GRADE 12 ONLY

In Class IDV writing:


next week! Every day we will have in class paragraph writing.
The expectation is that you will use your Lit Circle Quadrants and Daily Questions to help support your writing with examples and detail.


Here are the First 2 that will be presented and DUE Monday!


You have to write the answers on the paper provided in class!

 

 Lit Circle Paragraph #1

Select and discuss strong example(s) of imagery found within your novel.  (5 marks)

Be sure to consider the following:

• Use I.D.V. format.
• Give quotation as proof
• Discuss Quotation fully: 
• Describe the kind of imagery present (V,A,K, or S)
• Discuss how or why the imagery works.
• Describe the effect of the image on you as a reader.

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Lit Circle Paragraph #2

Identify and explain a main conflict in the novel.  Support your response with reference to the text.

(5 marks)

And

Explain how this conflict relates to you or to people you know. (5 marks)

Last Lit. Circle Question of the Day

April 5, 2017


Choose a Character.


Tell whether you would want her/him for a sibling, parent, friend, partner/girlfriend/boyfriend.
(choose one)


Explain why!


for example:


If I could choose a character from a book to be my spouse, I would choose Denny from The Art of Racing In The Rain.  He is an ambitious and compassionate man.  As a race car driver, he has nerves of steel.  His calm nature, even when under pressure, gives him the poise to succeed in the racing industry.  Through his windy journey, he also shows his loyalty through his relationship between his wife and his dog. I would be honoured to share a life with a character like Denny.

Another Question of the Day

April 3, 2017


Pretend you have special powers and you could put yourself in your reading.


Where would you put yourself and why?


How would you being there change the story?


Example:
While reading The Art of Racing in the Rain...
I would drop myself into the scene when Eve leaves Enzo all alone in the house.
I would be a veterinarian that specializes in animal rescue.  A neighbour called me, as they heard Enzo barking but did not see the daily routine of having him let out and the house was too quiet of human activity.
I break into the house and take Enzo to my shelter. I leave a note and number for Denny (although I don't know his name) and he comes to me furious for having taken his dog.  We piece together the happenings and realize what Eve has done, leaving Enzo unattended.


AM I DONE?
Not quite, I still have to explain the why and explain if the story will change...


I have a need to place myself in the story as the rescue agent because this is one of the hardest parts of the book for me to read.  I actually cried the first time I read all the suffering that Enzo went through during this scene.
This scene is very important because Eve has issues and Denny has no clue to the state of his wife.  The story needs Eve to make this mistake, and Enzo really suffers because of her actions.  My empathy for Enzo drives me to want to lessen his suffering.
The story still needs Eve's mistake and my interjection doesn't take this mistake away.  Denny will still have to face the facts and the plot still moves forward with Enzo's horrific abandon scene still in existence demonstrating the true love and loyalty between Enzo and Denny.