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Planning for Prison 10/30

By Butterfly Wings
October 29, 2015 - 22:52
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Friday Group Planning Notes

1) Introductions 

2) Re-emphasize guidelines (how do people feel about trying popcorn style vs no hands, reassert step up step back) - maybe try a check-in re:where they're coming from and how they learn best

3) Writing a scene that they feel was missing from "Burial at Thebes" [could alternatively expand on a scene that exists] --> reflection --> discussion with small group [broken into who would and wouldn't be comfortable performing]--> sharing with group as a whole [either performing it as a group or just describing it]

4) Assess the space- how are people feeling about Antigone? Do the scenes add to your appreciation of the play? 

         TWO ALTERNATE WAYS OF PROCEDING

5a) PRO-ANTIGONE:  Discuss a scene from Antigone (one we didn't get to last week) 

5b) Turn to the person next to you and discuss yourself as a reader, then Pass out "Brothers and Keepers" and introduce the book 

         MERGE IN THE ENDING

6) [Pass out "brothers and keepers to those who didn't receive it already, brief intro]
     Initial Thoughts (particuarly from those who have read it)? Where do you want to go next week (ideas for discussions or activities?)?

7) Final Thoughts/Conclusions

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Submitted by kregensburg on October 30, 2015 - 01:48

Fun Question: Halloween themed?? If you could be any candy bar what would you be?

Summary: Brothers and Keepers presents the Wideman brothers' accounts of how one wound up in prison for murder, while the other, coming from the exact same community and background, was able to at least theoretically escape the powerful grip of the ghetto.

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Submitted by kregensburg on October 30, 2015 - 11:35

1)     Introductions 

  1. Fun question: If you could be any candy bar what would you be?

2)     Re-emphasize guidelines (how do people feel about trying popcorn style vs no hands, reassert step up step back)

  1.  maybe try a check-in re:where they're coming from and how they learn best
  2. Collectively we would like to agree on a set of guidelines that will ensure that everyone feels they have the opportunity to participate in the capacity that best suits them as well as to help facilitate discussion between us  
  3. Demonstrate respect for each otherEnsure not one person or group of people dominates the floor
  4. Step up, step back (if you realize that you have been speaking more often than others step back so as to allow other voices to be heard as well as if you realize you have yet to contribute feel free to enter the conversation)
  5. Assume good will of others

3)     Writing a scene that they feel was missing from "Burial at Thebes" [could alternatively expand on a scene that exists] --> reflection --> discussion with small group [broken into who would and wouldn't be comfortable performing]--> sharing with group as a whole [either performing it as a group or just describing it]

4)     Assess the space- how are people feeling about Antigone? Do the scenes add to your appreciation of the play? 

5)     TWO ALTERNATE WAYS OF PROCEDING

  1. 5a) PRO-ANTIGONE:  Discuss a scene from Antigone (one we didn't get to last week) 
  2. 5b) Turn to the person next to you and discuss yourself as a reader, then Pass out "Brothers and Keepers" and introduce the book 

6)     MERGE IN THE ENDING

7)     6) [Pass out "brothers and keepers to those who didn't receive it already, brief intro]
     Initial Thoughts (particularly from those who have read it)? Where do you want to go next week (ideas for discussions or activities?)?

  1. Brothers and Keepers presents the Wideman brothers' accounts of how one wound up in prison for murder, while the other, coming from the exact same community and background, was able to at least theoretically escape the powerful grip of the ghetto.

8)     7) Final Thoughts/Conclusions