Journal Prompt #18:Life on the "Rez"
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By now, you should be pretty comfortable with finding related details that stand out for you in a literary text. When connecting the details, it's important to think about what the details reveal about the author's choices. You should draw inferences about the effects the author's use of details has on your experience as a reader. From that, you should be able to draw a conclusion about the text. For example, one can conclude that Louise Erdrich begins her narrative sparsely, proving only a few puzzling details and shifts tense in the first paragraph, creating mystery and anticipation. It all makes the reader wonder where the story is going.
It's time to generate your own claims! Remember, it's important to think in terms of Erdrich's choices, NOT in terms of the plot itself.
Click here to read "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich.
Working with a partner, complete a "Forming Evidence-Based Claims" worksheet in which you generate your own claim on the text through page 6. We will discuss your claims in class.
Afterward, finish reading the story independently. Consider these guiding questions as you read:
- What choices do you notice Louise Erdrich making?
- Where does the narrative end--with what details, events, or thoughts?
- What seems unexpected, troubling or ironic about the resolution of the narrative?
- How does the ending change or influence our understanding of the narrative?
What's due:
* Memoirs!
* Five-paragraph thematic essay on Night. (100 points)
*"Redefining Faith" (3 paragraphs; 48 points)
*Independent reading book
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
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