Digital Project

Coming Home:

A Digital Exploration of
Regret to Redemption

Digital Description:  Identifying the purposeful rhetorical choices is important for visual, aural, and print media. This mini unit asks students to explore a number of formats and to analyze how the musical artists use visuals and sound in music videos to bring about their overall message. After working trough the videos and attached worksheets, they will connect the universal theme of moving past regrets and finding redemption, using Lebron James' letter to Cleveland fans upon his return to the city. While this part of the unit will mostly focus on actual text with the use of the letter, students can also access an audio version, read by James' fans, which will help them connect more to the message.

Exploring Theme, 

Figurative Language, Imagery, and Symbolism
 in Lyrics and Videos

Skylar Grey's "Coming Home"
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Here is the worksheet we will use in class.  This will also be uploaded on Google Classroom so that you have your own copy of it.

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P. Diddy's "Coming Home"

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Here is the worksheet we will use in class.  This will also be uploaded on Google Classroom so that you have your own copy of it.

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Making Connections:

Exploring Lebron James' Essay to His Fans

You have the hard copy of the Letter. 

Paragraphs are clearly numbered on that copy. 

We will do specific analysis of this letter. 

All paperwork will be provided for you in class.

Here is the Digital Copy of the Letter

Here is Lebron's Essay Read by Fans

Works Cited for Skylar Grey:

•  "Skylar Grey I'm Coming Home (Original Live Solo)." YouTube, uploaded by ClimbTheMusic, 6 June              2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWYRtQ8aN3w. 
•  Skylar Grey in Hood I'm Coming Home. Digital Image. YouTube, 19 March 2011. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRwELMBfeEI. 6 July 2017.

Works Cited for P. Diddy:

• "Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home ft. Skylar Grey." YouTube, uploaded by DirtyMoneyVEVO, 30 November 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ImCpNqbJw. 
•  P. Diddy I'm Coming Home. Digital Image. YouTube, 30 November 2010. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k-ImCpNqbJw/maxresdefault.jpg. 6 July 2017.

Works Cited for Lebron:

• "Lebron - I'm Coming Back to Cleveland." Sports Illustrated, 11 July 2014, https://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers.
•  "Lebron's Essay Read by Fans." NBA.com, 2017.