Tag Archives: Reader’s notes

March 17, 2018

Autobiography

Literature Book #2. 

Same process. Read. Make readers’ notes. Participate in a literature discussion. Write a post. 

Review your Literature Book #1 reader’s notes. Match them to the notes on the whiteboard. Review the reader’s note rubric.

Establish a goal for this second set of notes. In your ‘journal’, set-up a goal page. 

The Autobiography

Paragraph One:

Paragraph Two:

Paragraph Three:

Paragraph Four:

Paragraph Five:

Paragraph Six:

Paragraph Seven:

Paragraph Eight:

 Introduction

Personality Characteristics

Personal Interests

School Life

Personal Concerns

Favourite Holiday

My Future

Conclusion

We begin with paragraph two and three.

Writing Paragraph Two

For paragraph two, Personality Characteristics, write a paragraph using the same format demonstrated below: 

There are three personality traits that make me exceptional including rowdy, humorous, and resourceful. I play a lot of team sports and I really enjoy the violent ones. I get more excited and interested in a sport, if there is a chance that I might be personally injured. I love the risk of extreme sports. Luckily, I usually have a good sense of humour about getting hurt. Last summer I was supposed to be an usher at my brother’s wedding but two days before the ceremony, I broke my leg playing lacrosse. So I showed up anyway, in a wheelchair and made fun of how my cast didn’t match my tuxedo top. I can usually be pretty resourceful in a difficult situation. This was again true at the same wedding, where in order to dance, I just had my dancing partner steer me around the dance floor in any crazy way. I was pretty popular that night. Overall, you can see how these three characteristics make me unique in my daily life and interests.

Using these three characteristics, write a paragraph which also answers the following questions:

You have many personality traits that make you the special person you are. Identify three of these characteristics and describe them. Give specific examples to illustrate what you mean.

Hints:

Write your paragraph using three of the characteristics from your chart. You should choose the three characteristics which:

  • Are most different from each other
  • Are easiest to prove with evidence from your life experience

For paragraph three, Personal Interests, write a paragraph using the same format demonstrated above.

Write a paragraph which answers the following questions:

Describe your main interests, the various things you really enjoy doing. Use a number of examples to illustrate exactly what activities, situations and people interest you.

Hints:

Write your paragraph using three or four personal interests or hobbies.

Again, choose interests that:

  • Are most different from each other
  • Are easiest to prove with evidence from your life experience

 

February 25, 2018

 

READER’S NOTES. WHY DO THEM?

Textual analysis is at the heart of  English courses. We always need to ask ourselves: “How does one approach a text?” Is there, for example, a right or wrong interpretation of a text? Should we look at texts through various lenses, hunting for a deeper meaning? Is everyone entitled to his or her own interpretation of a text? 

In this course, you are learning to identify the narrative elements (plot, character, point of view, mood, tone, conflict, setting) and literary devices (symbols, metaphors, personification, flashbacks, foreshadowing) of a text. Then you are thinking about how the author uses them along with his or her style choices (diction, sentence length, dialogue) to explore various themes in the text. This information you are gathering in your READER’S NOTES. 

NARRATIVE ELEMENTS + LITERARY DEVICES + YOUR THINKING = READER’S NOTES

We have also taken notes and worked on the vocabulary for various text formats (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, mythology, and visual texts). The goal is for you to use this information when you talk or write about your books. When we use evidence from the text to support our thinking about the text, then we are ANALYZING the text. 

YOUR READER’S NOTES (your thinking + evidence from the text) = ANALYSIS

In order for you to analyze a graphic text, you need to know the elements of the form, so you can create reader’s notes and do the analysis. 

READ and work on Reader’s Notes

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