Assignment: 9/15: Choice Story

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-A (H)
2021-09-12T19:50:05Z

Due: Sep 17, 2021 by 11:59pm

Today:

Choice Story! Choose the story you want to read and evaluate. Annotate it! For each story, I have indicated the element it best exemplifies, so be sure to look for evidence of at least one of those elements.

"How Food Connects Us to Home” AND ​
“Ways of Knowing the Women in Her Life”​

Imagery and strong details​

Some characterization​

“Working at Wendys”​

Strong character-building for ​
variety of characters​

Dialogue use​

“Gambling with my Grandmother: From the Philippines to America”​

Larger ideas/themes to think about​

Imagery and strong details​

“Shooting an Elephant”​

Larger ideas/themes for readers to think about​

Conflict and resolution​

“The F Word"

Narrative VOICE​- the personality of the author comes through

Larger ideas/themes for readers to think about​

Then:

1. Which story did you choose? Was this story good? Did you like it? (separate questions…) ​Why??

2. Who was/were the character(s)?

3. What was the plot (what happened in the story)?​

4. What element(s) of it “worked”? Give specific examples (quotes) and explain them." ​

5. Explain one element of the story you might incorporate into your own writing when you write your own personal narrative next week. Include a quote.

If you need a model of possible responses, see the Exemplar using "Red at the Bone: Chapter 10​" created for you.

Today:

Choice Story! Choose the story you want to read and evaluate. Annotate it! For each story, I have indicated the element it best exemplifies, so be sure to look for evidence of at least one of those elements.

"How Food Connects Us to Home” AND ​
“Ways of Knowing the Women in Her Life”​

Imagery and strong details​

Some characterization​

“Working at Wendys”​

Strong character-building for ​
variety of characters​

Dialogue use​

“Gambling with my Grandmother: From the Philippines to America”​

Larger ideas/themes to think about​

Imagery and strong details​

“Shooting an Elephant”​

Larger ideas/themes for readers to think about​

Conflict and resolution​

“The F Word"

Narrative VOICE​- the personality of the author comes through

Larger ideas/themes for readers to think about​

Then:

1. Which story did you choose? Was this story good? Did you like it? (separate questions…) ​Why??

2. Who was/were the character(s)?

3. What was the plot (what happened in the story)?​

4. What element(s) of it “worked”? Give specific examples (quotes) and explain them." ​

5. Explain one element of the story you might incorporate into your own writing when you write your own personal narrative next week. Include a quote.

If you need a model of possible responses, see the Exemplar using "Red at the Bone: Chapter 10​" created for you.