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Finish unit 3 vocab unit
Quiz on unit 3 Thursday
AR:
I know I said the first AR test is due tomorrow, but we have been having trouble getting to the library for books and testing due to schedule conflicts in sections 3 and 4. I think section 1 has been OK, but I am still going to hold off a week until I enter the first score into the grade book.
Response to literature piece:
I am still trying to help students understand what one looks like. I made this sheet today. It lists two suggested structures with some tips at the bottom. People write different ways. I will not say that there is one specific outline that all students should follow. The basic idea is at the bottom of this page. I did give an oral example in class today about how much I hated the movie Battleship.
Drafting a response to
literature
Structure 1 Option
You can begin drafting even
if you have not yet decided on everything you want to say. As you draft your response, think about how
to organize your ideas.
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Write an introduction that identifies the title and author of the work, gives your 1. overall response, and 2. explains the connection to your own
life.
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The piece will
be held together by this focus.
·
Begin the body by explaining why you felt as you
did.
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Elaborate
with specific examples from the literature.
This includes quotes and descriptions of scenes, among other
things.
·
Then describe how these relate to your own
life.
·
You could
comment on the author’s craft to achieve this effect on you.
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Finish with a conclusion that summarizes your response.
Structure 2 Option
Writing
a Book Review
1. First write a
one-line summary statement about the book which will serve as a heading
(teaser) for your review.
2. Open with a
lead which identifies the author, states the focus/topic of the book, and
immediately evaluates its quality (writer’s craft).
3. Name the main
characters/figures the book focuses on and give a very brief description of them
or information about them, along with a brief plot outline, but don’t give too
much away!
4. Discuss
special stylistic or literary aspects of the writing (mood, description,
imagery, emotion, PLOT ELEMENTS, flashback)
5. Express
anything else particular you found to be likeable or not likeable about the
book or express how it feels to read the book. Describe the connections
you made.
6. Try to end
your review with something catchy connected to the book that will stick with
the reader’s mind as well as sum up your opinion of the book.
7. Rate the book
on a scale of zero to five stars.
Tips:
A
good response to literature will clearly express your response to the piece of
literature. It will explain that
response and the effect the story had on you.
It will explain how the author’s crafting the story produced that
response. It will use specific quotes and scenes from the story to explain your
position.
You can start
with the idea that you liked it or didn’t like the story, but you need to
explain why. Did you not
like the characters, the plot, the resolution, etc.? Did you not identify with the theme? How would fix the story to make it better, or
what did the writer do that made the story so good?
