Chapter 7 and 8

You will be posting one comment on these readings. Be sure to place all required portions of your assignment on this single posting! No nick names or undue silliness!

Task 1

Step I

Use reciprocal reading in small groups to read chapter 7.

Step II

As a group, compose a CTS activity sheet on the chapter. Your worksheet should have three sections.

• Content Comprehension: four activities that begin with the words: tell, show, who, what, when, where, label, differentiate, quote, name (one mark each)

• Text Analysis: three activities that begin with: explain, describe, contrast, arrange, select, , infer, examine, compare or illustrate (2 marks each)

• Synthesize : two tasks that require the individual to evaluate the text. Begin with: assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare, summarize (3 marks each)

Be sure that each member of the group has a copy of the CTS sheet, and feels comfortable completing each task.

Task 2

Step I

Read chapter 8 individually. While reading, answer the following:

• What tone is the author attempting to develop in this chapter? Gather ten words the author uses that help develop this tone.
• Post your answer to the comment board when you are uploading your response to Task 4.

Step II

Using the paper provided, design and a visual representation of how chapter 8. Your artwork should match the tone of the chapter. You may utilize a selection of the words you gathered in Step I. 

Task 3. 

Plan and compose a persuasive paragraph that explains how the author develops themes within her novel. Be sure to follow the Statement, Evidence, Explanation model. Successful responses will utilize some of the following:

• varied sentence starters
• a direct quotation
• triple modifiers
• a however, furthermore, nevertheless starter
• at least one good quality vocabulary term
• a clear "sometimes people..." statement
• a logical clinching sentence 

Task 4...Posting:

Step I: Read the paragraphs posted by your peers. Identify at least one thing you liked about someone else's paragraph.

Step II: Post your tone ideas.

Step II: copy your own SEE paragraph onto the posting board.

Chapter 6

The Writing Task:

This week, your challenge is to utilize the image below within your story line  in some way shape or form. Remember, try to use the writing tools taught in class to enrich your tale. Consider employing some of the following

• parallelism
• very short sentences (3)
• irony
• triple adverbs, adjectives
• compound and complex sentences
• a variation of the assigned sentence starters
• a 6 line piece of poetry
• useful vocabulary terms

"You sure can cuss good Dally" (pg 82)

This comment reveals a little of the hero worship Johnny has for Dallas. Such unrestrained adoration can be dangerous. 

Task 1

Step 1. Describe how placing heroes on pedestals can be disappointing in the long run.

Step 2. How does Johnny’s admiration for Dallas place him in danger?

Step 3. Explain how the idea of hero worship might relate to the poems “Ozymandius” and “Nothing Gold Can Stay”.

Step 4: Post your response.

Task 2

We will be reading this chapter together during class.

“You three are the bravest kids I’ve seen in a long time… are you just professional heroes or something?” (pg 95)

When we are young, our heroes are often idealistic or fantastic. Batman, Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones are terrific characters, but are they real heroes? What sorts of people can we consider genuine heroes. Visit the site below and complete the following steps.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C001515/design/

Step 1.
Visit the “how to select a hero” icon. Take point form notes describing the qualities and attributes associated with the four groups of heroes and heroism as identified by the site.

Step 2.
Return to the main link. Visit the “Heroes of the 20th Century” link. Scan through the list of heroes. Select one of the famous individuals that intrigues or interests you. Take notes on the following topics:

a. Early days
b. Accomplishments
c. Why is this person considered heroic
d. How can this person inspire you

Step 3
Take your notes and produce a summation of your findings in Steps 1 and 2. In what way does the hero and his or her accomplishment relate to the book? Post these findings on the comment board.

Chapter5

Task I

Read the chapter individually. After completing the assigned pages, produce an EAT sheet. This task will be submitted for assessment.

Ozymandias

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said" "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. near them, on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings;

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Task II

Step One

Examine Shelley's famous poem using a TPCAST sheet. Use the theme you decide on as the statement for a SEE paragraph.

Step Two

Explain how the story Shelley tells in "Ozymandias" can relate to Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Step Three

Describe how these two poems can teach us about our own lives today? In what way can this advice affect us in a positive way?

Step Four

Post your work from Steps One, Two, Three and Four.

Eat Sheet
17 marks
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Examine
1. Summarize this section using a precis. Plan your precis by selecting the five most important items that occurred in this reading section. In your paragraph be sure to utilize an adverb starter, a prepositional phrase starter and a good vocabulary term. Identify each ( 5 marks)

Analyze
2. Choose four quotations from this section. Explain how the writer’s use of language makes this sentence effective. Describe how this line makes sense, enhances your understanding of the speaker, other characters or the plotline.

-be sure to write the quotation in its entirety, and list the page number it can be found on.
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Theme
3. What message, symbolism, theme or moral lesson can you take from the section you have read so far? Using a SEE paragraph, examine how the story contains underlying values that enhance the story. Ideas you might wish to explore include:

o Sometimes people...
o How does a character(s) relate to a character in another text?
o How is the situation facing a character relate to you and your life?
o How does the author use symbols?
o How does the author enrich the novel through setting?
o How are stereotypes developed by the novel?
o Other