Religion and Colonization

Webquest Read Blood Speaks Visual Reading and Performance Brebeuf’s Ghost Dialectical Journal Philosophical Chairs

Religion and Colonization day 1

Warm-up• Write about a time when someone tried to make you do something that

was against your beliefs. Agenda• Choose a question to research • Begin web quest

Religion and Colonization research day 2Warm-up• Pick a tribe and write letters back and forth as young Native American

people being displaced by Colonization and religion. Describe your day and your feelings to your pen pal.

Agenda• Continue researching on webquest • Make sure to annotate, take notes, cite and create a running

bibliography of your research.

Religion and Colonization research day 3Warm-up• Write a response letter to your pen pal.Agenda• Finish research for webquest • Construct Prezi from notes

Religion and Colonization research day 4Warm-up Write another response letter to your pen pal. Make sure to base your letters off

real live events.

Agenda• Finish Prezi • Present Prezis • Take cornell notes on other presentations

• Each groups needs to create 5 questions from your own Prezi for classmates to answer. Must not be level one questions- all need to be higher level.

Blood Speaks day 1

Warm-up• Take quiz over Prezis

Agenda• Begin reading Blood Speaks

Blood Speaks day 2

Warm-Up• Answer a discussion question onlineAgenda• Read silently and annotate

Blood Speaks day 3

Warm-Up• Answer a discussion question onlineAgenda• Read silently and annotate

Blood Speaks day 4

Warm-Up• Answer a discussion question onlineAgenda• Assign Picture Reading Performance Groups• Assign scene(s) for each group to focus on• Work in groups to create a dramatic visual of your scene. • You will be acting it out, as well as providing some type of visuals at

all moments for the class.

Blood Speaks day 5

Warm-up• Answer discussion question onlineAgenda• Work in groups to create a dramatic visual of your scene. • You will be acting it out, as well as providing some type of visuals at

all moments for the class• See assignments page for details

Blood Speaks day 6

Warm-Up• Answer a discussion question onlineAgenda• Begin acting out play from beginning, using the Picture/ Visual reading

projects

Blood Speaks day 8

Warm-Up• Complete all replies on the discussion board onlineAgenda• Finish acting out play from where we left off using the Picture/ Visual

reading projects • Complete a discussion board on what difference seeing it rather than

reading it made.

Brebeuf's Ghost day 1

Warm-up• Write a short Ghost story, it may be one you have heard before or one

that you make up.Agenda• Explain requirements for dialectical journal• Create Character Map Posters to hang on walls• Read Act 1, Scene 1

Brebeuf's Ghost day 2

Warm-UpGallery Walk pictures; write down thoughts, reflections and

questions.Agenda

Read silently and write in your dialectical journal.Add to the character map postersAdd questions to Parking Lot board. (Must be upper level thinking

questions to get grade)

Brebeuf's Ghost day 3

Warm-UpWatch a video clip over Brebeuf’s Ghost

AgendaRead silently and write in your dialectical journal.Add to the character map postersAdd questions to Parking Lot board. (Must be upper level thinking

questions to get grade)

Brebeuf's Ghost day 4

Warm-upWrite a diary entry from the perspective of one of the characters.

Make sure to include what scene you are writing during.

AgendaRead silently and write in your dialectical journal.Add to the character map postersAdd questions to Parking Lot board. (Must be upper level thinking

questions to get grade)

Brebeuf's Ghost day 5

Warm-UpQuick WriteIf you could change one scene, which one would it be, what would

you change it into, and why?Agenda

Read silently and write in your dialectical journal.Add to the character map postersAdd questions to Parking Lot board. (Must be upper level thinking

questions to get grade)

Brebeuf's Ghost day 6

Warm-UpPick a question from the parking lot, and use Think, Pair, Share to

discuss your thoughts on it with a partner. Agenda

Discuss questions from groups who have shared.Do a storyline synopsis of the story so far on the board as a class.

Brebeuf's Ghost day 7

Warm-UpTake quiz based on your discussion questions from yesterday.

AgendaWrap up your reading silently and write in your dialectical journal.Dialectical Journal needs to be complete and turned in today.Discuss the character map posters if time permits.

Brebeuf’s Ghost Day 8

Warm-UpSpend a few minutes deciding which three parts of their dialectical

journal to discuss with class.Agenda

Each student will present 3 pieces from dialectical journal to discuss with the class in a Roundtable Discussion

Brebeuf's Ghost day 9

Warm-UpAnswer Philosophical chairs questions with at least a paragraph

each. These should be your opinions, but need to be based on the text in the play. Agenda

Philosophical Chairs Discussions