https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f Today we are going to work as group to compose theme statements and quotes in order to compose thematic essays on The Water Dancer. en-us 2022-11-17 15:59:16 UTC 2026-02-03 16:08:53 UTC hello@padlet.com csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388574344 Consider how the author addresses the theme throughout the text. Reference (cite) specific instances in which Coates gives examples of the impact of slavery. ]]> 2022-11-17 16:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388574344 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388578488 Consider how the author addresses the theme throughout the text. Reference (cite) specific instances in which Coates gives examples of the significance of memory. ]]> 2022-11-17 16:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388578488 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388581231 Hiram develops over the course of the text. Consider how he matures, how his perspective (innocence) are challenged and shaped.]]> 2022-11-17 16:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388581231 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388584120 Consider how the author addresses the theme throughout the text. Reference (cite) specific instances in which Coates gives examples of the meaning and significance of family. What are the consequences of broken families.]]> 2022-11-17 16:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388584120 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388585313 Consider how the author addresses the theme throughout the text. Reference (cite) specific instances in which Coates gives examples of the knowledge of the enslaved. Ideas of Power.]]> 2022-11-17 16:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388585313 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388589911 Argue whether Magic Realism is an effective way to highlight the themes and central ideas of The Water Dancer. How do fiction and history work to convey ideas.]]> 2022-11-17 16:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388589911 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388598841 Following our mini lesson on thematic statements. You are and your classmates will write thematic statements that capture the central ideas Coates makes in The Water Dancer.


]]> 2022-11-17 16:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388598841 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388700100 Events in one's life gradually change their view and make their identity acceptable to themselves.]]> 2022-11-17 17:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388700100 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388705604 The task was put into a position that they should not have been in. For example when Old man slept with his sons wife , yes it was wrong but it wouldnt have happened if the quality didnt put the tasked in those positions ¨But the Task does not bargain, does not compromise, it devours¨(Coates 133). JVMK

]]> 2022-11-17 17:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388705604 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388705771 Memory is the gateway to many of your future experiences and even connects it to the past ones. For example when he uses conduction and uses his memory. ]]> 2022-11-17 17:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388705771 dmotl000 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388710161 Memory plays a huge part in the book. Cause Hiram can remember anything he sees and also how he was able to remember his mother. ]]> 2022-11-17 17:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388710161 chaye000 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388711643 The theme memory it dwells heavily on the theme of memory. Hiram possesses an unusual power, that of Conduction and he can move to a different location without traveling the distance between the two places. He is slow to understand and develop his gift, but he realizes right away that it is fueled by memory. While he is conducting, he sees his mother, his aunt, his grandmother, and dozens of other faces from his past. ]]> 2022-11-17 17:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388711643 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388711934 Water is the main piece in the book. It represents the importance of memory.Memory connects people to the things around them.¨But knowing now the awesome power of memory¨(Coates 3). ]]> 2022-11-17 17:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388711934 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388714167 When Coates was fighting for Thena and Sophia to get free and to get them from the "coffin". Many people end up getting hurt from broken families and not being with their people. ]]> 2022-11-17 17:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388714167 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388714432 "I knew that the elders had not lied, that there really was a homeplace of our own, a life beyond the task, where every moment is as daybreak over mountains. And so great was this freedom that i became aware of a nagging weight that now proposed to follow me into the forever" it shows that when he was seeing the water he had talked how it felt more like the light towards freedom, meaning they experience no power and he says theirs more to them then the task]]> 2022-11-17 17:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388714432 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388714436 the author shows a part in the novel how devastating family separation is. How devastation can not only affect the mind but a person's daily needs 

-London Moss not done yet ]]> 2022-11-17 17:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388714436 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388715322 PSJD]]> 2022-11-17 17:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388715322 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388726448 Slavery causes one to lose their identity through the effects of dehumanization on the mind and body. "that a man could feel his violation of natural" (pg 136). Corrosion of the mind and body causes one to become numb.]]> 2022-11-17 17:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388726448 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388771180
The idea to be tasked physically and mentally to be selfless can create self vulnerability. ]]> 2022-11-17 18:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2388771180 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2390380557 Corrosion of mind (due to slavery/oppression) causes one to be numb to ...]]> 2022-11-18 19:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2390380557 csanford20 https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2390382473 Let's clarify.]]> 2022-11-18 19:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/csanford20/tase4xzd82dztt0f/wish/2390382473