Novel Study Preflight Checklist

Posted on December 11, 2007 by dsader

Read a Novel from the Reading List:

focus your responses on a course focus question
think “creatively” about your response
connect to characters you’ve already studied
extend your response to include symbol and archetype
consider “Critical Questions”
emphasize “Voice” and/or “Structure” in your responses
consider “Writing About Literature”(page 9-14) in Heath
considered other essay writing strategies
prepare at least 8 posts in your “body of blog”
consider discussion questions from the STJ forums
consider asking questions of your teacher
considered embedding original audio/video with your post
be familiar with the 8 point Holistic Critical Thinking Rubric

Tracback a “map” of your response here.

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