The Nonexistent Knight.
Students study Italo Calvino within the framework of Existentialism and collaborate on inquiry-based research and presentation. They write 1500-word analysis in-class essays from an individual thesis and approach or share their understanding through art, mathematics, science, multimedia presentations, and activities. During this unit, we are lucky to hear from Professor Nolan from UWGB who teaches us about existentialism through Calvin & Hobbes.
Students study Italo Calvino within the framework of Existentialism and collaborate on inquiry-based research and presentation. They write 1500-word analysis in-class essays from an individual thesis and approach or share their understanding through art, mathematics, science, multimedia presentations, and activities. During this unit, we are lucky to hear from Professor Nolan from UWGB who teaches us about existentialism through Calvin & Hobbes.
From the Pages. . .We studied Italo Calvino's text that demonstrates unique narration, metafiction, and satire. Students transformed the book into various mediums, including a book whose story actually comes to life.
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Musical InspirationSometimes, the only way to retell a story is through an individually composed musical score. This student transformed every chapter into sound and shared the process and the product with the class.
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Literary EngineeringThis student understood the motifs of armor and shields to represent protection. His physical shield demonstrates his theme that the search for purpose is life's driving force.
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Collaborative Padlets.
Each student was tasked to share his or her researched understanding of cultural and contextual allusions in The Nonexistent Knight by Italo Calvino. They posted their knowledge in a collaborative padlet and shared their synthesis notes with the class.
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Each class offered individual interpretations and communications about the book in their collaborative padlet wall then students informally presented their posts as a class interactive discussion followed by written reflective statements.
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