Today in class, we began with our objectives- interrogate a text to provide strong discussion questions, evaluate the quality of a text-based question. These objectives relate to our upcoming project with the mini film clubs. Our film clubs will combine text and film, have conversations that show analysis/argument of both, include various interpretations of a unifying idea (setting, characters, genre, plot, etc), and learn how to structure a podcast.
Today, we focused on the unifying idea of setting. In order to explore an idea like setting throughout films/books, we need to ask questions. Mr. Rivers put up a slide that described the types of questions we should be asking. It said that our questions should “Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; ensure a hearing for a full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions; and promote divergent and creative perspectives.” As a class, we analyzed this and put it into our own words. So, more simply, our questions should ask and answer, encourage deeper conversation, explore every angle of a topic, challenge ideas, push the truth and bring in evidence.
To practice asking these questions, we watched a short clip of the WALL-E introduction. Then, in groups, we came up with good questions to ask (relating to setting) using who, what, when, where, why and how. We were asked to include 1 bad question, like “Who is the character?” Then, we focused on making the other questions more interesting and deeper.
Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nLx_7wEmwms
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