Due: September 1st

1. Bloom's questions addressing Tone, Illusion, and Point of View with The Prestige. 

Homework assignment and turn in information located at Google Classroom.

Due: Monday, August 31st

Catch your breath. Have a serene weekend.
Review all of your notes before class on Monday.
Don't lose all of the work we have done these two weeks.
LC

Due: Friday, August 28th

1. Quiz- Art of Questioning, Cornell notes, previous information, and Bloom's Taxonomy

2. Read: Teaching Students to Question
    - Annotate and put into notes

3. Write 6 BLOOM's Questions addressing The Prestige. (One for EACH LEVEL)
You do not need to have the answers.

Here are some Bloom's Question Stems to assist you in creating your questions.

Due: Tuesday, August 24th

1. You took your first quiz today. Look back over your notes. Make sure they are complete. Mark what was asked on the quiz. These are critical building blocks.

2. For class on Tuesday...  You have already been thinking about TONE and The Prestige.  You have already been asked what you feel is the TONE (Thursday's homework). Now, I want you to settle on what you feel is the overall TONE of The Prestige.  You may adopt the tone that you have already identified... or you may reevaluate with some further thought.

Remember.. determining TONE is a cumulative exercise.. Here are some hints at the elements to add together.

To do so... pay attention to the following elements:
          1. Diction (word choice)... What words are the characters using.. and at what times? What words does the author use to describe certain circumstances? Connotative meaning.. Denotative meaning.. Inference.. Choices.. choices.. choices.. Choices have cumulative impacts...
2.  Imagery (words and phrases that invoke the reader's senses).... How does the author describe certain scenes? Events? Imagery is used to draw in the reader so they experience the text... this, too, has a cumulative effect on tone.
3. Characterization (the manner in which a character is developed by the author).... How does the author USE his/her characters? How are they developed? How do they interact with each other?
4. Plot (the sequence of events).... WHAT happens? WHEN?  WHY? Why does a certain event happen at a certain point? Why does it follow what it does? Why does a certain event follow IT?
5. Reader response (The role of reader experiences and influence of interpretation)... How the reader responds to all of the above DOES play a role in determining TONE... is it influencing TOO much? Is the reader's response overpowering the author's intentions? Must be considered!

(I would have the above in your notes for class on Tuesday, by the way)

NOW.... I want you to consider the above.. this should give you PLENTY of direction to search..

Once you have determined a full-blooded, fleshy adjective to describe TONE of The Prestige... you need to find EVIDENCE to prove your conclusion. TEXT... You will have a list of QUOTES. Remember citation... MLA.

"..........." (Priest 45).

Let me know if you have questions.. or need help!

Illusions and Tone- Prestige

Today in class you are going to have a small group discussion about the four questions that were your homework for  today.
1. What are some examples of illusions in The Prestige?
2. How do these illusions contribute to the TONE of the book? Significance?
3. What do you identify as the TONE of the book? What is the author's purpose?
4. What is the reason that this text was chosen to start the year? Why this book?

As you go through these questions... you are expected to supplement your already constructed notes. ADD to them!

After your discussion, you will be using the reply section of this post as an electronic discussion board/collection of group notes.  EACH GROUP will need to report on their findings of their group discussion. Thoughts... findings... questions...  Please list the group members at the beginning of the post. The more thorough you are in your reporting... the better grade your group will receive. Yep.. GRADE. The notes are due by the end of class.

REVISED: Use the following document to record notes... and reply...  Please CLEARLY LABEL YOUR RESPONSES... Place them under the group notes..

Group Discussion- Hour 1

Group Discussion Notes- Hour 3

Group Discussion Notes- Hour 6

Next, EACH STUDENT will have to REPLY to the group notes by commenting on what they have learned from reading the other groups' posts. These can be further questions... additions... different directions. You are expected to read EACH GROUPS' findings... reply to THREE.  The replies are due by Monday morning.

Keep the document NEAT... Please.

Remember... Digital citizenship
                      Group work expectations

Due: August 21, 2015

1. Finish up the First Day Ponderings, if you have not done so already. I will be collecting these at the beginning of class on Friday.

2. In your notes, answer the 4 questions addressing Tone/Inference and The Prestige. 
    - List examples of illusions in The Prestige. 
   -   How does the use of illusions contribute to what you feel is the overall tone of the book?
   -   What do you think the tone of the book is, and why? 
  -    What can you infer about the purpose of the choice of this book for this specific class?