Jay Justice's IB Learner Portfolio by Jay Justice

Areas of Exploration

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Readers, Writers, Texts
1. Why and how do we study literature? Why do we study TTTC?

We study literature because it teaches us many lessons and important skills like connecting ideas to one another from two different texts. We study TTTC because it teaches us some really good writing strategies and it helps us connect some older themes to relevant topics today.

2. How are we affected by literary texts in various ways? How are we impacted by TTTC?
We are affected by texts because they teach us some very important lessons about life and issues around the world. We are impacted by TTTC because we got invested in the characters and how they were physically and mentally feeling through the story. There hardship and struggle really inspired me to push myself to the limits in everything I do and no matter what I know I will always get through the challenging times.

3. In what ways is meaning constructed, negotiated, expressed and interpreted in TTTC?

It meaning is kinda shown through all the items that the soldiers were carrying. Each and everyone carried something different and unique representing they all carried different burdens and struggles, but they were all bonded together like brothers and they got through all of those struggles together. It created a sort of attachment to the story and made it feel that much more real and truthful about the pain and struggles of war

4. How does the structure of style of TTTC affect its meaning?

I think O'Brien makes the style more realistic and relatable to people how actually experience going through war. On top of this he describes the characters with lots of details this connects us to the book more. Once he does this the book means for and feels more realistic to read like us the reader are experiencing the life of a solider which gives it so much more meaning.

Extracts

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Attach some 40 line extracts you have analyzed and may want to use for your IO. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z8uvOxIBIgxf47ozGePAUc14d5TLzPg2dRr9iV4Aaxg/edit

Annotating Extracts Sweetheart of the Song Trabong

Global Issues

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Some global issues from TTTC are societal pressures because of gender norms and War causes suffering which can change ones identity

Harkness Notes

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Reflection
How did you do during the Harkness discussions? I felt I did pretty well In the Harkness discussions with the evidence and analyzing devices. I just need to focus my thoughts a little more so the sound more educational instead of getting lost half way through talking.
Notes
Ideas discussed I want to remember: Buffalo symbolized the innocence of the soilders
Soldiers banded together only thing keeping together from completely falling apart.

Connections

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How does TTTC connect to other works we've read?
It connects to works we have had because it has themes that talk a lot about identity which is a main topic in the book Beloved as well. Both of these books talk about the importance of identity and how it is important to matin a sense of identity.

How does TTTC connect to our world today?
Well TTTC shows us the brutal and horrific effects that war can have on a person. We can see a connection between some of our vets today that fought in the Vietnam War. The trauma that they had to face is indescribable, so it's important that we hear them out. This will allow us to understand them better and find ways to help our vets adapt back into everyday life that may not be easy to be reacquainted with.

Assessments and Reflections

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Summer Assignment (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UtJDxSjP7TeaES_2LWNpHhFifc4AROvY0Okz5LcQom0/edit#slide=id.p)
Reflection

Global Issue Harkness Prep Form (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y2UbA5nL2lNCGxYZ_hALY2YTrVz3LEtNmHURCwjGMp0/edit)

"On the Rainy River" Discussion Board Post (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QjoyKjRas9LmKHy-kyDlEKiqbFoEOC3qJ_XSnVja8yo/edit)

Journal (Pre/Post Unit)

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Why do humans read and write stories? Why do you read and write stories? Write about a paragraph.

Individual Oral

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Directions and Resources:

Ideas:

Texts:

Reflections:

Questions:

Areas of Exploration

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Readers, Writers, Texts
1. Why and how do we study literature?
2. How are we affected by literary texts in various ways?
3. In what ways is meaning constructed, negotiated, expressed and interpreted?
4. How does language use vary among literary forms?
5. How does the structure or style of a literary text affect meaning?
6. How do literary texts offer insights and challenges?
Time and Space
1. How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text?
2. How do we approach literary texts from different times and cultures to our own?
3. To what extent do literary texts offer insight into another culture?
4. How does the meaning and impact of a literary text change over time?
5. How do literary texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices?
6. How does language represent social distinctions and identities?
Intertextuality
1. How do literary texts adhere to and deviate from conventions associated with literary forms?
2. How do conventions and systems of reference evolve over time?
3. In what ways can diverse literary texts share points of similarity?
4. How valid is the notion of a “classic” literary text?
5. How can literary texts offer multiple perspectives of a single issue, topic or theme?
6. In what ways can comparison and interpretation be transformative?

