INDEPENDENT NOVEL STUDY
Checkpoint #1: Setting
STUDENT GOALS
By the end of the week, you will be able to:
By the end of the week, you will be able to:
- identify descriptions of setting in the first 1/4th of their novels
- identify four effects setting
- analyze the role setting plays in creating meaning in your novel
1. Open this Mini-Lesson on the Effects of Setting. Take notes in the left column of your study guide.
2. Practice noticing the EFFECTS OF SETTING with the videos below. Watch all three; then, determine where you would like to live and why! Write about it in the right column of your study guide. You'll be writing about the MOOD & ATMOSPHERE of the place, how you would INTERACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, the SOCIO-ECONOMIC context of the place, and any emerging MOTIFS or THEMES to the location.
3. Begin SSR, paying close attention to:
2. Practice noticing the EFFECTS OF SETTING with the videos below. Watch all three; then, determine where you would like to live and why! Write about it in the right column of your study guide. You'll be writing about the MOOD & ATMOSPHERE of the place, how you would INTERACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, the SOCIO-ECONOMIC context of the place, and any emerging MOTIFS or THEMES to the location.
3. Begin SSR, paying close attention to:
- descriptions of setting. Write some page numbers in the margin of your study guide.
- summaries. Every 10 pages, pause, reflect, summarize.
Checkpoint #2: Investigating Social Context
STUDENT GOALS
By the end of the week, students will be able to:
By the end of the week, students will be able to:
- identify elements of a story's context: political, social, historical, or cultural.
- conduct research on contextual elements in the novel
- determine how the author uses political, social, historical, or cultural context in the novel
1. Read/download this "Wagah" excerpt.
3. How does investigating cultural context improve and inform your reading?
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Checkpoint #3: Conflict & Paradox
STUDENT GOALS:
By the end of the week, you will be able to:
By the end of the week, you will be able to:
- identify the different types of external and internal conflicts, playing out in the 3/4th of your novel.
- identify a paradox within a conflict.
- discuss the complexities of the conflicts in your book, using textual evidence and reasoning (your explanations)
MONDAY: Types of EXternal Conflicts + SSR time
TUESDAY: Open Types of INternal Conflicts and Situational Paradox to take notes on paradox. Then add to your notes after watching the two videos on the right. Lastly, save the second have of the period for SSR time. WEDNESDAY: Practice writing about conflict and situational paradox in "Summer's Choice." Note: These practices are due for credit when the checkpoint is due. THURSDAY: Practice writing about conflict and situational paradox in the "climbing accident" and "man overboard" film clips on the right. Note: These practices are due for credit when the checkpoint is due. CONSULT the pointers below and to the right, on how to "Analyze the Complexity of Conflict." Use these guidelines to improve your writing due Friday. FRIDAY: Checkpoint #3 is due at the end of the period. Review the Student Goals. Did you meet them? |
"climbing accident" "man overboard"
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Checkpoint #4: Resolution & the use of Figurative Language
1. REVIEW LITERARY DEVICES in this quick moving tutorial with lots of examples in pop culture -- TV, movies, music, commercials and more.
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2. PRACTICE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Go to the "Practice Quizzes" box on the cover page of your packet. Watch this video and quiz yourself with 20 out of the 30+ questions posed in the video. (You'll see a couple of repeats from the first video.)
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PREPPING FOR YOUR 5 ANALYSIS OPTIONS The second part of checkpoint #4 requires you to analyze different aspects of the resolutions in your novel. Review the literary techniques highlighted below before making your analysis choices.
1. MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF WORDS is one of the things that makes language so versatile, changeable, and amazing. Watch this video to consider the ways the words in your title are being used. After reading the novel, can you see multiple "plays" on any of the words? (Note: the video is titled connotation and denotation, but it's really exploring multiple meanings of words--denotations-- NOT connotation.)
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2. CONNOTATION AND DENOTATION is when the writer plays on a literal definition and an implied underlying emotional meaning -- that's different than multiple meanings (denotations) of a word. So, consider how your title has denotative as well as connotative meanings.
3. ACROSTIC BOOK TITLE is another choice for your 5 analysis options. See an example here for the book Flight by Sherman Alexie. Notice how it is focused on the last 1/4 of the novel.
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4. FORESHADOWING Can you spot how it works in this classic film?
5. ANOTHER LOOK AT FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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