used Shakespeare in this commercial. What does it represent? Is Shakespeare still relevant in today’s society?
If you noticed in the commercial, the narrator asks Shakespeare to write a sitcom for the Klondike bar. Along those lines, I would like a sonnet (14 lines, using iambic pentameter) about some product you think Shakespeare could market (and yes, you can do a Klondike bar if you would like.)
Be creative!
You will be graded on the structure of the sonnet, and the argument of your essay, but don’t forget to check your grammar!
Both assignments will be due one week from today, and don’t hesitate to come see me if you have questions or concerns.
Rational
This is for a 9th grade literature class. This is usually a students first experience with Shakespeare, and I want the students to realize how Shakespeare’s works and his persona are still relevant in culture today.
The essay will demonstrate how the students view Shakespeare in Pop Culture and their opinion of his relevance. The sonnet gives the students an opportunity to be creative and use the medium of Shakespeare’s sonnets as a media tool.
In this lesson, along with the video clip, I will give students examples of Shakespeare in other pop culture references. Such as, Twilight and the theme of forbidden love, and Taylor Swift’s song Love Story, which makes references to Romeo and Juliette. This will lead to a discussion as to whether their understanding of Shakespeare’s works help enrich their understanding of pop culture, why does it do so.
Standards:
ELA9RL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to contemporary context or historical background. The student
a. Relates a literary work to non-literary documents and/or other texts from its literary period.
ELA9RL4 The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. The student composes essays, narratives, poems, or technical documents. The student
a. Demonstrates understanding of significant themes in specific literary works.
ELA9RC4 The student establishes a context for information acquired by reading across subject areas. The student
a. Explores life experiences related to subject area content.
Memes April 7, 2010
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A meme can be defined as an idea or behavior that evolves socially and culturally being passed from individual to individual. It can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures or rituals. In that sense an internet meme “is simply the propagation of a digital file or hyperlink from one person to others using methods available through the Internet (for example, email, blogs, social networking sites, instant messaging, etc).” (wikipedia) I started looking at Texts from Last Night, which has developed into a subconscience internet phenomenon. It combines the medium of text messaging with the medium of the internet. It has somehow infiltrated our culture and essentially our minds as everyone I know posts Texts from Last Night, on their facebook, they text them to one another and they are always a topic of conversaion among friends.
Memes promote writing and critical use of technology, because they become a subconcious part of our culture. They also respond to a natural selection of sorts because some of the memes survive while others are passed over; what continues becomes further ingrained into our culture, and what does not falls by the way side.
