da Vinci Arts Middle School

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Reading:

Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

Discussions:

Before participating in the discussions, students will complete a job.  Novel discussions will be held at the end of every other week starting in the second semester.  The meeting schedule is:  2/10, 2/24, 3/9, and 3/23 for the 3rd quarter.  During the 4th quarter the meetings will be 4/20, 5/4, 5/18, and 6/1.

Discussion Group bookmarks—listing the group members, dates of discussion, jobs, and pacing.

Booklet:

Most groups are completing responses and reflections in a booklet for third quarter.  Please read and follow directions for the response and reflection sections.

booklet

A few groups are completing individual jobs for discussions during the third quarter, but all groups will be completing them during the fourth quarter.

• Riddler—asks thought provoking questions & leads the discussion
• Summarizer—summarizes the assigned section of reading and presents a plot line
• Story Elements II—keeps track of 2 major characters and how they change through the assigned reading
• Illustrator—provides a cover and teaser for the assigned section of reading
• Illustrator II—creates 3 drawings with captions for the assigned section of reading
• Story Elements—draws and describes the effects of the setting on the assigned section of reading 
• Literary Luminary—provides examples of 4 quotes with different literary techniques from the assigned section of reading

literary techniques—a list and description of various literary devices to help the literary luminary