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New Narratives
New Narratives
Welcome to New Narratives: a class, a workshop, a space in which we can explore how to embody and empower our multilingual identity.
This is a place to explore interests you might have about language and identity. Ever felt like you needed to express or say something but you didn't have the words for it. Maybe it's time to create new words, or find different ways to express that either via journaling, writing, drawing, video movement or spoken word.
Big Idea:
Big Idea:
New Narratives: Generating agency through language
Inquiry Question:
Inquiry Question:
How to embody and empower a multilingual identity?
Grade Level- 4-8
Mediums-
Art
Writing
Performing
Video- Imovie
Music/ rhythm/ song
Stop motion
Meditation
Movement
Journaling
In the beginning of the year we started the class with a free journal time. This time helped us to see the students interests and to learn about them. Students would choose different ways to express themselves individually. By the end of the year students decided to get started in their bigger projects and we did not continue with the individual time routine.
Sharing
We would follow with a shared carpet time. We would often go around and do "A Rose and A Thorn" to share about our days. Towards the end of program this time became more functional where students would share their plans for the day and coordinate.
Games
We would usually play a game to help create a sense of community. We played silent ball, fruit game, Kitty wants a corner, Mafia, and many more games, usually based on the students voting, although we tried to get some new ideas in some of the time. As the class moved forward students still enjoyed the time, but often wanted to cut it short to get to work on their projects.
Create Time
Most of the class time was in student creation. We began the year with small prompts and they would create. Around January students began to focus on video and we realized our task was to help them to create clearer stories, we introduced them to different filming concepts (story-boards, foley sound, film-shots etc.) that then they would apply to their movies. As the year ended students spent most of the time creating their movies and we supported. Students were leading most of the decisions.
Every “New Narrative” has a Beginning :)
Every “New Narrative” has a Beginning :)
At the beginning of the program we had different prompts that explored and expanded our definition of Language. As a class we wrote down different languages on the board :
We facilitated a few small workshops to get them to play with Language.
To make a “New Narrative” maybe you need to make a new word
To make a “New Narrative” maybe you need to make a new word
One of the early prompts that we gave students is to think about a feeling, emotion, circumstance, anything they wished to express but did not have a word for it. The prompt was to make a “New Word”* for it, by combining two words*. These new words became the starting point for creative projects. Students choose their preferred medium of expression: writing, drawing, memes, spoken word, short video to respond to the words. From there New Narratives emerged
*This word making exercise was inspired by Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s workshop “el vocabulario b espacio narrativo / vocabulary b narrative space”
Two narratives
Two narratives
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Dopelicious: the dopelicious word became a narrative about a mouse that loves cheese, & when we asked them to do Portraits of any of the previous narratives and words, a student made a Cheessy video portrait. Maybe the word Dopelicious got lost, in the cheese video and thats cool, We were very loose on parameters, and that kept students engaged, these New words served as prompts but were never prescriptive.
Bullier: After winter break during circle time we asked students to share a new word the encountered, learned, or even new media they where exposed that then became part of their language. Bullier was one of them… Bullier became a White Board animation, then a Rosa de Guadalupe story, then a Super High, a related narrative was also Kim K Manssion Murder Mistery
& Sometimes “New Narratives” Lead to New Friendships :)
& Sometimes “New Narratives” Lead to New Friendships :)
What our students had to say about "New Narratives"
What our students had to say about "New Narratives"
SeeSaw- As the students made created they would upload their work to our class's Seesaw page. This allowed for students to both share and document the work they created.
SeeSaw- As the students made created they would upload their work to our class's Seesaw page. This allowed for students to both share and document the work they created.
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