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** DIGITAL IMAGES (DI) ACTIVITIES **
====**Directions:** Work together to complete the activities below. You should have a **group leader** //(to keep you on task)//, an **archivist or two** //(to type and post onto your group's wiki page)//, and a **timekeeper** //(to move you along the steps)//. Each group member should contribute ideas and participate. Each of you should serve as a **photographer** in the process at some point. Click the edit tab to begin adding your information and digital images below! Have fun!====

1. Let’s exercise your ability to //re-see the world in creative ways!// With your group, take 7-10 minutes or so to find the following and take pictures of them with your digital camera:

 * ====An image that represents a letter from the English language alphabet====
 * ====An image that represents a number====
 * ====An image that is particularly interesting and might just be dynamic in and of itself OR symbolic of something else... (think creatively here:)====
 * ====An image that is representative or symbolic of your group in some way (think very creatively here!)====

====2. Edit pictures as needed, but you will want to send and save your pictures so that you have access to them as files that you can upload into your wiki page in the table below. Post them here below using the File upload function once you click Edit! You may need to resize them once they are posted (you can do this by using the small sizing squares on the sides of the image to make it smaller). (5-7 minutes)====


 * = [[image:IMG_3163.jpg width="291" height="220"]] ||= [[image:IMG_3157.jpg width="268" height="203"]] ||= [[image:IMG_3164.jpg width="282" height="214"]] || [[image:IMG_3169.JPG width="233" height="213"]] ||
 * = ====Image representing a Letter from====

the Alphabet
||= ====Image representing a====

Number
||= ====Dynamic and/or Symbolic====

Image
|| ====Image representative or====

symbolic of your group
||

Using the young adult novel that your group identified, you will create a //**YAL Book Photo Essay!**//
====1. As a group discuss what you feel are the most important scenes, events, and quotations from your novel. Discuss why they are important and how they contribute to the meaning and impact of the novel on the reader. What is / are the message / messages conveyed through these scenes, events, and quotations.====

====2. Next, identify a mix of at least 5 key scenes, events, and quotations from your novel which are reflective of a thorough understanding of the novel as a whole. Consider your choices of key scenes, events, and quotations not only as a progression that helps tell the story of your YAL book, but also one that gets at the book's deeper meanings and impact on the reader. In other words, consider how the progression of your images help convey the books's impact and message!====

====3. Afterwards, search online for and choose images that best represent these key scenes, events, and quotations from your novel. While some may be literal, don't limit yourselves -- be creative and look for images that are symbolic and compelling in representation as well. If your book has been adapted for the screen, do __NOT__ use any stills from the movie adaptation. Avoid stock photos featuring the book cover or other promotional photographs as well!====

====4. You may want to work in pairs in your small group and divide the search for images up after you've identified your key moments and quotes. You may add to the table to include 1 or 2 more images if you want to, especially if there are additional moments you want to include / represent. Otherwise, you need at least 5 key representative images. Provide the image source (e.g., title, photographer's name & year; image URL; etc.).====

====5. Finally, provide a brief annotation explaining the significance of the image in relation to the book, including the quotation if applicable. While you do not need a quotation for every image, you should include __at least 2 key quotations__. In crafting the annotations, you may consider personal connections you may have made, but also consider how the image might represent the author's purpose and intent with the novel. Consider too whether the images make you associate with and reflect upon our contemporary world today. If so, how? What connections might exist between the world of the novel and our world today (especially with regard to young adults)?====

** STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli **


“I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag -- it looked hand-painted and at last my eyes fell into hers. I said, 'Thanks for the card.' Her smile put the sunflower to shame. She walked off.”

“She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a cork board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.”

-Her cheering for the other team at basketball games and upsetting her peers, resulted in her being shunned.

Stargirl is invited to the student-run TV show “Hot Seat”after gaining immense popularity through her school spirit. However, the two boys who host the show, as well as many other students, are upset by Stargirl’s cheering for both teams throughout the games. In this scene, the hosts grill Stargirl and attack her individuality, quirks, and personality. A changing scene in the book, her popularity in school is thereafter damaged and she is shunned by the student body.

The House on Mango Street
 "In English my names means hope. In Spanish it too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing"  "All brown all around, we are safe. But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees go shakity-shake and our car windows get rolled up tight and our eyes look straight"



"You will always be Esperanza. You will always be Mango Street. You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are." -This is really relatable for middle school students. In my experience it seems everyone wants to fit in and nobody wants to be the odd ball out. Esperanza was embarrassed about where she came from, her neighborhood, and house. In the end she realized she is who she is and nothing can change that. She learned to love herself and everything leading up made her who she is.

 "They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one  who understands them. Four skinny trees with skinny necks and  pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here."



-Toward the end of the book Esperanza was raped by a boy her friend Sally left her with. This was a turning point in Esperanza's life and she was highly effected and even though she doesn't want to talk about it the reader can draw conclusions she was group raped by these boys.

The three sisters at the end of the book tell Esperanza to make a wish and she wishes to leave Mango street. She automatically feels remorse after when making the wish because the sister guesses her wish. She tells her to come back for others who have to stay and lend a helping hand.

//** ACTIVITY 3 -- Digital Image (DI) Pedagogical Application **//
====As a group create your own creative and engaging pedagogical application in which you, as teachers, have your students making use of digital images in the context of a middle grades ELA and/or SS class. Post your idea below (at least a paragraph). You're welcome to include images as well!====