Reader's Response Sample

In response to Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains"
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Weekly Agenda 5.23-5.27

SHORT STORIES

This week we will conclude our discussion about One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Then, we will venture into short story territory, reading several authors and exploring the various structures and archetypes of the genre.  

DO NOT FORGET...

• You've turned in your Poet Synthesis Essay
• You are ready to turn in your Reading Journal by Thursday, May 26th.

You are prepared to present your Magical Realism interpretation/project

You will turn in any late/revised/recovery work by June 3rd!

You have checked Illuminate recently enough to know that there are no surprises.

Weekly Agenda 5.16-5.20

Read through pp417 (end of book) for May 20th; #15

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Escalating Questions

-devices ‘Fernanda’s Rant”

-exit ticket

Passage Analysis

Reading Quiz-p354

WEDNESDAY

Laptop Work Day

-work on revising drafts for final

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Review final magical realism scenes and their meaning

Discuss Ending/Share excerpts from Journals.

Prepare for presentations

HW Poet Synthesis Final Essay due tonight to turnitin.com.  Please do not forget the appendix.

Weekly Agenda 5.9-5.13

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Read through pp291 for May 10th; #13

Read through pp354 for May 17th; #14 (quiz!)

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Presentations

Review Journal #13

Analysis of magical realism metaphors

s/m/t chart

Prepare for passage Analysis

WEDNESDAY

Laptop Work Day

-make sure your essay is online

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Final Presentations

Draft #2 due: Read Around

Magical Realism Creative Interpretation Final

Creative Element

YOUR FINAL will be a creative interpretation of a magical realism scene/topic in 100 Years of Solitude.  

-one 4x6 index card explanation required.

-----Present/perform on May 31st-----

Art

• 2 or 3 dimensional
• striking black and white
• colored
• textured
• found
• sculpture
• animated
• living
• collage
• diorama
• story board
• other…

Performance

• original dance

-any form

• original music

-any instrument, vocals

Spoken Word

Written

• poetry
• short story
• comic book

Video

• short film
• animation
• performance
• • mash up
  • documentary
  • out-takes
  Theater
  • monologue
  • dialogue
  • scene
  
  
  Other:
  • machine
  • robot
  • economic implication
  • legal implications/ interpretations
  • biological implications/ interpretations
  • geographical implications/ interpretations
  • sociological implications/ interpretations
  • anthropological implications/ interpretations
  • psychological implications/ interpretations
  OTHER other…?

GREATED ON WHETHER OR NOT IT IS AWESOME.

• Creativity is exceptional
• Presentation is exceptional
• Writing is exceptional
• Graphics/Illustrations are exceptional
• Overall Effectiveness is --you guessed it!--E.X.C.E.P.T.I.O.N.A.L
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