Independent reading assignment #1 - 3rd trimester

Your next independent reading assignment is due March 31st (Tuesday). It is the first major assignment of the last trimester. Please let's start this trimester off on the right track.

Get it done on time.

IR #2 for the 3rd trimester will be due April 30th (Thursday)

Independent Reading Assignment Standards

In an effort to help you all write better, more specific reflections, I wanted to help you understand the specific standards we have been addressing in the independent reading assignment:

For the whole assignment:

• Standard ELA2: Language for Literary Response and Expression Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.


• Listening and Reading Key Idea 1 -->ELA2.LR1: Listening and reading for literary response involves comprehending, interpreting, and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of the text


• Students read and view independently and fluently across many genres of literature from many cultures and historical periods


• Students identify the distinguishing features of different literary genres, periods, and traditions and use those features to interpret the work.


• Students recognize and understand the significance of a wide range of literary elements and techniques, (including figurative language, imagery, allegory, irony, blank verse, symbolism, stream-of-consciousness) and use those elements to interpret the work.


• Students understand how multiple levels of meaning are conveyed in a text


• Students read aloud expressively to convey a clear interpretation of the work
  

Performance Indicator 01--> ELA2.12.WR2.01::--> Students write interpretive and responsive essays of approximately five pages to: express judgments and support them through references to the text, using direct quotations and paraphrase

• explain how the author's use of literary devices, such as allegory, stream of consciousness, and irony, affects meaning

Performance Indicator 06--> ELA2.12.RE1.06::--> Students interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text

Performance Indicator 02--> ELA2.11.WR2.02::-->

• Students write interpretive and responsive essays of approximately three to five pages to:
• express judgments and support them through references to the text, using direct quotations and paraphrase
• explain how the author's use of literary devices affects meaning
• examine development and impact of literary elements, such as character (protagonist and antagonist), action (conflict, intrigue, suspense, and climax), and setting (locale and time period), in literary texts and performances
• compare and contrast the treatment of literary elements in different genres and by more than one author
• use literary criticism to expand personal analysis of the literary texts engage in a variety of prewriting experiences, such as using a variety of visual representations, to express interpretations, feelings, and new insights
  

Independent Reading Assignment Standards

In an effort to help you all write better, more specific reflections, I wanted to help you understand the specific standards we have been addressing in the independent reading assignment:

For the whole assignment:

• Standard ELA2: Language for Literary Response and Expression Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.
• Listening and Reading Key Idea 1 -->ELA2.LR1: Listening and reading for literary response involves comprehending, interpreting, and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of the text
• Students read and view independently and fluently across many genres of literature from many cultures and historical periods
• Students identify the distinguishing features of different literary genres, periods, and traditions and use those features to interpret the work.
• Students recognize and understand the significance of a wide range of literary elements and techniques, (including figurative language, imagery, allegory, irony, blank verse, symbolism, stream-of-consciousness) and use those elements to interpret the work.
• Students understand how multiple levels of meaning are conveyed in a text
• Students read aloud expressively to convey a clear interpretation of the work
  

Performance Indicator 01--> ELA2.12.WR2.01::--> Students write interpretive and responsive essays of approximately five pages to: express judgments and support them through references to the text, using direct quotations and paraphrase

• explain how the author's use of literary devices, such as allegory, stream of consciousness, and irony, affects meaning

Performance Indicator 06--> ELA2.12.RE1.06::--> Students interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text

Independent Reading Assignment #5 Reminder

IR #5 is due on Friday, 2/27

IR#6 will be due Friday, 3/27

Independent Reading Assignment #4 due 1/23 -TOMORROW

Directions: Identify and present passages from your independent reading book that illustrate the qualities listed below. Limit passages to one page of text. To present them, you may type them or photocopy and paste them.

After each passage, write a brief but specific explanation of hot the passage exemplifies the quality stated (three to five sentences). Remember to provide the page number of each passage.

1. passage that reveals an important quality about the main character (protagonist)
2. passage that shows an important part of setting
3. passage that suggest the complexity of the protagonist's conflict(s)
4. passages that suggest the complexity of the protagonist's conflict(s)
5. passage in which the author uses language in a particularly effective way
6. passage in which the author uses language in a particularly effective way
7. passage that shows teh symbolic importance of something or a passage that suggests why the book has the title it has
8. passage that shows the protagonist's situation at the end
9. passage that suggests and important idea, theme, or insight the book conveys
10. passage that shows what you liked about the book