Theme (important lesson or message in the story) Power Write Criteria:
- logical, thoughtful ideas that go beyond the literal to deeper meaning
- ideas are well-supported with strong reasoning by providing thorough details and several examples from the story
- make connections to other texts, yourself (your own experiences with your particular theme…courage, friendship, anger etc) and/or the world
- give examples of how your life is changed because of what you learned from the author’s message and explain why (apply the important lesson/message to your life)
- organize your ideas into correct paragraph structure including an effective introduction, main body, and satisfying conclusion
- make powerful word choices including transition words (although, therefore, in addition, etc)
- Always use conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization
Iqbal Vocabulary List
- Incessantly
- Fatigue
- Eddying
- Implacable
- Abundance
- Mercilessly
- Embankment
- Illustrious
- Arrogant
- Agitated
- Timorous
- Torrid
- Litany
- Delude
- Loathed
- Exploit
- Intimidate
- Unscrupulous (p.78)
- Clandestine (p.79)
- Inevitable (p.83)
- influential (p.92)
- precariously (p.98)
- denounced (p.99)
- astonished (p.109)
- livid (p.115)
- admired (p.117)
- console (p. 116)
- deprived (p. 111)
- foreign (p. 112 or 114)
- irresistible (p. 86)
We started a new novel study. For the next few weeks we will be studying City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.
Some Learning goals: Good readers predict what will happen in the story. Building from word clues found in the book’s title and first page, students predicted where and when the story takes place, who is in the story and what the story is about.
Additional goals:
Good readers use context clues to understand new vocabulary. Good readers make mental images as they read. Students will understand how an author uses setting, character, theme, symbolism to develop meaning.
Criteria for a great paragraph answer:
– about a minimum of 6-8 sentences
– have one or 2 introductory sentences
– minimum 3-5 supporting sentences (the evidence to prove, back up your idea)
– a concluding sentence
– ideas are thoughtful, logical
– ideas are well-supported with sufficient evidence
– conventions are followed (spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitals)
This criteria can be used for ANY paragraph response to a given task.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (of completed work that should be in duotang)
1. Title page (not due until end of book)
2. Tableau Reflection
3. Journal Response from Lina’s perspective (written in first person)
4. Prediction (what major event happened in the world to cause the Elders to have Ember built?)