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Contemporary Literature

Contemporary Literature. Week 9 October 15-19, 2012. Due Today: Group Synthesis Paragraph and Planning Handout. Monday, October 15, 2012.

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Contemporary Literature

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  1. Contemporary Literature Week 9 October 15-19, 2012

  2. Due Today: Group Synthesis Paragraph and Planning Handout Monday, October 15, 2012 Walk-IN: Turn in your group synthesis paragraph on Family along with the planning steps, your progress report, pick up a white binder, and sit with anyone your would like. Learning Objective: • Students will understand that we can learn about the world and about ourselves when we form purposeful generalizations and draw sound conclusions from a variety of informational texts. • Students will be able to synthesize information to form purposeful generalizations and sound conclusions. Agenda: • Developing a Lens: Contemporary Violence Homework: Read and prepare for Book Club # 4 on Tuesday

  3. Contemporary Critical Lens:Violence Before reading and during the excerpt from Violence, and the articles Women at Risk and Gym Person Shooter record the following information Before Reading: From what we have learned so far what do you know about why people resort to violence in contemporary society? What types of violence are most prevalent today? What emotions are associated with these acts of violence? How do these violent acts affect others and how do people in our society view these acts? Is there a connection between why people resort to violence and how it is perceived by society? During Reading Paraphrases or Quotes (with location),that provide or raise… 1. Answers 2. Inferences to the following questions on the left. Then ask… 3. Questions and… 4. Challenge Ideas in the text. Finally find… 5. Areas of synthesis with other texts in class.

  4. Due Today: Book Club #4 Jobs Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Walk-IN: Sit with your book club group and take out your book, book club jobs, and a new sheet of paper. Learning Objective: • Students will understand that the quality of group discussions is proportional to the individual preparation as well as the collaborative efforts of each participant. • Students will assume responsibilities for effective dialogues by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; listening to a full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarifying, verifying, or challenging ideas and conclusions; and promoting divergent and creative viewpoints. • You will increase enjoyment and understanding of a novel by discussion questions, passages, characters, vocabulary, artistic interpretations, and areas of synthesis. Agenda: • Book Club # 4 Homework: Read and prepare for Book Club # 5

  5. Book Club before discussion Set up header: Book Club #4 Name: Novel: Date: Jobs: Pages Read: Summary Paragraph • Write a summary paragraph about what happened in your book so far. Include information about the setting, characters, conflict, and any other important ideas or events. When finished, discuss your summaries with your group.

  6. Book Club Discussion Question Job Procedures Lead the group in a discussion about each question. Allow everyone in your group to participate before you say anything. Take notes on who said what during the discussion of each question. Once everyone has contributed, share your own ideas about the answer to the question. Repeat with each question Passage Job Procedures Direct your group to that passage in the book, and have them read along with you as you read the passage out loud. Allow everyone in your group to comment on your passage before you say anything about it, and take notes on who said what during discussion. After everyone has participated, share your written explanation with the group. Character Job Procedures Share your Introduction/Update about each character with your group. After sharing about all characters, lead your group in a discussion about relationships, conflicts, and predictions about each character. Allow all members of your group to participate before you offer your own ideas, and take notes on your chart about discussion. Art Job Procedures Present artwork to the group. Allow all members to make observations and ask questions before you say anything about the image, and take notes who said what during discussion. Share your ideas about your image after everyone has participated. Vocabulary Job Procedures Identifyword/phrase/term and direct group to where it appears in the text. Read the sentence/paragraph in which the word appears out loud with the group. Ask the group to share ideas about the word’s meaning and/or significance to the story, and take notes on who said what. After everyone has participated, share your definitions, explanations with the group. Repeat process with each word. Synthesis Job Procedures One example at a time, lead the group in a discussion of each example, how it relates to the question. Allow your group to suggest In-Class and Beyond-Class­ connections BEFORE you suggest any. Fill out your chart as you discuss with your group. For each question, discuss with your group what how all the examples work together to suggest a common answer to each question, the Emerging Message; this should be written in the form of a theme statement.

  7. Book Club After discussion • Reflection Paragraph: Choose one of the following objectives and explain in a paragraph how you and your group met the objective. • Students will understand that the quality of group discussions is proportional to the individual preparation as well as the collaborative efforts of each participant. • Students will assume responsibilities for effective dialogues by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence; listening to a full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarifying, verifying, or challenging ideas and conclusions; and promoting divergent and creative viewpoints. • You will increase enjoyment and understanding of a novel by discussion questions, passages, characters, vocabulary, artistic interpretations, and areas of synthesis.

