Thursday September 26th, 2024

Task 1: Book Talk for the Literature Circles

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Task 3: Preview Assignment: Background Information Assignment.

 

 

Tuesday October 1st, 2023

Task 1: Students work on Background Information Assignment

Post the visual of your Background Information Visual on your blog. I will be checking during tomorrow’s class. 

Wednesday October 2nd, 2024

Task 1: Discuss Effective Questioning PowerPoint

Task 2: Do a closed reading of a children’s book. Students generate questions that would be potential good discussion questions.

Task 3: Do a closed reading of a children’s book. Students complete the Effective Questioning Worksheet.

Task 4: Students participate in a 15-minute discussion based on their 2 best questions. Students will be in groups of 3.

Task 5: Go over Expectations for Lit Discussions

Task 6: Go over Literary Lens PowerPoint and expectations for the Literary Circles.

Task 7: Go over the Literary Lenses for Historical Lens/Reader Response

• Discussion #1- Your goal is to fully discuss the role that family has in shaping a person’s identity so far in the novel from the first few chapters.
• SAMPLE QUESTIONS
• Do you believe that the characters so far in your novel are a product of the time? Why or why not?
• What background information do we need to know before someone starts reading this novel?
• What do you like about novel so far?
• Your group leader will need to come up with 3 or 4 questions for you first discussion. Use the Bloom’s taxonomy sample question to generate questions for your discussion.

In preparation of the first discussion please work on the following assignment:

Thursday October 4th, 2024

Task 1: Non-Fiction Identity Worksheet.

Half the class will read Coming Out article and half the class will be reading the Artist article. Once you have read their articles, students will sit with someone who has the other article. They will summarize the article and then work together to find the similarities and the differences between the two articles.

Article A: Coming Out

Article B: How an Artist

Task 2: Students work on Non Fiction Identity Worksheet and go over the responses from the worksheet.

Task 3: Discuss the Non-Fiction Article with another student.

Task 4: Tutorial on using the Microphones

Task 5: Students prepare for Discussion #1

 

Friday October 4th, 2024

Task 1: Students prepare for Discussion #1

 

Monday October 7th, 2024

Task 1: Discussion #1 Historical Lens/Reader Response

Students will conduct their first discussion. Students will record that discussion and upload the discussion on TEAMS.

Task 2:  Discussion #2 Topic- Psychological Lens

 

Tuesday October 8th, 2024

Task 1: Go over the Id, Ego and SuperEgo

Example 1

Example #2

Task 3: Go over Psychological Lens Ignite Assignment

Option 1- Dave Cooks a Turkey by Stuart McLean

Option 2: Joe the Painter and the Deer Lake Massacre by Thomas King

Option 3: The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury

Option 4: Popular Mechanics by Raymond Craver

Task 4: Students work on their Psychological Lens Ignite Presentation

 

Wednesday October 9th, 2024

Task 1: Students continue working on their presentation. 

Task 2: Students present their Psychological Lens Ignite Presentation. You are only presenting to your lit group members.

At the end of each presentation ask the following two questions:

1. What did you like about the presentation?
2. What did you wonder about the presentation?

You are posting your responses to these two questions in your group channel on TEAMS. This is part of the group’s mark so identify which presentation that you are referring to in your response.

Task 3: Students prepare for the second discussion: Psychological Lens

• Discussion #2: Your goal is to fully discuss the big events from your novel from the psychological lens. Think about the plot, character, symbols, irony, and other literary devices through this lens.
• Sample Questions
• What major event has impacted the protagonist and how did they respond in terms of Id, Ego and SuperEgo?
• In terms of your character’s actions do they naturally respond as one of the Id, Ego or SuperEgo?
• Pick one other character other that is in your story who overtly exemplified one of the Id, Ego or SuperEgo at this point in the novel?
• Come up with 2 or 3 more questions on your own for this discussion.

 

Thursday October 10th, 2024

Task 1: Students prepare for discussion #2: Psychological Lens

 

Tuesday October 15th, 2024

Task 1: Students participate in Discussion #2: Psychological Lens

Task 2: Go over the Feminist Lens

Wednesday October 16th, 2024

Task 1: Go over the Feminist Lens Ad Activity

Task 2: Show the following two clips to the class

Example #1

Example #2

Task 3: Feminist Stereotypes (Look for how are females and men are portrayed in this cartoon?)

 

Fill this in as you are watching the cartoon: Cinderella (1934).

Thursday October 17th, 2024, and Friday October 18th, 2024.

Task 1: Students will start the Feminist Lens Paragraph Assignment

Task 2: Students worked on the Feminist Lens Written Assignment

Task 3: Prepare for Discussion #3- Feminist Lens

• Discussion #3- Your goal is to fully discuss the Feminist Lens and how it connects to your novel from the next few chapters of either book.
• Sample Questions
• What would life be like if the protagonist was of the opposite gender?
• How are women viewed within this society?
• Do you believe that the female characters in your novel are good and strong role models for other females?
• Your group leader must come up with three more discussion questions that you would post in your Group Channel on TEAMS.

Monday October 21st, 2024

Task 1: Students participate in Discussion #3

Task 2: Talk about Ecocentrism Lens and Archetype Lens

Archetype Lens

Example of other Archetypes

Tuesday October 22nd, 2024

Task 1: Go over video

Ecocentrism Lens

Task 2: Ecocentrism and Archetype Worksheet

Task 3: Ecocentrism Write

Wednesday October 23rd, 2024 and Thursday October 24th, 2024

Task 1: Students complete their Ecocentrism Lens Write

Task 2: Students prepare for the fourth discussion: Archetypal Lens/Ecocentrism Lens

• Discussion #4- Your goal is to fully discuss the role that archetypes has in shaping events, characters and other literary elements in the novel from the next few chapters.
• SAMPLE QUESTIONS
• Do you think that man and nature are equal in your novel? Why or why not?
• How has the protagonist’s archetype changed in your novel?
• Do you think that nature has been a key part of your novel so far? Why or why not?
• Use the Bloom’s taxonomy sample question to generate questions for your discussion.

Monday October 28th, 2024

Task 1: Students participate in Discussion #4

Task 2: Start preparation for the Lit Circle Novel Research Paper

Task 3: Go over New Criticism and Reader Response Lens

• Discussion #5- Your goal is to fully discuss the criticism lens so far in the novel from the first few chapters.

• Sample Questions
• What literary devices were most helpful in better understanding your novel?
• What lessons can we learn from the novel?
• Which literary devices did the author rely on the most in the novel? Do you believe it enhanced the story or not?
• Come up with two more questions on your own for this discussion.

New Criticism

Tuesday October 29th, 2024

Task 1: Start preparation for the Lit Circle Novel Research Paper

Wednesday October 30th, 2024 to Friday November 1st, 2024

Task 1: Students prepare for Discussion #5

• Discussion #5- Your goal is to fully discuss the criticism lens so far in the novel from the first few chapters.

• Sample Questions
• What literary devices were most helpful in better understanding your novel?
• What lessons can we learn from the novel?
• Which literary devices did the author rely on the most in the novel? Do you believe it enhanced the story or not?
• Come up with two more questions on your own for this discussion.

Task 2: Students work on their Novel Synthesis Research Essay

Monday November 4th, 2024, and Tuesday November 5th, 2024

Task 1: Students participate in Discussion #5

Task 2: Students continue to work on their Synthesis Research Essay

Wednesday November 6th, 2024

Task 1: Community Connections Novel Project 

Brainstorming Sheet

Brainstorming sheet- Community

Helpful Tips:

Task 2: Draft Essay Peer Edit Review