Reader Response Introduction & Activity

Reader Response Introduction & ActivityMr. Sultan February 10-11, 20141Reader ResponseWhat you interpret, experience, feel, IS WHAT MEANING IS TRUE/ VALID. If you think it, as long as you can prove it, its game (you can use it to defend your point). PRO(SOMEWHAT) CONYou dont need to do an exhaustive amount of research to prove or defend your point. You have to know about the world, be aware of your feelings, and know how to express them to CREATE and EXPLAIN your meaning.Summarizes the lens quickly2What Reading Comprehension Skill is the Most Important for this particular Literary Lens?http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/jdpO0uxJKuScD7aWould anyone like an explanation of any of these strategies just incase their name/ title is unfamiliar to you?Survey time3Modeled Demonstration of a Reader Response THESIS, and FIRST POINTWe declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.What do I know?

Showing an example of Readers Response. Make it clear that we have to think while watching, reading. All aspects of our thoughts and connections and how we interpret what is being said have weight and importance. 41960s were a time when the civil rights struggle for Black Americans was at its highest and most heated (emotion-filled, violent, restless)Malcolm X was in stark contrast (extremely different) to Martin Luther King Jr., another extremely well-known civil rights leaderMalcolm X spoke in fiery and exhausted tonesHe was a Muslim by name, and used his practice to fuel his criticism of the treatment of Black Americans. Violence against Blacks especially by the police was intense, common, and relentless I have seen movies that had broadened my perspective such as: X, Mississippi Burning, The Ghosts of Mississippi, The Help, etc. I do endorse the use of violence in DEFENCE to an aggressive/ violent mistreatment by ANY group/ coalitionListening to rap music in the 1980s and 1990s, Malcolm X was spoken about A LOT. I know that Malcolm X was most feared because the government/ Caucasian population of America believed he would be behind creating a violent resistance among Black men/ women against the law enforcement and government of America. He was seen as a trouble maker. What do I know, feel, and thinkThese are all the ideas in my head from my SCHEMA, BACKGROUND, LEARNING, UNDERSTANDING, PAST. 5ThesisSingle, provable statement Readers Response Lens: Can be an opinion, feeling, thought I construed from my own thinkingMy back thoughts that I think I want to prove with this speech (small excerpt): It might not be violence he was calling for, but everyone thought he meant that because of the simple things he was asking for, and how Black Americans were being treated at the timeThe items he was asking for were simple, and shouldnt have had to be asked for in the first place (at that point in the 20th century). Will be hard, just bare with it6ThesisMalcolm Xs comment By Any Means Necessary was seen as a call to violence by popular American society because the demands he was making were for simple human rights and dignities.Whats the problem here? There are two things you are trying to prove.

7ThesisMalcolm X incited fear of a violent backlash against Caucasian Americans with his statement by any means necessary. What Im going to do:Analyze my understanding of what was happening to Black Americans at the time, by police and the government.Explain how the tone and anger in the voice convince me that he is exhausted, and make me feel that now is the time

What other lens could this relate to?Biographical/ Historical LensMarxist Lens

Specific: Caucasian Americans is too broad, think about making it more specific to GOVERNMENT or POLICE/ LAW ENFORCEMENT. 8Argument 1By any means necessary can mean a multitude of things.What Im Going to do:Explain in my opinion what by any means necessary could meanCould mean demonstrations, protesting, financial divestment, civil disobedience. Broad, and multitude can be too big of a word. You could be super specific and just say could mean three other things other than violence. 9Possible following argumentArgument 2: By Any Means necessary was perceived as a call to violence only because Blacks were constantly dealt with that sort of treatment.

Always check to see if it relates back to your thesis!Bias word! ONLY. This might be one reason, but I am sure its not the ONLY thing. 10Your TurnPoem by: Suheir HamadPre-Thinking and Help Deconstructing:4th of July is the American Day of IndependenceDont be offended with the comment about Malaysian girlsWet is a double entendre of the beach water, and sexual imageryShrapnel is a type of bomb that when it explodes, it sends metallic pieces in numerous directionsCountries/ territories mentioned: Iraq, Palestine, Malaysia, Phillipines, AmericaThe term baby is a term of endearment to a love/ marital/ sexual partner.

Order: See pre-thinking, then read, then watch, then read again. 11GroupsSame as FridayDiscuss any TERMS, CONCEPTS, HISTORICAL CONTEXTS THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND (not yet the meaning of the poem)For example: Whats Palestine?, Where is Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and why would their babies be headless?. Only discussing contextual understanding, not yet what you interpret from the poem. 12What does this line mean?How does this make me feel?Does this poem remind you of anything? (A person, a place, a thing)Setting, time? Point-of-View?Who are the characters?Starter Questions13Larger QuestionsHow does the interaction of text and reader create meaning?What does a phrase-by-phrase analysis of a short literary text, or a key portion of a longer text, tell us about the reading experience built into that text?Do the sounds/shapes of the words as they appear on the page, or how they are spoken by the reader, enhance or change the meaning of the word/work?How might we interpret a literary text to show that the readers response is similar to the topic of the text?14The Big QuestionsWhats the point? Whats the theme?Whats the message?Whats the meaning?Whats the lesson?

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