  8. Due Today: Wednesday/Thursday, Oct 17-18, 2012 Walk-IN: Pick up a white binder, sit with any group you would like, and open up to your notes from Monday. Learning Objective: • Students will understand that we can learn about the world and about ourselves when we form purposeful generalizations and draw sound conclusions from a variety of informational texts. • Students will be able to synthesize information to form purposeful generalizations and sound conclusions. • Students will support their generalizations from a variety of texts. Agenda: • Violence by James Gilligan • A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor • Synthesis Activity Homework: Read and prepare (two jobs) for Book Club #5

  9. Contemporary Critical Lens:Violence Before reading and while you are reading Violence and A Good Man is Hard to Find record the following information Before Reading: From what we have learned so far what do you know about why people resort to violence in contemporary society? What types of violence are most prevalent today? What emotions are associated with these acts of violence? How do these violent acts affect others and how do people in our society view these acts? Is there a connection between why people resort to violence and how it is perceived by society? During Reading Reading Strategies: • Conflict Development • Character Development Paraphrases or Quotes (with location),that provide or raise… 1. Answers 2. Inferences to the following questions on the left. Then ask… 3. Questions and… 4. Challenge Ideas in the text. Finally find… 5. Areas of synthesis with other texts in class.

  10. A Good Man is Hard to Find After Reading Synthesis Activity Paraphrase or quote from A Good Man is Hard to Find that relates to topic Message or conclusion you can come to based on synthesizing the two examples Paraphrase or quote from three articles from this week that relate to the example from the story 1. “ 2. “ 3. “ 1. Message: 2. Message: 3. Message: “ “ “

  11. Due Today: Book Club #5 Jobs Friday, Oct 19, 2012 Walk-IN: Sit with your book club group and take out your book, book club jobs, and a new sheet of paper. Learning Objective: • You will increase enjoyment and understanding of a novel by discussion questions, passages, characters, vocabulary, artistic interpretations, and areas of synthesis. Agenda: • Book Club # 5 Homework: Read and prepare for Book Club # 6

  12. Book Club before discussion Set up header: Book Club #5 Name: Novel: Date: Jobs: Pages Read: Summary Paragraph • Write a summary paragraph about what happened in your book so far. Include information about the setting, characters, conflict, and any other important ideas or events. When finished, discuss your summaries with your group.

  13. Book Club Discussion Question Job Procedures Lead the group in a discussion about each question. Allow everyone in your group to participate before you say anything. Take notes on who said what during the discussion of each question. Once everyone has contributed, share your own ideas about the answer to the question. Repeat with each question Passage Job Procedures Direct your group to that passage in the book, and have them read along with you as you read the passage out loud. Allow everyone in your group to comment on your passage before you say anything about it, and take notes on who said what during discussion. After everyone has participated, share your written explanation with the group. Character Job Procedures Share your Introduction/Update about each character with your group. After sharing about all characters, lead your group in a discussion about relationships, conflicts, and predictions about each character. Allow all members of your group to participate before you offer your own ideas, and take notes on your chart about discussion. Art Job Procedures Present artwork to the group. Allow all members to make observations and ask questions before you say anything about the image, and take notes who said what during discussion. Share your ideas about your image after everyone has participated. Vocabulary Job Procedures Identifyword/phrase/term and direct group to where it appears in the text. Read the sentence/paragraph in which the word appears out loud with the group. Ask the group to share ideas about the word’s meaning and/or significance to the story, and take notes on who said what. After everyone has participated, share your definitions, explanations with the group. Repeat process with each word. Synthesis Job Procedures One example at a time, lead the group in a discussion of each example, how it relates to the question. Allow your group to suggest In-Class and Beyond-Class­ connections BEFORE you suggest any. Fill out your chart as you discuss with your group. For each question, discuss with your group what how all the examples work together to suggest a common answer to each question, the Emerging Message; this should be written in the form of a theme statement.

  14. Book Club After discussion • Reflection Paragraph: • In a detailed paragraph, explain how book club increased your enjoyment or understanding of the novel. Include the jobs you enjoyed or helped you better understand and explain how this made you enjoy or understand the book more.

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