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Day 1: Draft Prep Sheet on the 8 Parts of Speech through the Story of Hidden Figures
- Author(s):
- Laurie Ringer (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Education and Pedagogy, GS Speculative Fiction, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society, Speculative and Science Fiction, TM The Teaching of Literature
- Subject(s):
- Literature--Study and teaching, Language and languages--Study and teaching, Academic writing, Speculative fiction, Historical fiction, English language, College students' writings, Motion pictures
- Item Type:
- Course material or learning objects
- Tag(s):
- Hidden Figures, 8 Parts of Speech, Teaching literature, Language pedagogy, College writing, Film
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/0re5-mx30
- Abstract:
- Because it is all too easy to (accidentally) make assumptions about what first-year students know about language, in 2019-2020 my lit and comp type courses will begin with a segment on language, before moving on to sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Our exploration of language will start by jumping into a story, to help us identify the 8 parts of speech. These parts of speech are the building blocks of -- a) every sentence we think, speak, and write; b) the stories we read and watch; c) the way we describe how stories impact us; and d) the critical thinking we do about stories and their impacts. The day 1 prep sheet story is the film Hidden Figures. Maybe we need to help students visualize the ways that language moves through stories like Hidden Figures?
- Notes:
- The text and film list is still to be finalized from the following: Novels and novellas -- 1) Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower; 2) Nnedi Okorafor, Binti trilogy; 3) Ann Leckie, Imperial Radch trilogy; 4) Becky Chambers, Wayfarers trilogy; 5) Martha Wells, Murderbot series; 6) Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning; and 7) Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves. Films -- 1) Hidden Figures; 2) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; 3) Captain Marvel; 4) Moana; 5) Ocean’s 8; and 6) Wonder Woman.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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