WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT overview

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WRITTEN ASSIGNMENToverview

• Broken April
• Pedro Paramo
• Snow Country

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WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT4 Stages

• STAGE 1 Interactive Oral
• STAGE 2 Reflective Statement
• STAGE 3 Supervised Writing
• STAGE 4 Production of Essay

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STAGE 1 INTERACTIVE ORALS

• The discussions should address the following
  cultural and contextual considerations.
• In what ways do time and place matter to this
  work?
• What was easy to understand and what was
  difficult in relation to social and cultural
  context and issues?
• What connections did you find between issues in
  the work and your own culture(s) and experience?
• What aspects of technique are interesting in the
  work?

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INTERACTIVE ORALSWhat do we need to know about
the topic to help us betterdiscuss the
construction of the book?

• Examples
• Newspaper headlines
• Small groups you lead
• Presentation
• Lead large groups
• Stations
• Assign readings
• Maps / visuals
• Role-playing

• Evaluation
• Engaging
• Informative
• Interactive
• Personal connection
• Clear / organized

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STAGE 2 REFLECTIVE STATEMENT

• The reflective statement must be based on the
  following question.
• How was your understanding of cultural and
  contextual considerations of the work developed
  through the interactive oral?
• Typed, 300-400 words
• awarded a mark out of 3 using assessment
  criterion A (A 3 BD 22 25)
• RS for the work used in essay is sent along with
  essay

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STAGE 3 SUPERVISED WRITING

• In-class writing in response to teacher-created
  prompts
• May use book (w/annotations) but no notes or past
  assignments
• Must choose 1 prompt write on 1 of the 3 texts
• Will use SWs as brainstorming for essay topics
• Will need to be able to show some connection
  between SW final essay

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STAGE 4 ESSAY

• 1200 1500 words
• Written on ONE of the three texts
• Student develops topic from one of the SW
• Literary analysis
• Should go beyond class discussion
• Should keep essay assignment in mind at all
  times!!!!!!

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WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 4 STAGES

• STAGE 1 Interactive Oral
• must participate in leading IO for 1 text
• STAGE 2 Reflective Statement
• Must write RS after each IO (total of 3 RSs)
• STAGE 3 Supervised Writing
• Must complete SW after each text (total of 3 SWs)
• STAGE 4 Production of Essay
• Will write on 1 of the 3 texts

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Broken April

• Ismail Kadare, Albania, 1978

• IO TOPICS

• A seemingly archaic yet modern tale of a blood
  feud that controls a young mans life. The story
  is clear and chronological but jumps between
  three primary points of view.

• Author Info
• Blood Code / Kanun
• Tirana vs. Mountain Region (geographical
  cultural differences)
• Albanian history and politics (published date vs.
  setting of the story)
• Albanian culture (family religion gender roles
  etc.)

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Pedro Paramo

• Juan Rulfo, Mexico, 1955

• IO TOPICS

• A very surreal story of a young mans attempt to
  find his father in an eerie Mexican town. The
  story is told through multiple voices and
  switches between the past and present. Rulfo was
  a pioneer of magical realism and inspired many
  Latin American writers.

• Author info
• Magical Realism
• Gender roles
• Marriage / love / sex
• Social conventions
• Mexican Revolution
• Class differences (peasants, landowners, workers,
  etc.)

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Snow Country

• Yasunari Kawabata, Japan, 1956

• IO TOPICS

• The story of a city mans affair with a country
  geisha in a mountain spa community. The novel is
  sparsely written but largely chronological and
  told through the male protagonists limited point
  of view.

• Author background
• Geisha spa vs. city
• Dress / clothing
• Mountain region / resorts
• Role of women / men
• Ballet haiku arts/culture
• Marriage / love / sex
• Class differences
• Japanese etiquette (social conversational) /
  social interaction