Thursday, Feb 7, 2013

ENG1D - Thursday, Feb 7, 2013

Yesterday you read “Charles” - by Shirley Jackson

(page 64 in the textbook)

And then you were assigned Questions 2, 4, 6 on pagbe 68

Question 6 becomes a summative paragraph to be posted on your blog.

Thanks!

Here is some info and taking up below...

What does “fresh” mean?

How many people looked up this word if they didn’t know it?

If the answer isn’t EVERYBODY, then you are a doofus.

You NEED to learn to look up ANY word that you don’t know. Ignorance is unacceptable.

We have to get to the point where we can self-teach when we get caught in a corner.

NOW! I will admit that this requires a mind-set - you need to MAKE yourself care about stuff that you don’t know about.

A SKILL SET WE NEED!

You get something to read. Now what? Immediately Google the author. This will tell you some things you might need to know.

Prereading check of title, questions, any responses. This gets you thinking and engaged, which will make your reading smarter. We read better when we read with purpose.

Google words you don’t know (or dictionary define). Not every one, because you can context-learn some words. One of the KEY things to Google is a reference to something else that we maybe don’t know - eg a Biblical character, a town name, a TV show, an event, etc.  ie Reading a story that takes place in 1943 might be more meaningful to you if you know a little bit about World War II. When you have these references, and this crucial information, you suddenly understand WAY more about the story you’re reading.

Read the story once for a normal read. Check the questions and REFER back.

Jot down some general ideas about the story in this way:

observations - responses - reasons - possible meanings (hey, this looks like analysis!)

Charles -

rationalization - possible reason for Laurie’s creation of this “scapegoat” kid is to make himself distanced from his poor behaviour school

Maybe he’s just a little fiend and creates this persona character to avoid punishment.

Could Charles be a way of getting extra attention? If he wanted that attention, he would proudly exclaim I AM THAT BAD KID! LOOK ON ME AND MARVEL!

We know that kids will go to great lengths to avoid punishment - this is probably what’s happening.

However, the deeper psychology of rationalization is pretty interesting

Surprise Ending is Foreshadowed?

Is there evidence given in the story that Laurie is lying about this “Charles”?

It is an interesting coincidence that Laurie has to stay after school the same day Charles does. Hmmm...

Laurie only has Charles, with no mom, no family, no other kinds of behaviour, in his stories. There is a shortage of other proof.

Laurie’s behaviour at home is EERILY consistent with Charles’ behaviour at school.

And then, you will write a little memoir in your blog.

What have we been doing? What is due? What is marked?

Formative - I read, I see, I know what you’re up to. I can give comments to help you improve whatever it is.

Summative - I read, I mark, I record. If you are not happy with the mark, you check comments for improvement and resubmit.

Blog - summative
Email me your blog link - Formative
Paragraph about your video (evaluation) - Formative (diagnostic)
A short paragraph memoir (on blog) - Summative (paragraph style)