Yay! You've finished your books. You'll be in your book groups, each group discussing their books, addressing the following prompts:
1) What is the central/primary purpose of the story? Is it important or meaningful?
After discussing, you're going to plan for individual presentations. As this is a Craft of Writing class, you'll be analyzing and presenting your novels through the lens of writing craft! The prompt asks for the purpose of the story and whether or not it's meaningful! Use the prompt to approach your presentation planning and analysis of your chosen element of fiction. You remember the terms:
Questions to consider when addressing your chosen element of fiction:
How do I want to approach this author? What meant the most to me?
How does the author's purpose (or a part of the purpose) shine through one of the above aspects of craft?
How is the story's importance or meaning made clear, powerful, confusing, weak, unimportant, etc. by these elements?
Examining a writer's craft is a more careful, meticulous art versus summarizing a book. Your goal is to take one aspect each and prepare a presentation that analyzes that particular aspect of your author's writing. These will be presented on Friday, 3/28.
This is solid list to choose from By the end of 7th period, each group member will have chosen an aspect of writer's craft to present their novel/author through.
Your presentation is going to take some thought. You're not merely answering questions, you're exploring a novel through a writer's craft. There isn't one answer, there are many.
8th Period:
Use this time to prepare your presentations. Visual aids are great (Prezi, PowerPoint, etc.) and quite helpful.
Your presentation should have:
1) A title
2) A clear description of what you're presenting (author, novel, and element of fiction)
3) At least 2 examples from the text to support your point
4) Material enough for a 5-7 minute presentation
5) Visual aids are nice, but not required. If they help, use them! What does matter is the information you're presenting.
Homework:
Prepare your presentations and be ready to deliver them on Friday.
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