Visualization

Visualize!

“A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. It smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee-glasses and the wet circles left by wine glasses.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

Visualizing Text

“So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Sketch-to-stretch

Listen to the song and on the back of the lyrics page, draw a picture of what you visualize.

Applying to AR

Now it’s your turn to find your own examples in the text (first couple chapters of April Raintree), record the 2-3 sentences of quotes and write out what you visualize.

Most Racist City in Canada:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maclean-s-claim-that-winnipeg-is-canada-s-most-racist-city-upsets-mayor-1.2928025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svOxBkbOHXY

The Maclean’s Article

Bias in the Article

Bias: A particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned.

Unreasonably hostile feelings or opinions about a social group; prejudice… “Accusations of a racial bias”.

The Nuts & Bolts of the Maclean’s Article

Brad Badiuk, the teacher from Kelvin High School. Highest recorded racist tweets in Canada.

Tina Fontaine’s murder and the mistreatment of her by the police and CFS. The other unsolved missing/murdered aboriginal women.

Brian Sinclair death at HSC. Human Rights museum. Attrition (attendance) rates of students Subjective polls taken by Winnipeg Free press,

Maclean’s, etc.