8TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

Rendered New Review

What does it mean to be rendered new?

Rendered = to cause or to become; to produce a copy

New = modern, present day, current, updated

Therefore… Rendered New = to become modern

How can you render something new?

Take something traditional:*traditional does not have to mean old! In this sense, it means what you would typically think of when that object/person/place etc. comes to mind

1956 Corvette -a classic car, standard doors, frame, windows, wheels and so on. When you think of a corvette, you might think of something that looks like this.

How can you render something new?

And add a modern twist!

2013 Corvette Although this is a corvette, like the 1956 one previously shown, it has been updated to be “more modern”.

Identify ways this car has been rendered new.

If something is rendered new, it has the basic design or concept as the traditional version, but it has been updated

More Rendered New Examples:

Name this traditional movie

How has it been rendered new?

More Rendered New Examples:Think of what the comic book hero Spiderman looks like….

Did something similar to this come to mind?

How is this Spiderman more modern?

Barbie is no longer just a pretty blonde!

She runs for president!

She represents working women from all races andbackgrounds

Why has Barbie’s traditional image of image of being a pretty, skinny, proper young lady been rendered new to be more powerful and independent?

Anything can be rendered new…

Characters Themes Movies Books Fairytales Pattern of Events

Can you think of any other people, places, events, movies, books, characters stories, etc. that have been rendered new? How have they been rendered new?