It's All Coming Together... Writing Structure and Literature Response
Independent Novel Assignment: Where it all came together
The book assignment you completed for your first novel was a paragraph and a graphic organizer addressing character traits and character change. Although this may seem like a small "project" it was a significant assignment for you to showcase your understanding of the skills being introduced, practiced, and applied in our learning lab.
Reading Skills:
- Annotation for character change and literary devices
- Identifying character traits
- Identifying logical text evidence for support
Writing Skills:
- Creating paragraph structure for clarity
- Generating sentence variety to improve "flow" of ideas
- Building depth of ideas intentionally to strengthen position
Presentation Skills:
- Creating work quality representative of thought quality
- Reviewing and reflecting on completed work
- Adjusting/revising work for clear communication if needed
We have created a broad view of many skills in this one assignment. Your task is to intentionally apply these skills and expectation in conjunction with new one presented in the future.
Now onto some essays where we can continue using these skills in longer form writing!