Global Issues

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Culture, Identity, and Community
1. family, class, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender and sexuality, and the way these impact on individuals and societies. migration, colonialism and nationalism.
Beliefs, Values and Education
1. beliefs and values nurtured in particular societies and the ways they shape individuals, communities and educational systems. They might also explore the tensions that arise when there are conflicts of beliefs and values, and ethics.
Politics, Power, and Justice
1. explore aspects of rights and responsibilities, the workings and structures of governments and institutions. They might also investigate hierarchies of power, the distribution of wealth and resources, the limits of justice and the law, equality and inequality, human rights, and peace and conflict
Art, Creativity, and the Imagination
1. explore aspects of aesthetic inspiration, creation, craft, and beauty. They might also focus on the shaping and challenging of perceptions through art, and the function, value and effects of art in society.
Science, technology and the environment
1. explore the relationship between humans and the environment and the implications of technology and media for society. They might also consider the idea of scientific development and progress.

Areas of Exploration

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Readers, Writers, and Texts

How does the structure or style of a literary text affect meaning? Morrison's use of steam of consciousness is so effective in this book. It allows us to see what each and every character is thinking which helps progress and develop the story even further. It is such an intricate tecquinue and helps the reader gain a really good sense of all the different story lines blending together.Her shifts between certain characters allows the reader to see Sethe through everyones eyes and there thoughts which was an amazing tecquine.

Time and Space

How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text? It is very important to understand the historical background without it would 100 precent put Sethe in the wrong, but understanding the background allows the reader to understand why Sethe did what she did. It was the time of the fugitive slave act(slaves were getting hunted down) so Sethe didn't want her kids going back into slavery after they escaped so she was going too kill them all to protect them, but only could kill the baby. This actually happened with a women named Margaret Garner and was the basis for the story. Morrison truly wanted to show the haunting and everlasting effect of slavery.

Extracts

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Attach your two 40 lined extracts you used for your Mock IO as well as any other 40 line extracts you might want to use for your real IO in the future.

Annotating Extracts Practice

Mock IO

Global Issues

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What were some global issues you explored in Beloved?
I explored how African American identity had to be surpassed in order to be accepted by society, but Really they just wanted to be accepted and express themselves like everyone else.

Harkness Notes

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Attach your Google Slide and notes for your Hexagonal Harkness here

Connections

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How does Beloved connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works.
Beloved connects to Langston Hughes very well and understanding the tragedy and trauma of black lives. How African Americans were treated very unfairly and made out as proptey. Langston Hughes and Toni Morrison both do a great job in portraying the inequality that America was originally faced with.
How does Beloved connect to our world today?
Beloved connects with our world today by demonstrating some important themes of gender roles and identity. Beloved teaches us its ok to be different and take on different roles and embrace who we are no matter what people think.

Assessments and Reflections

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Denver or Paul D One-Pager

IO Outline Form

Optional Mastery Opportunity Essay Didn't do

Journal

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Linda Krumholz claims (in "The Ghosts of Slavery: Historical Recovery in Toni Morrison’s Beloved") that finding a voice for the thoughts and experiences of women is central to the "healing," historical recovery theme and structure of the book. According to Krumholz, Morrison’s novel "adapts techniques from modernist novels, such as the fragmentation of the plot and shifting narrative voice, to compel the reader to actively construct an interpretive framework" (109). How does the novel specifically address issues of gender, writing and power? How does the structure and style of the novel give voice to "the thoughts of the women of 124, unspeakable thoughts, unspoken" (Beloved 199)?

Extracts

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Chapter 3 questions
Chapter 1 and 2 questions
Four corner discussion

Writing Goals

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Record of Feedback

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Revised Work

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Areas of Exploration

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Time and Space
Choose 3 out of these 6 questions to answer and reflect on how it relates to our reading and understanding of Hughes' work.

