Humanities

It is reflection time!

We are halfway through The Outsiders and it is time to stop and reflect.  Using the below as a framework, complete your next reflection:

Novel Study Reflections- Thinking about your thinking

Midway Point: Making and Changing Predictions

It is time to stop reading and review your initial predictions.  Were they correct? If so, which ones? Which ones were incorrect?

1. Are you enjoying the book?  If so why? If not, why?
2. Is the story what you were expecting?  Any surprises?

3. Text-to-Self Connections

A good text-to-self connection might sound like…

This reminds me of the time that I…

I know exactly how the character feels because when that happened to me…

·         Remember when…

·         Because I know about ______, I can understand _______.

4. Text-to-Text

A good text-to-text connection might sound like…

·         This character reminds me of the character in this book because…

·         The part reminds me of the book I read yesterday…

·         I think the book will end this way because in this other book…

5. Text-to-World

A good text-to-world connection might sound like…

·         This reminds me of something I heard on the news…

·         I think this has happened in history before…

·         It seems like this book happened a long time ago because…

·         This is the same problem we’re facing right now in Canada

WHAT DOES GRADE 8 WRITING LOOK LIKE, YOUR IDEAS ARE SUPPORTED WITH ACTUAL EXAMPLES FROM THE NOVEL, SENTENCES ARE COMPLETE, THERE ARE NO SPELLING ERRORS, ALL PROPER NOUNS AND STARTS TO SENTENCES ARE CAPITALIZED.

Reflection is due tomorrow!