- Read Chapter 4.
- Write “speculate” on the top of your document/sheet of paper.
- Define “speculate.”
- Use it in a sentence.
- Review Graff’s dialogue with Ender, followed by Graff’s dialogue with the unnamed teacher (pages 66-68.)
- Write: In two paragraphs, speculate on how Graff’s character views “friendship” and “free will.”
These themes expand as we move further in the book.
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- Review your story from last semester.
- Correct errors and make any desired revisions.
- Prepare a response to 2 of my examples of feedback. Be ready to show me the examples and explain why you did or didn’t make a change.
Learning Goals
Practice Revision
Receiving Feedback and Preparing for Peer Review
- Read chapters 2-3
- Prepare a “selection.”
- Selection = Find and write out a quote. It can be any quote that interests, confuses, or sticks out to you.
- Then, write a paragraph explaining why that quote stuck out to you.
Learning Goals
Close Reading
Critical Thinking and written analysis
Finish notes on 2.3.
Notes should contain summaries of subsections and/or Homemade test questions.
- Prepare a one-minute anecdote/personal story that you will give before the class.
- In your audience analysis, treat it as if you were speaking to an audience of people like you!
(If you’re a senior guy, be ready to give your speech to a group of senior guys. If you’re a senior lady, prepare your speech for a group of senior girls.)
Write Acts 11:17 and include seven blanks (scribbled-out words)
Then, write a 1 paragraph (4-sentence minimum) description of the verse’s context.
Here’s some more help for writing an essay on context.
Here is the verse.
So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?
- This is an informative essay. Assume the reader doesn’t know much about it, and make sure you answer any questions they might have. Your essay should answer these general questions.
- Who is the author? Are they the ones speaking? Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? What are they talking about? Are there any key words or phrases?
- You should explain any words and phrases that the reader would not understand without context.
- For Acts 11:17, your essay needs to
- tell me who is speaking
- tell me to whom is the speaker speaking.
- explain to me “same gift”? (keywords/phrases)
- show me a depth of thought, reflection
- Book context; the author, setting, (not necessary, but can get you points)
To determine verse context, any of the following textbook tools will help you.
- Our memory verses are taken from the textbook section that we are in at the time it’s assigned. Check out that section for a full breakdown of the context. (For example, Acts 11:17 is the memory verse for section 2.3 in your textbook. Check it out!)
The following study Bible tools will help as well.
- Carefully read the chapter this verse is in.
- Outlines/Chapter Titles and Subtitles: Skim the book leading up to your passage. Take note of the titles and subtitles. What’s going on at this point in the book?
- Book Introduction: Familiarize yourself with the Book’s introduction. What’s going on at this point in history?
- Commentary: What do the commentators say this verse is about? What is its theological significance?
Reading the chapter + the chapters before and after: Who speaks/writes these words? Why write/speak to them?
A1, Chapter 1: Reading and Essay. 1/24/24
Assignment Description
- Read Chapter 1 and
- write a two-paragraph essay describing a theme from Chapter 1.
It should be a theme you anticipate developing throughout the novel.
- Include a citation with a page number
For More: Check out these excellent videos. You can also see me in 102.
The EASY Way to Identify THEME! – YouTube
Understanding theme | Reading | Khan Academy – YouTube
Learning Goals
Recognizing and describing thematic elements in Fiction
Textual Evidence Integration
Critical Thinking/Essay Writing and expression