Two posts this week as usual:
1. Reading Response: you may respond to an outside reading book or a short story, or you can reflect on your literacy narrative. If you are responding to outside reading, you may want to consider using the class work we've done with plot, character, and setting, and the terms related to these elements of fiction.
Reading Log: Include outside reading, short story reading, and work on your literacy narrative outside of class.
2. Dear ____-year-old: Watch the video "How to Age Gracefully" (from CBC Radio WireTap). Write a letter of advice to someone at an age that you have passed, based on your experiences. Make it interesting - try to avoid things they might hear frequently! (Yes, it should be longer than the advice in the video - please make it the standard 2-paragraph length).
Friday, September 25, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Week 6 - Posts for 9/21
2 posts this week as usual:
1. Reading response: You may respond to your outside reading book or "Harrison Bergeron." Please consider either identifying questions at levels 1, 2, and 3 (explanations here) or describing the plot map so far in your outside reading book.
Reading details: please include time spent working on the literacy narrative outside of class, and time spent reading short stories.
2. Free post! Remember that free post does not mean rambling stream-of-consciousness; choose an interesting topic and use the traits of good writing.
1. Reading response: You may respond to your outside reading book or "Harrison Bergeron." Please consider either identifying questions at levels 1, 2, and 3 (explanations here) or describing the plot map so far in your outside reading book.
Reading details: please include time spent working on the literacy narrative outside of class, and time spent reading short stories.
2. Free post! Remember that free post does not mean rambling stream-of-consciousness; choose an interesting topic and use the traits of good writing.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Week 5: Posts for 9/14
As we get the hang of blogging, the scoring on these will get a bit tougher. Make sure you are writing a minimum of 2 fully developed paragraphs (a minimum of five sentences, but five short sentences may not give you a developed paragraph). Don't summarize what happened in your book.
Our posts for this week:
1 - Reading response - push yourself for new things to talk about and use the sentence starters (Bb: Reading and Literature / Outside Reading) to guide you. Alternatively, you can update us on your literacy narrative (what you are excited about, what you are struggling with, what you have questions about, what you'd like advice on from your classmates).
**Please include your reading / working time this week, including all time you spent on your literacy narrative outside of class.
2 - Dialogue - your second post should be a dialogue between at least two people or characters. It should be engaging and be punctuated and formatted correctly. The length and substance should be equivalent to a regular blog post, though you will have more than two paragraphs if you are formatting correctly. Here are some ideas for conversations:
- a conversation between two liars in which each line has a double meaning
- a conversation among three characters in which no line is more than three words long
- an exchange between two characters in which one character only asks questions and the other only answers
- a conversation between two characters from two different books or works (make sure to tell us who the characters are and what books they come from)
Our posts for this week:
1 - Reading response - push yourself for new things to talk about and use the sentence starters (Bb: Reading and Literature / Outside Reading) to guide you. Alternatively, you can update us on your literacy narrative (what you are excited about, what you are struggling with, what you have questions about, what you'd like advice on from your classmates).
**Please include your reading / working time this week, including all time you spent on your literacy narrative outside of class.
2 - Dialogue - your second post should be a dialogue between at least two people or characters. It should be engaging and be punctuated and formatted correctly. The length and substance should be equivalent to a regular blog post, though you will have more than two paragraphs if you are formatting correctly. Here are some ideas for conversations:
- a conversation between two liars in which each line has a double meaning
- a conversation among three characters in which no line is more than three words long
- an exchange between two characters in which one character only asks questions and the other only answers
- a conversation between two characters from two different books or works (make sure to tell us who the characters are and what books they come from)
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Week 4: Posts for 9/8
Note: Due to Labor Day, blogs this week will be due on Tuesday instead of Monday.
Post 1: Reading Response! Two developed paragraphs with minimal plot summary. If you are struggling with what to respond to, try reading as a writer: How does the author engage the reader's attention? What do you notice about how the book is structured? What examples do you see of personality, emotion, or vivid detail in the voice? (Quote if appropriate)
Remember your reading details!
Post 2: This week falls between the anniversaries of two major tragedies of the 21st century. For your second post this week, please read or view something related to either Hurricane Katrina or September 11th and write a 2-paragraph response. If you choose to read something (anything from a poem, article, or short story to a novel or nonfiction book), count all of the time toward your 120 minutes. If you choose to view something (like a documentary), you may count up to 30 minutes toward your reading time for the week.
Reading Ideas:
Katrina: Blood Dazzler (poems by Patricia Smith), A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge (graphic novel by Josh Neufield), Zeitoun (nonfiction narrative by Dave Eggers), Voices from the Storm (oral histories of storm survivors, edited by Lola Vollen and Chris Ying)
9/11: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (novel by Jonathan Safran Foer), several other possibilities
Post 1: Reading Response! Two developed paragraphs with minimal plot summary. If you are struggling with what to respond to, try reading as a writer: How does the author engage the reader's attention? What do you notice about how the book is structured? What examples do you see of personality, emotion, or vivid detail in the voice? (Quote if appropriate)
Remember your reading details!
Post 2: This week falls between the anniversaries of two major tragedies of the 21st century. For your second post this week, please read or view something related to either Hurricane Katrina or September 11th and write a 2-paragraph response. If you choose to read something (anything from a poem, article, or short story to a novel or nonfiction book), count all of the time toward your 120 minutes. If you choose to view something (like a documentary), you may count up to 30 minutes toward your reading time for the week.
Reading Ideas:
Katrina: Blood Dazzler (poems by Patricia Smith), A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge (graphic novel by Josh Neufield), Zeitoun (nonfiction narrative by Dave Eggers), Voices from the Storm (oral histories of storm survivors, edited by Lola Vollen and Chris Ying)
9/11: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (novel by Jonathan Safran Foer), several other possibilities
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