Transcript Get This Monkey Off My Back! Great World Texts 2015

Get This Monkey Off My Back!
Great World Texts 2015-2016 Spring Colloquium
Introductions
Introductions
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So. Monkey.
★ late 16th century Chinese folk novel
★ attributed to Chinese novelist & poet Wu Cheng’en
★ translated by Orientalist and sinologist Arthur Waley (1889-1996)
★ captures the pilgrimage of Xuanzang, a Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk
What else do we know?
★ What do you know about Journey to the West?
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Individually, write your responses on Post-It notes; one idea per Post-It
Split into groups of [#-#] and stick all of the group’s Post-Its to chart paper
Silently organize your ideas into categories - by theme, content, etc.
Converse about your categories and label them; discuss the following:
a. What categories have been created?
b. How does each idea fit into its category? Do any need to be moved?
c. How does the ideas in each category relate to each other?
d. How do the categories relate to each other?
Gallery Walk
One School
Many Approaches
Amy
Bill
Judy
Sarah
Claudine
Yali
AP English
Lang & Comp
World History
(Honors)
AP English
Lang & Comp
World History
(Honors)
Japanese
(FLS)
Mandarin
Chinese
Chapters 1-7
the full text
Chapters 1-7
the full text
Chapters 1-7
Chapters 1-7
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as a
commentary
on the human
condition
history
religion
culture
Japanese
cultural
connections
Chinese
language
and culture
literature
as argument
Many School s
Many Approaches
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2. Record key words and phrases that respond to the following questions:
a. What class(es) are you teaching Journey to the West in?
b. How are you approaching the text (i.e. through what lens, theme, etc.)?
c. What part(s) of the text are you you teaching?
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Questions?