After today's lit circles:
* How's your group going?
* How are you progressing through your book? Are you enjoying it?
* Any obstacles or challenges?
* Any suggestions?
Write a solid paragraph (75-100 words)
Showing posts with label Fall journals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall journals. Show all posts
Friday, February 3, 2012
Journal #54
What's one thing you wish adults understood about teenagers?
OR
What's the weirdest part of the high school experience?
Write a solid paragraph - 75-100 words.
OR
What's the weirdest part of the high school experience?
Write a solid paragraph - 75-100 words.
Journal #53
Literary "sampling."
Take a line from your book. Use it to create something new--as the start of a new story / scene, poem, rap, etc.
Take a line from your book. Use it to create something new--as the start of a new story / scene, poem, rap, etc.
Journal #52
Preparation for today's literature circles. Write about your novel:
Character
* Who is the protagonist of your story?
* What is that character like? Physical features? Personality? Other important traits?
* What makes you sympathetic to the protagonist? Is s/he likable? How well do you relate to the protagonist?
* Is there an antagonist? If so, who?
Conflict
* What is the primary conflict? What type is it?
* Are there any secondary conflicts?
* How do these conflicts keep the story moving forward?
* Are the conflicts realistic?
* Can you predict the resolution of the primary conflict?
Character
* Who is the protagonist of your story?
* What is that character like? Physical features? Personality? Other important traits?
* What makes you sympathetic to the protagonist? Is s/he likable? How well do you relate to the protagonist?
* Is there an antagonist? If so, who?
Conflict
* What is the primary conflict? What type is it?
* Are there any secondary conflicts?
* How do these conflicts keep the story moving forward?
* Are the conflicts realistic?
* Can you predict the resolution of the primary conflict?
Monday, January 30, 2012
Journal #51
Narrate your life in the 3rd person.
Indirectly characterize yourself.
In other words, give us a clue to your personality WITHOUT directly telling us about it.
"Show, don't tell."
Indirectly characterize yourself.
In other words, give us a clue to your personality WITHOUT directly telling us about it.
"Show, don't tell."
Journal #50
Reflect on your first-ever literature circle.
1. What did you do?
2. How did you do individually?
3. How did you do as a group?
4. What should you do differently next time?
1. What did you do?
2. How did you do individually?
3. How did you do as a group?
4. What should you do differently next time?
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Journal #49
Some thoughts: use as many as you like to write a solid paragraph about your first experience with this book.
What are your initial impressions of the book?
What do you think about the main character (protagonist)?
How does the author draw you into the story?
Which seems most important so far: setting, plot, character? Why?
What's the very first sentence? How does it "hook" you?
What are your initial impressions of the book?
What do you think about the main character (protagonist)?
How does the author draw you into the story?
Which seems most important so far: setting, plot, character? Why?
What's the very first sentence? How does it "hook" you?
Journal #48
Write a story about winter--true, or fictional--and we'll try to guess if it's true.
1 page or so.
You might write about...
* Being trapped in the storm
* A winter vacation
* ?
If it's true, make it seem like fiction--dramatic and detailed!
If it's a tall tale, make it realistic enough to fool people!
1 page or so.
You might write about...
* Being trapped in the storm
* A winter vacation
* ?
If it's true, make it seem like fiction--dramatic and detailed!
If it's a tall tale, make it realistic enough to fool people!
Journal #47
* How can I improve my teaching?
* How can we improve as a class?
* What are we doing well?
* What would you like to do / see in the future?
* How can we improve as a class?
* What are we doing well?
* What would you like to do / see in the future?
Journal #46
1. Imagine yourself as an expert on teenage behavior and issues. You might be...
* Psychologist
* Teacher / school official
* Law enforcement officer
* Parent
* Social worker / counselor
* Journalist
* Scientist
* ???
Write about teenage issues FROM YOUR IMAGINED PERSPECTIVE. In other words, you'll pretend to be that expert. (Don't forget to give yourself an official title!)
2. When finished, reflect on the experience.
If you participated, describe how. If you didn't, explain why--and how you could have.
* Psychologist
* Teacher / school official
* Law enforcement officer
* Parent
* Social worker / counselor
* Journalist
* Scientist
* ???
Write about teenage issues FROM YOUR IMAGINED PERSPECTIVE. In other words, you'll pretend to be that expert. (Don't forget to give yourself an official title!)
2. When finished, reflect on the experience.
If you participated, describe how. If you didn't, explain why--and how you could have.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Journal #45
Either...
* Pick an interesting word from today's reading. Write about what it means, why it's interesting, how it connects to the story
OR
* Stump Mr. Anderson! A word, plus a multiple choice list of definitions
* Pick an interesting word from today's reading. Write about what it means, why it's interesting, how it connects to the story
OR
* Stump Mr. Anderson! A word, plus a multiple choice list of definitions
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Journal #44 (the reading process)
The basics are below. Mr. Anderson elaborated on them in-class.
1. Prepare
What you do before you read.
2. First Dare
Reading for the first time.
3. Repair
What you do to check / fix understanding.
4. Share
Discussing, drawing, writing, reflecting...
1. Prepare
What you do before you read.
2. First Dare
Reading for the first time.
3. Repair
What you do to check / fix understanding.
4. Share
Discussing, drawing, writing, reflecting...
Monday, January 9, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Journal #41
Choose any one of the following prompts.
Write for 10 minutes.
Have you made any resolutions for the new year? Explain. (If not--why not? What are your thoughts on resolutions?)
How was your break? (If you traveled, describe your odyssey back home as an adventure--a hero's journey.)
What comes to mind when you think of revenge?
Write for 10 minutes.
Have you made any resolutions for the new year? Explain. (If not--why not? What are your thoughts on resolutions?)
How was your break? (If you traveled, describe your odyssey back home as an adventure--a hero's journey.)
What comes to mind when you think of revenge?
Friday, December 16, 2011
Journal #40
After today's reading...
* Choose a part of the book that you find particularly interesting or well done
* Quote from it
* Explain why you chose it
100 words minimum
* Choose a part of the book that you find particularly interesting or well done
* Quote from it
* Explain why you chose it
100 words minimum
Friday, December 9, 2011
Journal #38
After today's reading time (30 min), write a letter to the author of your story, asking questions or making comments on situations, characters, etc.
If your letter is short, write another one--a response from the author!
100 words minimum (in total)
If your letter is short, write another one--a response from the author!
100 words minimum (in total)
Journal #37
Notes on today's presentations (summarizing books 1-7 of The Odyssey).
* Major plot points
* Important characters
* Concepts / words
* Mr. A fills in the gaps
* Major plot points
* Important characters
* Concepts / words
* Mr. A fills in the gaps
Friday, December 2, 2011
Journal #36
How are you?
* Academic focus
* Any other relevant information
* Whatever's on your mind
Start your piece, "Dear Mr. Anderson," and go from there.
1/2 page or more
* Academic focus
* Any other relevant information
* Whatever's on your mind
Start your piece, "Dear Mr. Anderson," and go from there.
1/2 page or more
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