Personal and Cultural Identity
ASSIGNMENT 4: Oral Language
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Learning Target (Curricular Competencies):
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Task:
It is important to make connections to First Peoples' worldviews. Therefore, make inferences and predictions and draw conclusions. Read the text aloud or listen to it read aloud. Try to summarize or paraphrase and then determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases to better clarify meaning. Then reflect on your predictions, and connections you made during the reading.
Features and structures to derive meaning from oral language include:
- Context
- Text structures
- Syntax
- Diction
- Usage conventions
- Rhetorical devices
- Vocal techniques
- Nonverbal techniques
- Idiomatic expressions
Further explanation of these terms can be found at Literary Definitions.
Use this strategy as you read and listen to Buffy Sainte-Marie's song "Now That The Buffalo's Gone".
Buffy Sainte-Marie is a Canadian, Cree songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. Her lyrics accompany this audio recording. Some words have been changed.
Assignment:
Follow along with her song and write a 200-300 word personal response that explains and supports your personal response to the poem by making comparisons to other ideas and concepts; relates reactions and emotions to understanding of the poem; develops opinions using reasons and evidence; suggests contextual influences and relationships. There is no wrong response here. Try to identify literary devices such as allusion, metaphor and explain their purpose in the song. What does the title of song mean?
Assessment: Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.
Learning Target: (Exemplary 6/6): Exemplary comprehension of the task and clear accomplishment of the objective. Student demonstrates exemplary active reading and listening skills to comprehend and respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways. Student generates an exemplary personal response that thoughtfully considers a First Peoples' perspective with explanation and support.
Written Expression: Exemplary (6/6): Sentence structure and vocabulary are varied, skillfully written, and carefully chosen. Work has been proofread and there are few or no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Content contributes to the central idea and makes insightful connections with logical organization.
Submission:
Use the "3.4 Oral Language" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.