Aim: How can we use “The Masque of the Red Death” Mask success criteria to construct a mask, which clearly reflects the assignment for my upcoming oral and visual presentation project?
Do Now: THINK/PAIR/SHARE
Symbolism:
Refer to the Conventional Symbols Packet (found on Google Classroom).
Choose any two things from the packet, which you believe could represent you. Explain why you chose it? (Ex. What’s your spirit animal…)
When referring to the conventional symbols packet, I found that flowers and the mouse could represent me well. Flowers represent beauty, youth, strength, gentleness, and love. I usually try my best to reach for these values, and especially strength, gentleness, and love. The mouse symbolizes shyness and meekness. I try my best to speak up and participate in school, however, in social interactions I tend to be more reserved and shy. It was also a great opportunity to find out more about my classmates. Elliot mentioned that the color violet and the balloon represents him. He believes that he’s narcissistic and cool. My group member Oriana notes that the color purple represents herself. This is because she is creative, whimsical, and playful.
*If you need a refresh of what symbols and symbolisms are, here are some sources:
A symbol must be something tangible (touchable) or visible, while the idea it symbolizes must be something abstract (non-concrete or intangible) or universal.
*Following the Do Now, Ms. Peterson introduces a new project we will be doing. This project is based on “The Masque of the Red Death”. It serves as a purpose to understand symbolism from the book and ourselves in order to apply it orally and visually.
Oral Presentation Project Introduction
“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe
You have been cordially invited to attend Prince Prospero’s Masquerade Ball!
When: Monday, October 25, 2021, Before the Stroke of Midnight!
Where: The Peterson’s Ebony-Velvet Room 337! The western end of the English wing!
Attire: You are to wear and present a mask created and decorated by you! Be sure the masque is decorated and colored symbolically representative and is descriptive of the stage in your life that you are presently in, or believe best represents your personality; the masque must be representative of who you are! Be creative! You may affix artifacts to your masque that speak to, and enhance our understanding of who you are and why you chose this masque, specifically, to wear to the Masquerade Ball!
Group Written Assignment: Coupled with your masque, you will be required to assess another group’s masks. You will write a review, based on the Mask Success Criteria (see next slide) which should support the creator’s implied symbolism. Your review should discuss your group’s initial interpretation of the symbolism, followed by the creator’s true interpretation (if applicable). Either way, both should be addressed. The colors shown on your mask should predominantly correlate to the room that you would most likely be found in based on your stage of life.
Can’t wait to see you there!
Your dauntless and sagacious,
~Prince Prospero
Hahahahahahaha!
** If you want to refer back to “The Masque of the Red Death”
Mask Success Criteria:
Reviewer: How did you interpret the creator’s symbolism?
Did the student have self-awareness through their understanding and ability to articulate the stages of life?
Did the student accurately apply the use of symbolism to represent their personality? (In essence, your correct application of Symbolism is transcendent across the literature.
**Ms. Peterson notes that varying groups will be reviewing each other. It is also noted to think about the symbolism that represents you. Ms. Peterson also advises considering the different rooms and colors in “The Masque of the Red Death” to showcase what stage of life you are in and your intentions.
Tools that can help with your Mask:
Cheap masks that are accessible: Michaels, Party City, etc.
Building your own mask is also an option, you can cut it from paper and then back it with solid material like cardstock. Then, by attaching any sort of stick to the side you are completed: Mask Template
Materials that can be used include Markers, feathers, glitter-markers, gluesticks, stick-on jewels/rhinestones, and more
Mastery: Achieving Mastery would be:
Your symbolism accurately represents your stage of life.
Your chosen colors accurately depict your intentions.
Your reviewer can correctly identify your intention.
**By October 21st, you should have acquired a mask and be bringing it with you to class. The 21st and 22nd (next week) will be dedicated to working on these masks IN-CLASS.
Activities: Mask Construction- Begin reviewing the requirements and begin planning.
My group and I started by looking at inspiration pictures online. Lea brought up the idea of mass buying masks. This will make it easier for us to work and start on the project. So as a group we agreed to do so by paying the person back.
Inspirations for the mask:
The Mask of the Red Death Rooms: The seven-colored rooms in the abbey symbolizes the stages and progression of life
Blue Room: Representing the start or birth
Purple Room: Represents youth stage
Green Room: Represents the adolescent stage
Orange Room: Represents the adulthood stage
White Room: Represents the stage of old age
Violet Room: Representing imminent death
Black Room: Represents death itself
Symbols that represent me/depict my intentions:
Orange: joy, warmth, heat, sunshine/enthusiasm, determination, expression
Light: Truth, safety, warmth, and knowledge
Spring: Birth, a new beginning
Flowers: Beauty, youth, strength, gentleness, love
East: The land of birth or rebirth
Mouse: Shyness/Meekness
Rainbows: Pathways between Heaven and Earth
Materials:
Feathers
Printed flowers
Natural designs like rainbows
Mask
Jews/Rhinestones
Reflection:
Throughout this lesson, we learned how to apply our reading of “The Masque of the Red Death” to an oral and visual presentation project. When reading literature, oftentimes it is difficult to break down what the author is trying to express. Through our reading, we encountered numerous symbolisms such as the seven-colored room representing each stage of life. Using the text, we will be making a masquerade mask to represent ourselves with what we learned about symbols, colors, and objects. This includes an accurate representation of our stage of life and intentions. The lesson teaches the value and importance of symbolism as it was noted to have an impact on literature. It’s important to understand the major themes and symbolism because the author is trying to communicate through hidden meanings. Having this skill will make reading literature much more enjoyable and easy as it turns an ordinary object into something that is beyond the literal words. It also transforms the reading and adds layers to draw readers in. When reading “The Masque of the Red Death”, I had some trouble processing some of the symbols due to the overfilling details in each section. However, I will definitely apply these interpretation skills when reading literature on my own both orally and visually. This will help me understand further literature readings so I can retain the meanings the author is trying to convey.
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