Evidence of Learning Document: Midterm Edition Day 5

Evidence of learning….Day 5. 

Deadline tonight at 11:59:59

Please check your email regularly from today right through to Monday. As I go through your document, I may need clarification or you may need to revise a mark. I will email you as I work through the document. If I don’t get replies, your mark will likely be impacted. 

There is some confusion about this overall expectation. This is a reading expectation. Sometimes we might assess our reading through writing. Other times we can assess our reading using other means like a conversation, a product (infographic or storyboard), or a graphic organizer. 

This expectation should have more clearly indicated that the evidence of learning was the graphic organizer for “On the Rainy River”. If you have already written an analyis, that’s fine. Make sure when you assess using rows #2 and #4 that you are not letting your writing interfere with what you are saying (your analysis) about the story. This expectation is evaluating your skill at “interpreting…and explaining how your understanding of literary theory helped you interpret a theme”. 

And if you haven’t written an analysis, submit your completed chart. Again make sure you are not summarizing, but that you are providing analysis. 

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Literature Circle Meeting #1 Prep

Today, you will prepare for your first literature circle.

Literature circles engage readers in rich conversations about shared readings. You can express your opinions, predictions, and questions about a text.

Today, you work independently, considering your novel and your role in the conversation. Re-read the text to generate 5 questions (some personal connections, some layered questions).

Handout

While you are preparing for your lit circle meeting, I will be conferencing with many of you for your Progress Report.

Please share your “Evidence of Learning” chart.