Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Learning Goals
I am learning to…
Apply reading strategies so we can make meaning from a text;
Read different forms of texts;
Identify the elements of a variety of texts
Use evidence to support my ideas
Explain how specific choices an author makes in terms of conventions and stylistic features affect the reader’s understanding of the content of a text.

I am away today.

You are writing your literary analysis. Remember

  • It is to be no more than 500 words;
  • It needs to include evidence from the text;
  • It needs to analyze the text through the use of one of either the Reader Response perspective OR the Archetypal perspective

Support documents include:

Analyzing a Short Story Using Literary Theory  with models.

Writing about literature handout

Notes and handouts on both perspectives.

Planning includes
-annotating the text to find evidence
-make notes
-write thesis statement
-find evidence to support thesis

Write your paper. Use the Peer Editing Sheet for Literary Analysis for self-editing.

Submit your paper to Turnitin.com

Due Wednesday by 11:59 p.m.

PeerMark begins Thursday at 12:00 a.m.

PeerMark ends May 16 at 11:59 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Learning Goals
I am learning to…
Apply reading strategies so we can make meaning from a text;
Read different forms of texts;
Identify the elements of a variety of texts
Use evidence to support my ideas
Explain how specific choices an author makes in terms of conventions and stylistic features affect the reader’s understanding of the content of a text.

Today, we will review the Analyzing a Short Story Using Literary Theory handout and have a look at some models.

Students plan by
-annotating the text to find evidence
-make notes
-write thesis
-find evidence to support thesis

Write your paper. Use the Peer Editing Sheet for Literary Analysis for self-editing.

Submit your paper to Turnitin.com

Due Wednesday by 11:59 p.m.

PeerMark begins Thursday at 12:00 a.m.

PeerMark ends May 16 at 11:59 p.m.

 

 

Friday, March 11, 2016

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Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;

Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently

Today, we are doing 3 things:

I. We will practice our speaking skills.

  1. Add Vocaroo to your bookmark bar
  2. Read “History Lesson”
  3. Record poem and submit via course blog

II. Write weekly reflection in Sesame: Week #3

Add evidence. And reflect on listening, speaking, reading, writing, thinking, or creating skills.

III. Sign up for Turnitin.com

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