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Independent Reading Assignment #4
Due Thursday, October 20.
1. What book are you reading? How long is it? How many pages have you read?
2. How is the reading going?
3. Choose a quotation from what you read on Monday (or if you were absent, from what you read at home). Write a response to the quotation that links the quotation to the book as a whole. I expect a thoughtful, specific, meaningful response.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Independent Reading Assignment #3
Role: What is the writer's role? (Some ideas: character, reporter, observer, filmmaker, object.)
Audience: Who do you imagine will be reading the writing? (Ideas: another character, newspaper reader, police listening to an eyewitness account, a film producer, your classmates.)
Format: How will you present the writing? What will it look like? (Will it look like a newspaper article, a play, a letter, a diary entry, a film proposal, an advertisement, a comic strip?)
Topic: What is the subject of the writing? YOUR MONSTER BOOK SO FAR.
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Directions:
Write down the role, audience, format, and topic. Then write the RAFT. (10+ sentences is a good guideline for an acceptable RAFT.) Turn it in on Tuesday (10/13) or Wednesday (10/14).
Audience: Who do you imagine will be reading the writing? (Ideas: another character, newspaper reader, police listening to an eyewitness account, a film producer, your classmates.)
Format: How will you present the writing? What will it look like? (Will it look like a newspaper article, a play, a letter, a diary entry, a film proposal, an advertisement, a comic strip?)
Topic: What is the subject of the writing? YOUR MONSTER BOOK SO FAR.
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Directions:
Write down the role, audience, format, and topic. Then write the RAFT. (10+ sentences is a good guideline for an acceptable RAFT.) Turn it in on Tuesday (10/13) or Wednesday (10/14).
Monday, October 4, 2010
Independent Reading Assignment #2
#2 (October 4, 2010)
Imagine that we want to convince other juniors at GHS to read these books. This week you’re going to write a very short play based on the most interesting part of your book so far. The goal of this play is to interest readers in your book in less than two minutes.
Roles: Your choice of two characters from your book.
Audience: the class of 2012 – in the auditorium.
Format: Dramatic dialogue (like a short play with each character talking at least five times). Add stage directions to create a setting and to make any actions clear. Imagine we’re going to present a piece of each of “monster” book to interest other juniors in reading them. (Don’t worry we’re not going to do this though we might read a few aloud.)
Topic: a tense, dramatic event in your book. Choose a scene that might be interesting to your peers. (The characters can experience the event or can talk about the event.)
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Example (using a scene from Beowulf)
Beowulf Puts Unferth in His Place
Beowulf (Talking loudly and confidently.): Unferth,
murderer of brothers, save your drunken prattle for lesser men. In my contest with Brecca I fought sea beasts rolling along the whale-road for hours – while you were stumbling drunk ashamed of killing your own flesh and blood. For shame.
Unferth (Looking down into his mead while Geats laugh at
him and Danes stare at him ashamed.): Well. I mean. But. Ah…
[Here each character has spoken once. In your each will speak five times.]
Imagine that we want to convince other juniors at GHS to read these books. This week you’re going to write a very short play based on the most interesting part of your book so far. The goal of this play is to interest readers in your book in less than two minutes.
Roles: Your choice of two characters from your book.
Audience: the class of 2012 – in the auditorium.
Format: Dramatic dialogue (like a short play with each character talking at least five times). Add stage directions to create a setting and to make any actions clear. Imagine we’re going to present a piece of each of “monster” book to interest other juniors in reading them. (Don’t worry we’re not going to do this though we might read a few aloud.)
Topic: a tense, dramatic event in your book. Choose a scene that might be interesting to your peers. (The characters can experience the event or can talk about the event.)
*******
Example (using a scene from Beowulf)
Beowulf Puts Unferth in His Place
Beowulf (Talking loudly and confidently.): Unferth,
murderer of brothers, save your drunken prattle for lesser men. In my contest with Brecca I fought sea beasts rolling along the whale-road for hours – while you were stumbling drunk ashamed of killing your own flesh and blood. For shame.
Unferth (Looking down into his mead while Geats laugh at
him and Danes stare at him ashamed.): Well. I mean. But. Ah…
[Here each character has spoken once. In your each will speak five times.]
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Independent Reading Assignment #1
#1 (September 29, 2010)
Role: a character from the book
Audience: your Junior English classmates
Format: informal letter
Dear C-block English,
…
Sincerely,
[the character’s name]
Topic: Have the character introduce her- or himself to the class. Include specific detail. Consider personality traits, physical traits, attitude toward others, attitude toward events, others’ attitude toward her or him, etc. (“Open response” length.)
Role: a character from the book
Audience: your Junior English classmates
Format: informal letter
Dear C-block English,
…
Sincerely,
[the character’s name]
Topic: Have the character introduce her- or himself to the class. Include specific detail. Consider personality traits, physical traits, attitude toward others, attitude toward events, others’ attitude toward her or him, etc. (“Open response” length.)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Reflection on the unit's big ideas
1. For you what are the ideal characteristics of a hero? Who has these characteristics? Explain.
2. Tell a story in which you depict heroism. As you tell the story reflect on what the story suggests about heroism.
3. For you what real world people or things are monstrous. Explain what characteristics make them monstrous.
4. Tell a story in which you depict a real world monster. As you tell the story reflect on what the story suggests about monsters.
2. Tell a story in which you depict heroism. As you tell the story reflect on what the story suggests about heroism.
3. For you what real world people or things are monstrous. Explain what characteristics make them monstrous.
4. Tell a story in which you depict a real world monster. As you tell the story reflect on what the story suggests about monsters.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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