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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Learning Goals
I am learning to …

interpret portions of text to analyse the text;
identify examples from the text that support the thesis statement;
organize writing by connecting ideas with transition words and phrases and use of introducing, integrating, comment formula;
apply conventions of the essay format including academic language, in-text citations, MLA format.

Last Literature Circle Blogging Day!!

You’ve read the book. You’ve made notes on the book. You’ve talked about the book. You’ve chosen a topic and you’ve conducted some research on that topic.

You are now ready to write about the book. Review the literary analysis rubric to guide your work.

Have a look at some models from other senior English courses.

Note that the above blogs are about 500 words in length. They use MLA formatting. These analyses do not include secondary sources, but if you check your rubric, you are not being assessed on that part. This assignment provides you with the opportunity to try your hand at incorporating evidence from secondary sources into your writing.

Tomorrow, we move on to the persuasive essay.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Learning Goals:

  • make interpretations from reading, ask critical questions, uncover perspectives, and engage in conversations to form conclusions;
  • use a variety of listening strategies to understand information and ideas;
  • use my understanding of the text to help me participate more effectively in group discussions;
  • identify and explain my evidence of learning.

Blogging update
1. Show Dashboard–>Reader–>Comments–>Private comments;
2. Set up a “Blog Comments” page and share with me via Assignment Submission page;
3. Review Comment Rubric;
4. Post 2 comments to blogs and copy and paste to your comment page.

Assessment Conferences

Literature Circle #2