Take out your copy of yesterday’s poem “Dry” by Fatimah Asghar.

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Reflect on the following two prompts in your notebook:

1. Speculate on Asghar’s purpose of the poem. Why did Asghar write the poem? What is its message?
2. Do you see yourself in the poem? Explain.

Warm Up

Game Plan

• ^{Review TAS assignment: persona poem}
• ^{Reminder: SID- pages 38-58 (finish Autumn)}
• ^{Sachi, Kendall, William leading discussion (questions due before class time tomorrow)}
• ^{Exploring, Critiquing, & Reflecting on early messages of beauty.}

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Learning Goals:

• I can identify, reflect, and critique early messages of beauty I received.
• I can apply an intersectional lens as I analyze messages of beauty.

Early messages of beauty

As a child, what images of people formed your concept of beauty?

To what extent did your family impact your concept of beauty? Your friends? The media?

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On your phone, find an image that impacted your concept of beauty as a child.

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Katie Holmes- Dawson’s Creek

Felicity!

Reflecting & Critiquing

How and why did the image you select teach you about your early notions of beauty?

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Can you critique the message you internalized as a child?

Messages that challenge

Can you think of any current texts (films, books, music, comedy, artists, etc) that challenge traditional messages of beauty?