Thursday, January 30, 2014

Heart of Darkness

New link to Heart of Darkness

Just click on the section and scroll down. It's there...keep scrolling...If you want Section 2, go to Section 1 and scroll down near the bottom. Section 2 actually starts in Section 1.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Outside Reading Assignment

Below are all of the things you need to put on the blog...IN THE SAME ORDER AS THEY APPEAR!

Picture of the Book
Title
Author
Rating of book (1-10)
Briefly summarize the book (1-2 paragraphs)
Now choose 3 of the prompts below and answer them for your novel. Each response to each question should be 1-2 paragraphs:
1.       Choose one of the following sentence starters and write a brief reflection for it.
I noticed…I wonder…I was reminded of…I think…I was surprised that…I’d like to know…I realized…If I were…The central issue(s) is (are)…One consequence of ___________________________could be…If _________________, then…I’m not sure…Although it seems…

2.       Describe the character/person who changed the most from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. Explain the change and what caused it.
3.       Describe a minor character/person in the book who had major importance. Explain.
4.       Describe on major external conflict and on major internal conflict found in this book.
5.       Above you rated this book. Explain in detail why you gave this book that score.
6.       Evaluate the ending of this book. Considering how the book unfolded, is it an effective ending? Why? Why not?

7.       If this book had gone one more chapter, what would have happened? Explain.