Short Story Collaborative Task

Welcome!

This is intended to be a collaborative task. Your group will contain three members. Each member has a specific role, that is essential to the completion of the task as a whole. 

1. Chairperson and Reader

2. Summarizer and Question Asker

3. Notetaker and Secretary

Open up a second laptop, begin building a word processed document that keeps track of your responses to the following three sections.

Section I. Vocabulary, Spelling and Grammar

• Task 1: Browse through your booklet. Select four aspects/concepts from the unit that you learned, found intriguing or significant. For each, explain what you learned, and how it will be useful to your future studies.

• Task 2: Identify five vocabulary terms that you have learned thus far. Define each, and provide an example of how the word can be used.

Section II. Lather, and That's All

• Discuss your responses to the assigned homework Assess each group member a mark out of 10. For each member, explain why the mark was awarded.
• Complete the remaining aspects of this assignment collaboratively. Record your responses on your short story.

Section III. New Story

• Acquire the appropriate story from your teacher. 
• Predict what your story is going to be about based on the title. Record your answer.
• Divide the reading into three chunks
• For each chunk, complete an active reading strategy (SC3P, Chunk Summary, KWL or F&I sheet)
• When your have completed all three chunks, analyze your story on a story map, or a roller coaster.
• Select one of the images from the Blog. Cut and paste it onto your project. Select a quotation from the story that matches your chosen image. Produce a paragraph response that explains how the image suits your selected quotation.

Doneski.

May 22 Task 3

Upload the audio file for the reading section for pages 63-70.  When you are finished, complete the following:

1. Summarize the action of this section

2. Select your favorite quotation from this reading selection. Copy it down, insert the page number. Then explain the context and significance of this line to the book.

To make your work more eloquent, utilize sentence starter variation, vocabulary and transition words (however, nevertheless, furthermore)

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May 22 Task 2

Select two of the images. For each, select a quotation from the novel that is fitting. Copy the quotation and page number. Then explain how this quotation matches the image, and how it is significant to the novel as a whole.

May 22 Task 1

In your assigned teams, compile the BEST possible response to the following assignments. Be sure to compose a finished response that is complete, eloquent and insightful. Place all team member names on your posting.

Examine your comprehension:

1. Who visits Montag and Mildred in this section?
2. What shocking discovery does Mildred make (pg 56)

Analyze key lines:

Choose one quotation from each of the following sections. Explain the context, and significance of each line.

3. pages 53-55
4. pages 56-57
5. pg 58
6. pg 59
7. pg 62

Theme:

Beatty attempts to explain why books are so dangerous in this world. Summarize his reasons for this book ban.

Put your Ben Franklin Comment Here!

Please post your individual comment on Benjamin Franklin in this section!

451: Key Quotes pg 27-47

Task 1: Identify four of the following quotations. Explain the context of each line, then describe how each can be considered a significant moment in the novel. 3 marks for each quotation.

1. “I'm antisocial” (29)

2. “The firehouse trembled as a great flight of jet planes whistled a single note across the black morning sky” (33)

3. “any man's insane who thinks he can fool the government and us” (33)

4. “Was it always like this? The firehouse, our work? I mean, well, once upon a time...” (34)

5. “...we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out” (36)

6. “A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon” (37)

7. “Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity in each trembling finger had turned thief” (37)

8. “Montag felt himself back away and away out the door, after Beatty, down the steps, across the lawn, where the path of kerosene lay like the track of some evil snail” (39)

9. “His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms”(41)

10. “Well, wasn't there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it?” (44)

11. “Run over by a car” (47)

Task 2: 
“Established, 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin” (34)

Montag quotes this "historical fact". Research the actual history of Benjamin Franklin (yeah the guy with the key on the kite during the thunder storm). Summarize BF's impact on the Firefighting industry. How does this reflect on the laws Montag quotes on 34?

http://www.firefightercentral.com/history/benjamin_franklin.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/philadelphia/fire.htm

Swimmer's Moment Poem

Compose a comment that addresses the two tasks below.

