Final Literature Circle on your CanadaReads novel is Friday. Tomorrow you will have time to create your questions and complete your Reader’s Journals.

Reader’s Journal Reminders:

1. Include detail. Your journal should demonstrate your understanding of the text. If you leave out key details, I don’t know that you read or understood it.
2. Comment on more than characterization. Have a look at your handout for more ideas to focus on, but look at word choice, imagery, symbolism, etc.
3. If something strikes you as odd or somehow disconnected, make note of it. Ask questions. Think through why it seems odd or out of place. It’s not just filler.
4. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. I’m not looking for “the right answer” here. I’m looking for your thought process. I mean it.
5. Make connections. What does this remind you of? What is it different than? (that’s a connection too)
6. When you make an observation, discuss the possible significance of that observation. Draw conclusions.
7. Have a look at the marking scheme before submitting and make sure you’ve met the expectations.

 

Today, we will take up the questions for “April Fools on Polar Circus”, and you will work on your narrative outline.

Submit it and the essay analysis via the assignment submission page.