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EmbeddedAssessment 1Creating an ArtisticRepresentation of My CultureSUGGESTED Learning Strategies: Graphic Organizer,Drafting, Self-EditingAssignmentYour assignment is to create a three-dimensional artistic representation ofyour culture and compose a written text that explains the significance of twoof the symbols you have chosen to represent yourself.StepsPlanning1. Use the graphic organizer on the next page (or one that you create) togenerate a list of symbols that represent the cultures with which youidentify. You may also draw on the “Where I’m From” poem you wrote forActivity 1.9.2. Select two symbols from each category (a total of ten) and think of anartistic method for making each symbol. You may use painting, sculpture,collage, found materials, watercolors, cut paper, ink, pastels, and/oractual artifacts or souvenirs, and so on. Remember that your final productmust be three-dimensional, not a flat surface.Creating3. Collect and/or create the objects for your artistic representation.4. Then choose two symbols from the ten you created that are especiallymeaningful to you. Write one or two paragraphs that explain thesignificance of the two symbols.Refining5. Experiment with various arrangements until you find a way to display theten objects that is aesthetically pleasing and engages your audience.6. As you look at your artistic representation, try to anticipate questionsthat your audience might have. Practice answering the questions aloud.7. When you revise your written explanation of the significance of yoursymbols, try to incorporate answers to those anticipated questionsinto your explanation. Include in your draft an explanation of how youorganized your artistic representation and why you chose to map it in thatorder.8. Edit your written explanation using the tools available to you to present atechnically sound document.9. Be prepared to share and explain your artistic representation of yourculture to a small group or in a gallery walk setting.10. End-of-Task Reflection: Did people read my symbols in the way that Ithought they would? Explain. How might I map, or organize, my artisticrepresentation differently to better communicate my ideas?© 2011 College Board. All rights reserved.24 SpringBoard® English Textual Power Level 5
EmbeddedAssessment 1continuedReview the detailed lists that you made for the Circles of Influence activity(Activity 1.9). Consider those details as well as new ones that come to mindas you list objects or artifacts that represent your culture or cultures. List asmany details or items as you can in each box. You may want to add additionalcategories.Family Sports or Hobbies Clothing EducationFood Music or Art Religion Gender Roles© 2011 College Board. All rights reserved.Highlight the five categories on the organizer that most strongly identify anddefine you culturally. Choose two items from each category to include in yourproject. (Remember, you have to represent them artistically.)Then choose two items that you feel represent you in a significant way andexplain how they symbolize you culturally.Unit 1 • Voices of Modern Culture 25
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