Friday, August 28, 2009

English 11 Be True to Your School Reading Assignment

Below is the reading schedule for Be True to Your School. The dates listed below are all Fridays.

Sept 4- complete January-February
Sept 11-complete March-May
Sept 18-complete June-August
Sept. 25-complete September-October
Oct. 2-complete November-December

Students may certainly read ahead. There will be weekly in-class responses and students may use their response journals to take the "quizzes."
The Response journal assignment window is below and students have co-constructed the assignment in class with Mrs. Tate.

Assignment Window

Course: English 11/Reading Response Journal
Date Given: August 28, 2009 Date Due: Listed on blog/calendar/homework hotline


Directions:
1. Write an excerpt from the book (and its page number) in the journal which makes a text to self, test to text, or text to world connection. 2. Respond in the journal to the excerpt.

Grading Criteria:
1. Each journal entry should average one page (front). 2. Three entries will be collected each Friday until the book is completed.
Supplies/Resources:
1 Use composition book for the journal 2. Keep a list of books read during the year at the front of the journal.

Goal: To read a minimum of novel per six weeks

Text to Self Suggestions:

1 Questions that the book makes me think about
1 Ideas that I agree or disagree with
1 Favorite passages
1 Connections to my life

Text to World Suggestions:

1 Summary of ideas
1 Key word connections
1 Applications to current or historic events

Text to Text Suggestions

1 Writerís Style-use of literary devices, tone, or word choice
1 Similarity to other books, TV shows, or movies