Post your "After Twenty Years" perspective reflection on our blog by Monday,
November 23.
Friday Nov. 20: Complete Friday classwork
1. Compare/Contrast "Amigo Brothers" with "After 20 Years"
2. Describe your reaction to the ending.
3. I.D. Lit Terms: dialect, theme, external/internal conflict, any others you
come across
4. Complete Character Perspective Chart.
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Literature Circle Roles:
Roles:
1. Discussion Director: Your role demands that you identify the important
aspects of your assigned text, and develop questions your group will want to
discuss. Focus on the major themes or "big ideas" in the text and your
reaction to those ideas.
2. Illuminator: You find passages your gorup would like to/should hear read
aloud. These passages should be memorable, interesting, puzzling, funny, or
important. Your notes should include the quotations, but also why you chose
them, and what you want to say about them. You can either read the passage
aloud yourself, or ask members to read it.
3. Illustrator: Your role is to draw what you read. This might mean drawing a
scene as a cartoon-like sequence, or an important scene so readers can better
understand the action. You can draw Thinking Maps make sure you make note how
it connects to the reading. (Think: What are you trying to accomplish through
this drawing?)
4. Connector: Your job is to connect what you are reading with what you are
studying or with the world outside school. You can connect the story to events
in the news, your own life, trends, etc. Also, think of what you have already
read. (Think: How does this section relate to those that came before it?)
5. Word Watcher: While reading the assigned section, you watch out for words
worth knowing. These words might be interesting, new, important, or used in
unusual ways. It is important to indicate the specific location of the words
so you can discuss it in context. (Think: Which words are used
frequently/unusually? What is the part of speech of this word?)
6. Summarizer: Prepare a brief summary of the day's reading. In some cases,
you might ask yourself what details, characters, or events are so important
that they would be on an exam. Consider making a list or outline, if that
helps you stay organized. (Think: What makes these events so important? What
changes in plot-character, or tone, did you notice while reading? What might
be a good essay topic for this section of the story?)