How important is cultural or historical context to the production and reception of a literary text?
How do we approach literary texts from different times and cultures to our own? We should use the older texts as learning opportunities.We need to approach these issues knowing that some of the problems are still going on now. If we grow and correct the mistakes of the past our current society will be much better off.
To what extent do literary texts offer insight into another culture? Literary texts show us what one culture was feeling or experiencing during a certain time. It allows us to see the pain and suffering, the ups and downs. It helps us connect to them and try to see their side of the story. Literary texts allow us to reminisce and try to fix our mistakes so cultures don't have to feel suppressed and unequal.
How does the meaning and impact of a literary text change over time?
How do literary texts reflect, represent or form a part of cultural practices?
How does language represent social distinctions and identities? Different languages represent the separation between two groups of people. Like black slang compared to proper English is shows the educational differences and opportunities that are given to that group of people. Why so many rappers are black it creates that identity that blacks have to be thugs or in gangs because they were not given the same treatment as white kids and that's the only way for them to survive or make money in a lot of cases because that is the typical "black" identity. We create different cultures/identities because one group feels separated from the other which creates hate and tension which can be seen in the culture and identity of a group

Extracts

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Attach your 40 line extract you used for you Mock IO as well as any other 40 line extracts you might want to use for your real IO in the future.
Ballad. of the Seven Songs

Global Issues

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What were some global issues you explored in Hughes' poetry?
Some global issues I explored in Hughes poetry were The inequality and injustices African Americans face, America was built together by everyone(Ballad of the seven songs), social classes didn’t matter and were put aside to help create one united America(Freedoms plow), and the racial injustices between African Americans and whites in the South(Bitter river)

Harkness Notes

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Reflection
How did you do during the Harkness discussions? What feedback did you receive?

I have improved a lot on my speaking and confidence, but. I need to relate my evidence to how it makes the audience feel and the global issue at hand.

Notes
Ideas discussed in Harkness I want to remember:
I always need to remember to connect my evidence to how it effects the reader.
I need to time my device into a global issue.
I need to dive deep into my analysis and explain the whole purpose of the littary strategy used by the author.

Connections

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What connections can you make between some of Hughes' poems?
Lots of Hughes poems talk about freedom and how all African Americans hope that one day everyone can have equal opportunities.
How does Hughes' poems connect to other works we've read?
Hughes poem connects to TTTC through the link that everyone needs to be united so we can create progress.
How does Hughes' poetry connect to our world today? We can connect Hughes poems too lots of political issues still going on today. For example racial issues like police brutality

Assessments and Reflections

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Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 1
(Freedoms Plow)

Hughes Writing Portfolio Week 2 (Bitter river)

Hughes Pastiche (Police Brutality)

IO Outline Form (Practice IO)

Hughes' Written Assignment (Ballad of the Seven Songs Analysis)

Journal

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What insights did the poetry of Langston Hughes offer about the African-American community in Harlem? It demonstrated to us the reader that Harlem was really where it all really started for African Americans and the spread of their culture. Harlem offered so many opportunities and Harlem was where blacks started their foothold in America

How does art reflect the community from which it comes? The type of art that comes from a community tells their story, their emotions, their wants and desires. Art is used to communicate the story of a community and some of the problems and success that are happening in that community.

Areas of Exploration

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Time and Space

How does Chronicle offer insight into Columbian culture? Consider what we've learned about with machismo, marianismo, honor and the impact of colonialism.

Extracts

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Attach the 8 extracts from the Group IOs that you annotated here.

Eight different extracts

Attach the two extracts you used for your Final IO here

Final Io Extracts

Attach any other extracts you might want to use for your real IO.

New IO

Global Issues

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What were some global issues you explored in Chronicle? Consider honor, morality, perspective, fate, gender norms etc. The more detailed you are, the more useful this will be for your IO.

Harkness Notes

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Attach any of your Harkness notes here.

Connections

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How does Chronicle connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works. I think. it heavily. connects with Beloved when talking about this decision on if the brothers actions were ritchous or not. It is very Similar to Sethe's case and her decision for. killing the baby. Both of these flow great togheetser and explore what actions are ritchous and which ones are wrong.

How does Chronicle connect to our world today? This connects to our world today with problems like gender inequality. This book is all about how the brothers are defending the sisters honer it never once really focuses on what happened or how Angela feels. It's just about what the brothers did. I think that focuses by the author puts a sign up for the gender divided. he wants to bring this topic to our attention to demonstrate that women at times even. now in this. world can be seen as weak, but. this is simply just not true.