Avison's poem "The Swimmer's Moment" utilizes a classic metaphor to describe the pros and cons of conflict.  Explain how the poem can help us see conflict as a positive thing in our life. Be sure to use specific reference to the poem (quotation).

Next, copy a version of your own poem "to turn from conflict and walk away..."

Ashes "cross rhymed" poem

Now that you are poets, publish your work in the comment boxes. Remember to follow the assigned rhyme scheme. You will be asked to submit two postings. 

• The first will contain your original poem. 
• The second will be a critique of a peer's work. Remember to place your name at the bottom of each comment. Remember, this is positive feedback. Stick to praise... as none of us are here to criticize the creativity of our peers.
  

Be sure to keep your language appropriate and mature.

are you happy?

Use your knowledge of the book "Fahrenheit 451" to complete the following task:

Examine the image below. 

1. What message or ideas does the image convey to you? 

2. Relate this message to the novel.

3. Locate a quotation in the book that is suitable

4. Explain how your quotation is relevant to your chosen theme or idea

5. post your comment

be cool (I know, it can be hard)

I've Seen the Angels Cry

I'VE SEEN THE ANGELS CRY

I have always thought that angels wore 

halos and wings of white

But now I find they wear hard hats

and black coats with yellow stripes

And angels, in my mind, wore long 

flowing gowns of white

But now I see dark pants and shirts

and badges shining bright

And angels always floated with bare feet

above the ground

Not true! For they wear steel toed boots

and go where death is found

Not all angels have smooth hands

that look like porcelain

Some angels have torn gloves and cuts

and burns upon their skin

And while I thought all angels

glowed from heavens light

I see an angel cutting steel

his torch is shining bright

And while these earthly angels

passed buckets of debris

The angels up in heaven looked down

on bended knee

So while the smoke continued

to rise into the sky

I watched the rescue workers weep

I've seen the angels cry

Bonnie McDaniel September 17, 2001

Examine the Poem Above

• What message does the poem develop?
  
• What evidence supports your claim?
  
• Compare and contrast McDaniel's poem to your own creation
  

The Fireman

The Fireman

Examine the image of the fireman. What ideas or thoughts does this image invoke in you? 

1. Brainstorm your ideas on a graphic organizer.

2. Summarize your theme in a general statement.

3. Compose a poem that develops the theme (8 lines minimum)

4. Post your poem on the message board, and sign your first name.

When you are finished, examine the poem "I've seen the Angels Cry". What message does this poem relate?

There Will Come Soft Rains

The next text we will study will be based on the work of Ray Bradbury. Often, his work is set in the not-so-distant future, and it can question the utopian vision many have for the future.

First, visit learn a little about Ray Bradbury by doing some Web Searches. Compose a note that answers to the following:

1. When did he do most of his writing?

2. What famous texts did he write?

3. Which of his books have been made into movies?

4. What interesting facts can you learn about the number 451?

Define the term "utopia". What would a utopia look like? Describe your own version of a utopia.

Examine the image. Write a poem that attempts to capture the tone of this picture.

Public Speaking Tips

When writing a speech, you need to pay attention to two things:

1. How well you write your speech

2. How well you deliver your speech

You have been provided with a topic, and have been provided with a format. Once you have planned your speech, you need to compose your first draft. Think about the following:

1. How interesting is your introduction? Often, it is helpful to include one of the following in the Life section of your introduction:

• Ask a question
  
• A famous quotation
• An anecdote or short example

2. How well written is your work? You might think about incorporating some of the following:

• a metaphor
• a good example of alliteration
• useful vocabulary terms
• good transition words like: however, nevertheless, furthermore, etc...
• purposeful repetition
• compound adverbs and adjectives

Remember, writing a good speech now will help you reduce your stress levels when it comes time to present the finished product!

3. Preparing for the speech itself. There are many ways to reduce your anxiety, and to improve 

your ability to succeed when speaking in public. One of the best resources is Toastmasters. Visit the

Toastmasters Website, and list at least five suggestions for presenting public speeches.

http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/FreeResources/NeedHelpGivingaSpeech/TipsTechniques/10TipsforPublicSpeaking.aspx

Book Report Exemplar 2

Book Report 2

I read Tuck Everlastin. It is good. Beacause it has a lot of good words in it. It was written in 1975 and is 139 pages. Natalie Babbitt write the book.My teacher giave me the book.

