The Big Four - plot. setting, characters, theme
Plot - quick retell, key events, how it affects characters
Characters - list who’s there, what changes, any key effects - how they drive plot
Setting - where is this, what does that add, mood?
Theme - much more interesting and valuable - more added by your brain
- the larger themes we’ve already discussed - how are they expressed or shown in this chapter? think of events, things that resonate with you, etc and discuss
b) make links to the outer world - microcosm vs macrocosm (fractal) - text to world, text to self connection
c) find some issue in the real world that is (even obliquely) made reference to in the novel (ie the novel is a precursor in some way to something we’re seeing today) (remember the Hero’s Journey?) - discuss briefly that issue i.e. Aubrey Du Grey
Come up with some kind of engagement strategy - i.e. a little game, questions, an exercise for people to do - something that makes them do some work on your chapter chunk i.e. The Age of Reason thinker assignment, the creation of the monster assignment
Answer your own engagement piece - you provide the answer key
Recontextualization - how can you take something from your chunk and turn it into something else?
Dunsinane News? What about a news article about something in your chapters? What about a video news piece? painting, drawing, sculpture, etc, soundtrack, act out some piece (make a little script),
Look Fors:
Depth of understanding - you’ve taken the material from the novel and added to it, explored, explained and recontextualized it into some new framework - i.e. the presentation without losing the content -
Application of Thinking - changing one thing into another, explaining with detail, showing why, reasoning and linking thing that make sense (connections)
Communication Strategies - how did you show me the above? visuals, good writing, clear presentation criteria (you used good techniques for presenting properly), no spelling errors, etc
Group Work - collaboration, good breakdown of tasks, working together well, conferencing with Lobb, with each other
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