Reading the Novel Quiz

Please take the Reading the Novel Quiz 


Finish Posters today....

Reading inventory

Next, please take the reading inventory 

Afterwards, check your grade and make sure everything is shared. If you are interested in retaking the literary terms test you can.

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Create a timeline of significant events for your book

Identifying 6 Significant Events in the first 1/3 pages of your novel

In novels, significant events are often revealed through the exposition (initial information) & rising action (series of conflicts)

1. What is the main goal or problem that the character (s) is / are facing? 
2. Is a character’s actions affecting the plot, determining their next outcome? 
3. Who or what antagonizes the character? Who goes against the main character in their goals and why? 
4. Does the character struggle with internal problems (guilt, making a decision, their past, how they view themselves) 
5. Does the character struggle with external forces (people / antagonists? Physical: weather, problem to solve)
6. Does the character struggle with society? (poverty, ideas they disagree with) 
7. Heavy Literary Devices Does the setting overshadow the character at any point? What feeling does this create for the character or reader?  Does the event seem to foreshadow / warn that similar events will follow? 
8. Who supports the main character (s) in their goal? Do they have a new problem? 
9. Note if anything (a saying, idea, action) is being repeated? 
10. Do any of the character’s actions go against your own instincts? (feeling uncomfortable or “weirded out”) 

Discussing Key events

Questions for your pages should be completed today

Saint Iggy Questions 1 - 100

Saint Iggy 2017 pp. 1 - 100

Of Mice and Men pp. 1 - 45

Of Mice and Men 2017 pp. 1 - 45

Catcher in the Rye ch. 1 - 14

Vivian Apple Questions pp. 1 - 100 

Pull of Gravity Questions 1 - 100 

Visual Memoir Project Due Monday 10 / 16

Visual Memoir Rubric

Friday: Last edits to memoir should be completed by Sunday 1:00 pm

Start on Visual Memoirs today. They should be completed Monday

10 sentences & 1 hand drawn picture or painting or 10 photos to match your events.
Part II: Visual Memoir Project

Directions: Now that you have written a story you have captured in time, you will retell this story visually. You may choose from the following choices

A. Create a visual memoir condensing your story in 10 pictures and 10 phrases or sentences

Example Visual Memoir 

Example Visual Memoir 2

Slide deck template - make your own copy 

Video 

Example Visual Memoir Video 

1. Create a google slide deck of your memoir in 10 pictures or more with captions of the events / moments throughout the memoir 
2. Create a painting or sketch of the memory of the event with a paragraph explaining the visual in one paragraph.
3. You may create a comic version of your memoir

Try https://plasq.com/apps/comiclife/macwin/ Comic life (sign up for free trial) print out or share through email (jmurphy@sandi.net)

4. Create a podcast explaining your memoir - explaining the story and its significance
5. Create a video of your memoir - with the google slides, iphone (upload to you tube private share with certain people or bring in on a jump drive)
6. Create a physical visual photo / memory book of your memoir with captions of the significance of each moment of the event.
7. Create a narrative poem of your memoir with a visual
8. Create a song capturing your memoir and perform it for the class. Include a paragraph explaining what you went through in each stanza and
9. Create dance moves that express the emotional journey of your memoir w/ paragraph or small speech explaining how the moves relate to the story
10. Create a soundtrack for your memoir. Divide your memoir into 4-6 moments, then choose a song for each moment. Burn the songs onto a CD or click links to them. Describe why this songs fits the scene of your memoir in a couple of sentences for each moment.
11. Other creative ideas

Visual Memoir Rubrics 

Visual Memoirs should have a written reflection or presentation 

Analytical Paragraph for all assignments 

• Analytical Paragraph for all assignments

1. What is the focus / subject of your memoir? What is your purpose for writing this story?
2. What emotions did you experience in this story? 
3. What did you struggle with? How is this revealed in your picture?
4. How do the images convey the emotion and complexity of your journey? (i.e. why did you choose these pictures)
5. What image conveys the realization?
6. If you were to share your written and visual memoir, who would be your audience and why?
7. Why did you choose this medium / format  to retell your story?
8. If a class were seeing your memoir on a public post, what do you think they would say? What do you hope they would say?