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• Writing Standard 9-12.4 Development,
  Organization, and Style
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• Reading Literature/ Informational Text Standard
  9-12.1 Cite Strong and Thorough Textual Evidence

Please print this slide show, follow the
directions, and staple it to your reading
response.
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Fold Paper

• Fold paper into four Squares.
• O.k., it may be four
  rectangles, but work
  with me people.

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Visualize

• Close your eyes and visualize the most powerful
  image you remember from
  what you read
• Then . . .

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Upper Left Box

• Draw or download a picture of a powerful image
  for what you have read.
  Must be in color.

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Upper Right Box

• Put the picture you drew or downloaded into words
  by explaining its significance in
  the story.

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Lower Left Box

• Imagine you are an English professor lecturing to
  a college class on the scene you just described
  from what was read.
  Now, write your lecture.

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Lower Right Box

• Write a poem, create a word collage, follow a
  stream of conscious- ness, or in any
  other way respond to the
  scene you have drawn.

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Guidelines

• Picture captures a significant
  moment from what you read
• Artistic effort and message counts, not artistic
  ability
• Written work is evaluative and captures the
  meaning of the drawing and significant moment of
  what was read with the upper right box at least
  50 words long and the lower left box at least 75
  words long.

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In the beginning of the story we notice that
Winston ran into the poster saying Big Brother
is Watching you in the building where he lives.
Later on, he sees same poster with the same
caption, all over the London streets and
buildings. In this chapter he visits Mrs. Parson
and he again sees this image in her apartment.
This poster shows which people are the supporters
of Big Brother and which people belong to the
Party.
Be Aware Look at the crawly eyes. They follow
you, Like a dog follows his master. Be
aware! They want to play with your life Using the
strategy of Monopoly. Be aware! They want to
enslave you And hold you down under control. Be
aware, be aware Big Brother is Watching You He
is watching every move you make Every breath you
take..

• What emerges in this chapter is an external
  conflict between the protagonist, Winston Smith,
  and the potential antagonist, as represented by
  the totalitarian regime of Big Brother.
  Complicating the conflict is the pervasiveness of
  Big Brothers indoctrination of the general
  populous. Winstons every movement, conversation,
  and action is under the surveillance of Big
  Brother or his minions. Winstons desire for
  freedom is under constant attack.

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Grading Guidelines

• Significant Image/Picture
• Upper Left Corner
• 50 Word Evaluation
• Upper Right Corner
• Student Point of View
• 75 Word Evaluation
• Lower Left Corner
• Teacher Point of View
• Poem/Word Collage
• Evaluative No Errors
• Analytical 1 Error
• Application 2 Errors
• Comprehension 3 Errors

(See next slide for Blooms Taxonomy Grading
Scale)
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Creativity
Evaluation
Write one sentence explaining what you
did well according to the skill being learned
using the language of Blooms taxonomy. Then,
write one more sentence explaining what you could
do better or differently next time and how you
could move up one level on Blooms Taxonomy.
Higher Order Thinking Skills
4.5 to 5/A
3.5 to 4.4/B 2.5 to 3.4/C
1.5 to 2.4/L .1 to 1.4/K
Blooms Taxonomy
Student Directions for Written Evaluation
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Grading Scale
0 Errors 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - 1.5/L
to 2.4/L 1 Errors 3.5/B to 4.4/B 4 Errors
.1/K to 1.4/K 2 Errors 2.5/C to 3.4/C
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