the best laid plans..

the best laid plans..

Thursday, February 26, 2015

The Small Group Novel : INDEPENDENT

1. Read the book

2. Complete the blogs

3. Answer the content questions (print )

4. Complete the handouts

a. Issues Web

 - front side complete for teen society in general ....the middle should say teen culture ...branching out from there could be entries such as peer pressure, education pressure, economic pressure, relationship pressure or , better yet, categories of your choosing...compete the web from there

- back: complete as front but this time for the world of your group novel..the middle should be the title of your novel ...complete from there

b. Conflict : three types: person vs self, person, society etc...choices of person ...the result of these choices ...predict where it is going ..then recommend  better solution for the three

c. Narrative Voice:
 first column:                4 events etc from story
                       ex.  George and Lennie travel together (from Of Mice and Men)

 second column:           3  things that you can easily surmise
                       ex. George and Lennie are friends

third column:                2 examples that require inference (reading between the lines)
                        ex.  George is a very good guy who feels responsible for Lennie's welfare

forth column:               1 example from own experience
                        ex.   an example from your own experience when someone looked out for someone                                      else who was challenged in some way

complete sections on reliability of the narrator and how it affects your reading of it

d. Find a news article that deals with your issue in some way...post a link to it in your blog and explain why you chose it in relation to your novel

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