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Sophomore Writing Workshop (ACP/SCP/GEN) 121, 122, 123
Literature

TIME FRAME: throughout the semester
GRADE: 10
CONTACT:

         MAP LEVEL: 4

23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING --- 23.1.1.9.2 --- 23.1.1.9.5 --- 23.1.2.9.4 --- 23.1.2.9.5 --- 23.1.2.9.6 --- 23.1.2.9.7
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER --- 23.2.1.9.3 --- 23.2.2.9.1 --- 23.2.2.9.2 --- 23.2.3.9.1 --- 23.2.3.9.3
23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS --- 23.3.1.9.1 --- 23.3.1.9.2 --- 23.3.1.9.3 --- 23.3.2.9.1 --- 23.3.2.9.2 --- 23.3.2.9.3
23.4 LANGUAGE ARTS - ENGLISH LANG CONVENTIONS --- 23.4.2.9.1 --- 23.4.3.9.1 --- 23.4.3.9.2 --- 23.4.3.9.3




-- What connections can you make between a character or idea in this story and your own life?
-- What comment does the story make about life or people?
-- Does this book qualify as "good literature"?




To augment writing instruction, students will read a minimum of four texts during the semester -- two core texts chosen by the instructor, and two self-selected texts. ACP students are required to read two additional self-selected texts, or texts of double length. Teacher-directed activities provide students with the opportunity to practice basic reading comprehension, literary analysis, critical interpretive skills, and review fundamental concepts and terminology.




Students in Sophomore Writing Workshop will develop the ability to:

-- Use active reading strategies to activate prior knowledge, visualize, make, and verify predictions,
-- Recognize literary conventions and devices, and understand how they convey meaning,
-- Reflect on the text to make judgments about its meaning and quality,
-- Reflect on the text to make connections with other stories, films, poetry, real-life experiences, etc.,
-- Demonstrate critical interpretive and analytical skills,
-- Continue to develop familiarity with fundamental literary concepts and terminology.




All students in SWW will:
-- Be given the opportunity to read both fiction and nonfiction,
-- Be given the option to self-select a work of fiction and nonfiction (as a minimum),
-- Be provided a format for, and a model of, a book report demonstrating an acceptable level of literary analysis for self-selected titles.




Reading comprehension will be assessed with quizzes, writing prompts, journal responses, and book reports (consisting of CAPT-like questions).


Sophomore Writing Workshop
Book Report on Fiction


Directions: Use the following format in guiding your book report. Be sure to write out the number and heading for each of the seven parts. Along with your final draft, you must submit a rough draft that shows correction marks (evidence of process). Each answer should be at least a developed paragraph in length and should contain examples where necessary.

1. Title and Author

2. Character
Describe the main character in the story. Explain how the main character changes over the course of the story, giving examples where appropriate. If the main character does not change, also give examples to illustrate it.

3. Central Conflict
What is the story about? What struggle or problem does the main character face? How does he/she handle that problem? (Note: Focus on the conflict, not the events in the plot.)

4. Connections
What connections can you make between a character or idea in this story and your own life? Explain the similarities. You may also make connections to another book you have read, a movie you have seen, or events from history or the world around you.


5. Theme
What comment does the story make about life or people? Identify a theme or a message that emerges from the story, and discuss how this idea is developed in terms of people and events from the text.

6. Evaluation
Does this book qualify as a "good literature"? Briefly describe what you think "good literature" should include and then compare this book to your definition.

7. Opinion
What did you think of this novel? What thoughts, opinion, or questions do you have regarding it? Write a 100 word personal reaction to the novel


NON-FICTION BOOK REPORT

Sophomore Writing Workshop
Book Report on Non-Fiction


Directions: Use the following format in guiding your book report. Be sure to write out the number and heading for each of the seven parts. Along with your final draft, you must submit a rough draft that shows correction marks (evidence of process). Each answer should be at least a developed paragraph in length and should contain examples where necessary.

1. Title and Author

2. Setting
Where do the events take place and when? What is it like there? Write a one-paragraph description of the setting and how it impacts the main person or events of the account.

3. Central Topic
What is the central topic of this non-fiction text? Identify the central topic and then describe it in some detail.

4. Connections
What connections can you make between a person or idea in this account and your own life? Explain the similarities. You may also make connections to another book you have read, a movie you have seen, or events from history or the world around you.


5. Theme
What comment does the author make about life or people? Identify a message that emerges from the story, and discuss how this idea is developed in terms of people and events from the text.

6. Evaluation
Does this book qualify as a good read? Briefly describe what you think good non-fiction should include and then compare this book to your definition.

7. Opinion
What did you think of this book? What thoughts, opinion, or questions do you have regarding it? Write a 100 word personal reaction to the novel.






Assigned fiction options may include:
-- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
-- The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
-- Montana, 1948 by Larry Watson
-- A Painted House by John Grisham

Assigned nonfiction options may include:
-- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
-- Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
-- Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat