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Final Post: Meta Cognitive Reflection

Question:  Now that you have experienced the unit on Creating Borderlands what knowledge, questions, concerns, uncertainties, emotions do you walk away with.  Please limit your response to 150 words.  You may select any form of writing you wish: paragraphs, letter, journal, chart, graph, bullets, numerical list, or any other form. 

Post # 14: Invitation to Parents/Guardians

This in an opportunity for parents/guardians of our ENG1DY students to post their comments, questions, and suggestions on the terrific work the students have done and continue to do in this International/Multicultural  multi-genre unit.

Post #13: Children's Literature selections

Student's are asked to post their comments/reflections on the two children's literature selections Rose Blanche and The Crayon Box That Talked.  Discuss the themes in each and comment on the power of the illustrations and the printed text.

Post #12: Diary Entries (informational text)

Students are required to offer their personal reflections on "We are Witnesses" diary entries and our group presentations on these readings.  How does this informational writing help you border cross into the world of the Jewish and German peoples?

Post 11: The Newspaper: Informational text

How does Journalism help shape your understanding of German/Jewish cultures?  Discuss the impact of headlines, and comment on the point of views presented by the news story.

Post #10: Sharing of Schindler's List

Students are required to spend some time reading and reflecting on peer's initial posts to Schindler's List.  Please comment on two peer posts . For each of your posts begin your comments/reflections with, " My response to Post #9 written by (name of student) is..."

Post #9: Schindler's List (the film)

Students are asked to post their reactions, comments, questions, opinions to the film "Schindler's List" by Stephen Spielberg,  Relate to other genres of Holocaust literature that we have studied thus far.

Post #8 - Reflections on The Single Story

Students are required to spend some time reading and reflecting on peer's initial posts to the TEDtalk "The Single Story".  Please comment on two peer posts . For each of your posts begin your comments/reflections with, " My response to Post #7 written by (name of student) is..." 

Post #7: Digital Media - The single story

Students are asked to post their reactions, comments, questions, opinions on "The Single Story." How does the theme (main message) of this discussion influence your understanding & views of the Jewish and German cultures?

Post #6: Reflections on Documentary

Students are required to spend some time reading and reflecting on peer's initial posts to the documentary Night and Fog. Please comment on two peer posts . For each of your posts begin your comments/reflections with, " My response to Post #5 written by (name of student) is..." 

Post #5: The Documentary

We are building cultural awareness through a different medium:  The documentary.  Share you thoughts and feeling about Night and Fog - a documentary that shows man's violence toward man and presents the unsettling suggestion that such horrors could come again.  Has this documentary shed new light on Jewish and German culture?  Has it increased your knowledge of these two cultures?  How does this relate to the novel and the interview?  Do these images make you pose questions about your own family culture/s?

Post #4 - novel and interview

Inter-cultural connections:  Discovering and learning about others promotes cultural awareness and fosters reflection about our own culture resulting in culturally responsive citizens of the world.

Reflect on this statement using the novel and the interview

In the interview section also discuss how the interview has shed new light, new points of view, new questions about the Jewish and German cultures.

Post #3: Final Reactions - novel

Students are asked to post their final reactions, comments, questions, opinions on "Boy in the Striped Pygamas.

Post #2: Reflections- novel

Students are required to spend some time reading and reflecting on peer's initial posts to Boy In The Striped Pajamas. Please comment on two peer posts . For each of your posts begin your comments/reflections with, " My response to Post #1 written by (name of student) is..." 

Post #1 Initial Reactions - novel

Students are asked to post their initial reactions, comments, questions, opinions on "Boy in the Striped Pygamas.