We began today's class with a Writer's Workshop, where students were asked to think about beginning their poems "in the midst of things." Students spent some time working with their memoir poems, and people who want me to read over and give feedback on their poem, left the poem with me.
We then talked about how we see individuation at work in Chapter Four. We mentioned that the hunt and kill of the pig, plus the chanting and dancing in this chapter both fit the criteria for deindividuation. We noted that the boys appear to have no sense of self, very little personal accountability, and their painted faces (and long hair) help them to feel more anonymous.
We then watched a clip from the Vancouver hockey riots and discussed that many of the same factors were present in this video. The differences we noted were the age of those involved, the size of the group, and the fact that in the riots, basic survival was not on the line. We will contine to consider how deindividuation presents itself in further chapters.
I distributed a quotation integration information package and asked students to read over the information before Monday. I also asked students to read Chapter 5 and prepare notes on their understanding of Jack's and Ralph's different leadership qualities and styles. It would be helpful if you noted actual quotations from the chapter, for this exercise. We will use this information to practice quotation integration on Monday.
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