1. / Review the literary elements: Learn the process of response writing using the 3"E's" E1 - EXPLAIN your idea in a few sentences. E2 - Provide an EXAMPLE with the use of a quote from the text. E3 - EXPAND your writing by drawing conclusions to show you can infer.
2./ Apply this response technique to show their understanding of short stories, movies and book club novels beginning with a film study. 3. Literature Circles = Read a novel of choice with a small group of classmates - this includes discussions of the novel daily, answering comprehension questions daily, then using photos to complete a response as a culminating task. Book choices: The Hunger Games, Maze Runner, The 57 Bus, Touching Spirit Bear, The 57 Bus, The Agony of Bun O'Keefe.
Book Clubs in small groups to discuss ideas - then one pager 1/2 way mark. Response writing at the end.