Sunday, November 18, 2012

Novel Study Posts Due November 20th

Over the next four weeks all grade 9's will be doing a novel study of their choice. Over the course of this time we will have a series of six discussion sessions as follows:

  • Novel Discussion 1 (read 1/6 of your book): November, 16th
  • Novel Discussion 2 (read 2/6 of your book): November, 19th
  • Novel Discussion 3 (read 1/2 of your book): November, 26th
  • Novel Discussion 4 (read 2/3 of your book): November, 29th
  • Novel Discussion 5 (read 5/6 of your book): December, 10th
  • Novel Discussion 6 (read final 1/6 of your book): November, 16th

Before the discussion session begins you are asked to create a 150-200 word response to either post on Edmodo or in the google doc your group is working within. These posts are due for the beginning of the discussion session and will be considered late if they come in after this. 

These posts should be either an interpretative, antidotal, or an editorial type response mirroring the work we did before the novel study began. See your Edmodo group for specific questions or themes to consider.    

Assessment will be based on the originality of the insights you bring to your response and your ability to support your insights with direct quotes from the novel or other research.  For a full 8/8 you must find genuine insights and support your ideas with quotes from the text or other sources. An undeveloped post with no supporting details will receive a 4/8. Work on taking on one idea or insight rather than engaging a series of insights.