Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

Monday, December 06, 2010

Reading Journals and Notebooks DUE 12/10

Reading Journals should have 10 of the following entries, without duplication, per five weeks:
1 A 400 word imitation of the author's style
2 A 400 word retelling of one scene in the book from a different point of view
3 A 400 word discussion of the author's tone
4 A 400 word discussion of one the the three Appeals
5 A 400 word discussion of a recurring rhetorical device
6 A 400 word discussion which connects the novel to another piece we have read in class
7 A 200 word argument response regarding a premise in the novel
8 A 200 word character sketch
9 A 200 word response which discusses one instance of a rhetorical device
10 A 200 word response to a quote from the text.
11 A 200 word discussion on the diction on one page of the novel
12 A 200 word discussion on the speaker
13 A 100 word statement of the author's purpose
14 A 100 word statement of the author's intended audience
15 An Annotation of a two-page excerpt

Class notes should include:
Short In-Class Writing Responses
Annotations
Class Notes
Multiple Choice answers with rationales
Group work notes
New vocabulary