Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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.