1. Literary Response and Analysis Standard 3.9: Philosophical Influences
Culture Cube
Please print this slide show, follow the directions, and staple it to your reading response.

2. Directions
Create a cube (six sides) based on a character’s family’s cultural background.
Family Treasures
Holidays
Traditional Foods
Language
Spirituality or Beliefs
Heritage

3. Family Treasures
Draw, cut-out, insert clip-art, or download a picture from the Internet that symbolizes or represents a character’s family treasure or heirloom
Brainstorm/cluster four statements around each image (three words or less)
From the character’s point of view, write a personal statement about the importance of this item in the character’s life.

4. Traditional Foods
Draw, cut-out, insert clip-art, or download a picture from the Internet that symbolizes or represents traditional foods the character’s family makes or would make
Brainstorm/cluster four statements around each image (three words or less)
From the character’s point of view, write a personal statement about the importance of this food in the character’s life.

5. Holidays or Celebrations
Draw, cut-out, insert clip-art, or download a picture from the Internet that symbolizes or represents the holidays or celebrations your family observes
Brainstorm/cluster four statements around each image (three words or less)
From the character’s point of view, write a personal statement about the importance of cultural celebration or holidays in the character’s life

6. Language
Draw, cut-out, insert clip-art, or download a picture from the Internet that symbolizes or represents the language or languages your family speaks
Brainstorm/cluster four statements around each image (three words or less)
From the character’s point of view, write a personal statement about the importance of her or his native language in the character’s life

7. Spirituality or Beliefs
Draw, cut-out, insert clip-art, or download a picture from the Internet that symbolizes or represents your family’s spirituality or other beliefs
Brainstorm/cluster four statements around each image (three words or less)
From the character’s point of view, write a personal statement about the importance of spirituality or beliefs in the character’s life

8. Heritage
Draw, cut-out, insert clip-art, or download a picture from the Internet that symbolizes or represents your family’s cultural heritage
Brainstorm/cluster four statements around each image (three words or less)
From the character’s point of view, write a personal statement about the importance of heritage item in the character’s life.

9. Guidelines All work must be colorful
The cube must be taped or glued together over a box
Cube can be made of paper, wood, plastic, etc.
Neatness counts!
Be original, creative, even unusual

10. (See next slide for Bloom’s Taxonomy Grading Scale)
Grading Criteria
6 Images Related to Topic
6 Personal Statements (from Point of View of the Character)
6 Brainstorms (each 3 words or less)
Multi-colored
Creativity = 4 Points
(See next slide for Bloom’s Taxonomy Grading Scale)

11. Mr. J’s Video Quick Tip

12. Secondary Literacy Summit X December 2010
Writing Standard 1.3: Organization and Focus
Secondary Literacy Summit X December 2010
Creativity
California Department of Education
Evaluation
Write one sentence explaining what you did well according to the skill being learned using the language of Bloom’s taxonomy. Then, write one more sentence explaining what you could do better or differently next time and how you could move up one level on Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Higher Order Thinking Skills
4.5 to 5/A
3.5 to 4.4/B
2.5 to 3.4/C
1.5 to 2.4/L
.1 to 1.4/K
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Student Directions for Written Evaluation
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Grading Scale
0 Errors = 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - = 1.5/L to 2.4/L
1 Errors = 3.5/B to 4.4/B Errors = .1/K to 1.4/K
2 Errors = 2.5/C to 3.4/C
Brian Jeffrey mrjeffrey.com (909)

13. Culture Cube