Assessments and Reflections

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Group IO PPT

Best Quick Write

Artistic One-Pager

Final/Revised IO

Areas of Exploration

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Readers, Writers, Texts
How are we affected by Delbo's memoir and her imperative for us to "Try to look. Try to see"? How were you affected by Auschwitz and After? I was deeply affected by thee book as a whole. I don't think I realized the amount of trauma and brutality that Auschwitz really entitled. Feeling the firdgidness of the cold the despair of the survivors was so emotional it is hard to even put it to words. The things these people had to experience was awful and I can't even begin to imagine how they were so strong to survive. This is a masterful. book and should really be read by all.

Extracts

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Attach the extracts you annotated (Some are on Kami) during our Harkness discussions.

Days and memory

Attach the two extracts you used for your Final IO here.

   Final IO extracts

Attach any other extracts you might want to use for your real IO.

Morning
Thirst

Global Issues

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What were some global issues you explored in Auschwitz and After? Consider the Hexagonal Harkens we had and some of the global issues you came up with during that discussion. Some of the global issues were memory, environments effect on community, and environments effect on mental health.

Harkness Notes

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Hexagonal harkness

Connections

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How does Auschwitz connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works. It connects very very well to TTTC in respect to aspect of trauma, identity, environment. All of these things make up both the similarities of the War we see in TTTC and the concentration camp of Auschwitz in Auschwitz and After. Both of these passages allow the audience to dive deep and connect to these traumatic experiences on a personal and almost realistic level. Both these books emirs us as the reader it helps us to understand why people may act or feel a certain way. Both are wonderful.

How does Auschwitz connect to our world today? It connects to our world today because it shows us a side of human nature that each and everyone has to fight to control. It is a scary part of what can happen when people are scared and willing to trust anything to be successful again. This is a very recent occurrence and we need to remember that this didn't happen long ago in the past things like this can still happen today. Wee need to take that into perspective and just be catious of our actions.

Assessments and Reflections

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Upload your favorite Quick Record (Arrivals and Departures, Olere/Delbo, or Using Language)
Olere/Delbo
Upload your Final Delbo IO

Dialectical Journal

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My journal

Areas of Exploration

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Intertextuality
How valid is the notion of a "classic" literary text? What makes Persepolis "literary" even though it is a graphic novel?
This is a valid piece of literary work because it is used to convey a real critical issue. It is not a childish use of pictures they are purposeful and serve a purpose to make Satrapi's point about the government and double standards. The artwork alone in the graphic novel is enough to fuel the story alone. The picture give her a certain credibility that is different and unique compared to other books. Her art conveys her story and adds and aspect of allowing us to see and experience those emotions along with her. Not in the normal conventions where we have to form our own picture about what everything in the story looks like, but pose or own question and opinions based on the images provided.

Time and Space
What insight did Persepolis give you into Iranian life during and after the revolution? It allowed us to see the the controlling nature of the government. Persepolis highlights the key issues with the Iranian government and how people are struggling for freedom there. She allows us to see the extent to the government control and corruption. As well as the detriment that the new government has had on Iran.

Extracts

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Global Issues

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What were some global issues you explored in Persepolis? Consider the Harkness discussion and other ideas that came up during class discussion. I explored how Art shapes and Challenges peoples perspectives on Freedom. I wanted to do this because it was an interesting subject that tied well between this and Hughes. It allows me to look at how Satrapi used her panel work and stamtents on freedom to develop what she is trying to tell us about freedom in Iran.

Harkness Notes

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Attach any of your Harkness notes here.

Connections

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How does Persepolis connect to other works we've read? Be detailed in how it connects with global issues and thematic and stylistic ideas to other works. Persepolis connects very well to Langston Hughes in terms of the artistry of the pieces. While in Hughes is uses rhythmic pace and shaping of the text. While in Persepolis it is designed to portray actual images to set the scene in our heads on the struggles in Iran. Both works are done beautifully and connect to the global issue that art shapes and challenges peoples perspectives on freedom. Each text individually complements each other on this subject but combined they really pack a strong punch.

How does Persepolis connect to our world today? Persepolis connect to our world today because it has some of the same ideas about equality embedded in it that the U.S tries to fight for. It allows us to see a close up inside the mind of a person in a war ton country like Iran and see the similarities between our country and their country. Satrapi shows us that we're really not that different form one another. She wants us to show the same compassion to all humans no matter where they come from.

Summary

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Final Writing piece

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5-6 Writing practice

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