Exploring Cultural Identity
March 3rd, 2023
Educator: Daniela Vargas, ENL Teacher 9-12
Teaching Artist: Adriana Devers - Literature, performance, music, visual arts
School: Hampton Bays High School, Grades 9-12
District: Hampton Bays Public Schools
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Summary: This Bilingual (Spanish/English) writing workshop: “Identidad a traves de la poesia” explored cultural identity, with a focus on diverse literary pieces, visual arts and poetry performance, to engage each participant in analyzing, connecting, and composing their own original pieces.
Big Idea/Guiding Question(s):
- How do we create meaning from an artist’s work?
- How does understanding our personal stories (family history & heritage) help us become better members of society?
What learning goals/standards did this meet?
Arts
Literary arts, performance, visual arts.
- Creating Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.
- Performing Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.
- Responding Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.
- Connecting Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/196CpDLYwZGigaN7JQZ19vwo_gEcL6wS6/view?usp=sharing How to intone our voices and words for questions?
CCCR
Exploratory enrichment and arts in ed.
- How do we create meaning from an artist’s work?
Civic identity: how does understanding our personal stories (family history & heritage) help us become better members of society?
College & Career Readiness: good communication, understanding personal strengths, understanding importance of written expression as it relates to interpersonal communication.
CR-S
This project will address the four principles of CR-S
- Welcoming and Affirming Environment
- High Expectations and Rigorous Instruction
- Inclusive Curriculum and Assessment
- Ongoing Professional Learning
9-10W1f: Maintain a style and tone appropriate to the writing task.
9-10W4: Create a poem, story, play, artwork, or other response to a text, author, theme or personal experience; demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a variety of techniques and genres. Explain divergences from the original when appropriate.
Outcomes
We will know that student learning is expanded when they demonstrate that they…
KNOW… how to see beyond a literary piece, an art piece and see the connection across artistic disciplines on the given topic, as it pertains to their own personal experiences.
UNDERSTAND… how literature is used as a tool for social change and how the arts help us build community, achieve personal and community growth.
ARE ABLE TO… create their own literary pieces, conveying their individual messages/sharing parts of the story that makes them unique members of their school community, highlighting their cultural background.
Read, speak, write, listen…proficiency will continue to progress.