The main character is Winnie. She is bored. The protagonist is Mae. She kidnap Winnie.

The story is about the fountain of youth. Winnie has to run away. She stays wityh the Tucks and they feed her pancakes. Mae hits the man in yellow and goes to jail. Winnie is learning how to appreciate the circle of life.

I learned that we should be careful what we wish for, because we might one day get it.

The book is something I recommend to you to read. It is filled with good words and metaphors and stuff. I thought that it would be good to read if you are ten.

Book Report Exemplar 1

Book Report 1

Natalie Babbitt wrote Tuck Everlasting in 1975, and since then it has grown into a classic piece of American literature. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, this 137 page work of fiction depicts the adventures of a ten year old girl during the waning summer of 1880. I selected this book because it was recommended to me by my teacher.

The protagonist of the novel is Winnie Foster. As a ten year old child, Winnie has a limited grasp of the world around her. Her life up to this point has been limited by the rules implemented by her parents. Secretly, she yearns to escape the drudgery of her “boring” existence. This is something we can all understand, because we have all felt like Winnie at some point in our life. Winnie’s life is changed when she comes into contact with another major character in the book. Some would say that Mae Tuck is Winnie’s antagonist. This is accurate, because Mae kidnaps Winnie. However, as it turns out, Mae will serve as an important mentor for Winnie. It is her interaction with Mae, and the rest of the Tuck family that helps Winnie come to a deeper understanding about her life.

The action begins when Winnie runs away from her house. She quickly encounters a sparkling spring bubbling up under a tree in the forest. However, before she can drink from it, a young boy emerges to stop her. This boy, Jesse Tuck, convinces her that the water is unclean. He then takes Winnie to meet his Mother. It turns out that Winnie has stumbled upon the fountain of youth, a fountain that Mae Tuck and her family have vowed to keep a secret. To protect this secret, Mae kidnaps Winnie. Thus begins Winnie’s big adventure. It contains action, romance and intrigue, and in the end, Winnie learns an important lesson about life.

Tuck Everlasting teaches us to cherish our lives, and to never fear change. We see this developed when we witness how hard life has become for the Tuck family. After drinking from the fountain, they are doomed to walk the earth forever, immortal and unchanged. Although at first glance, this might seem appealing, it is in fact a horrible life sentence. The Tuck children will never grow to adulthood. The Tuck parents will never be able to see their children experience true love or grow wise with age. Instead, they are condemned to relive their daily existence over and over. The Tucks reinforce this when they state “You can’t have living without dying” (pg 64). The book teaches us that we should not fear the changes that come with life. Rather, we should embrace these changes, and learn from them. After all, if we fear life’s changes, we will be like the Tucks, frozen in time and unable to experience many of life’s greatest gifts.

I loved reading this book. It is an artistic blend of art and adventure. Babbitt skillfully employs symbolism to develop the “wheel of life”, and utilizes carefully crafted metaphors like “the rain fell in sheets now” to enliven the text. Additionally, she weaves a masterful story, filled with adventure and romance. I have not read any of Babbitt’s other novels, but I would definitely search them out in the future. This book is a “must read” for anyone who craves adventure, and appreciates good literature.

Book Report Evaluation

So, you're about to receive your first formally assessed book report. Before you see your own, let's take a gander at a few exemplars. Remember, you were assigned a specific format to follow. To score solid grades, finished papers should follow the format as follows:

• Introduction
  
• Characters
  
• Storyline
  
• Theme
  
• Recommendation
  

Refer to your detailed outline to gain examine these lists in greater detail. In addition, you should grade each exemplar using the following rubric:

Read Exemplars one and two. Grade each according to the rubric. Then write an entry suitable for posting in the comment page on this blog. Be sure to place your first name in the response (second names are not necessary).