Wednesday, March 12, 2014
In Class Thursday, 3/13, Friday 3/14, Monday 3/15
Thursday, 3/13:
You will get your 1984 Pre-Assessment back today or tomorrow and in class today you will work in small groups to break down the prompt for the Post-Assessment.
In small groups, make a mind map of all parts of the post-assessment question and all the approaches your group can come up with. You will work up to the last 15 minutes of class, at which time you will present your mind map of ideas to the class.
You will get your 1984 Pre-Assessment back today or tomorrow and in class today you will work in small groups to break down the prompt for the Post-Assessment.
In small groups, make a mind map of all parts of the post-assessment question and all the approaches your group can come up with. You will work up to the last 15 minutes of class, at which time you will present your mind map of ideas to the class.
Consider:
-all the parts of the question
-all the approaches to writing the essay
-consider what the action words are AND what they mean
Post-Assessment Prompt:
In 1984 by George Orwell, how does mood work on the reader and build to thematic resonance?
Friday, 3/14:
Literature Circles for The Handmaid's Tale. Design a product or presentation for The Handmaid's Tale that will demonstrate your group's level of achievement in the following standards categories:
1. Knowledge and Understanding
2. Meaningful connection to 1984
3. Appreciation of the literary conventions of fiction
4. Effective group collaboration
5. Reader response to complex text
Write a proposal that includes the following (due at the end of class on Tuesday, March 18/Wednesday, March 19 (depending on HSPE schedule):
1. Names of all group members
2. Detailed project description
3. Explanation/Justification of project idea
4. Plan for how to address all of the standards categories for grading
5. Resources needed
Each requirement on the proposal will be scored on a 0-4 scale.
What's happening Monday, March 17? 1984 Post-Assessment! Yee-haw!
Post-Assessment Prompt:
In 1984 by George Orwell, how does mood work on the reader and build to thematic resonance?
Friday, 3/14:
Literature Circles for The Handmaid's Tale. Design a product or presentation for The Handmaid's Tale that will demonstrate your group's level of achievement in the following standards categories:
1. Knowledge and Understanding
2. Meaningful connection to 1984
3. Appreciation of the literary conventions of fiction
4. Effective group collaboration
5. Reader response to complex text
Write a proposal that includes the following (due at the end of class on Tuesday, March 18/Wednesday, March 19 (depending on HSPE schedule):
1. Names of all group members
2. Detailed project description
3. Explanation/Justification of project idea
4. Plan for how to address all of the standards categories for grading
5. Resources needed
Each requirement on the proposal will be scored on a 0-4 scale.
What's happening Monday, March 17? 1984 Post-Assessment! Yee-haw!
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