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pick one novel. Excerpt from Life of Pi(Opens in a new window)…
pick one novel.
Excerpt from Life of Pi(Opens in a new window)
Excerpt from The Jaguar’s Children
Excerpt of Alias Grace(Opens in new window)
Excerpt of Medicine Walk(Opens in new window)
Excerpt of Heart of Darkness(Opens in new window)
Excerpt of The Illegal(Opens in new window)
Excerpt of The Great Gatsby(Opens in new window)
Excerpt of Middlesex
you will be creating a reading journal for your novel.
which will be a collection of your observations, notes, images, digital artifacts, quotations, and references that show your understanding of your novel.
The format of your reading journal is up to you.
The following are some format suggestions that you may find helpful:
a slide presentation with multiple slides of images and text, with detailed reflections in the speaker notes
a blog with sequential entries
an interactive digital journal
a digital folder containing a separate file for each journal entry
an audio journal with ongoing entries
a physical pen-and-paper journal, which includes drawings and images.
You will need to include 10 entries in your reading journal. Your entries will be based on specific incidents in your novel as well as interpretations on your novel as a whole.
For three of the 10 entries, you will have the choice of what to do. Your choices will depend on what you are discovering and are curious about in your novel.
The remaining 7 entries will be based on the prompts provided.
Ten journal entries: requirements checklistItem No. 1
Create a reading schedule.
Item No. 2
A short, written reflection about why you chose your novel.
Item No. 3
Notes that include the following about character development in three parts.
What have you learned about the main character(s) from the first third of the novel?
How have the main character(s) changed, grown, or revealed themselves in the second third?
How have the main character(s) changed, grown, or revealed themselves in the final third?
Item No. 4
Explanation of your novel’s biographical and historical context based on your research on the following:
the life of the author
the time in which the author was writing
the novel’s setting/time period
Item No. 5
Notes on resilience in response to the following questions:
How do the characters demonstrate resilience?
How is the concept of resilience linked to themes in the novel?
What is the author stating about the role of resilience in people’s lives?
Include significant quotations. You may need to reference other journal entries.
Item No. 6
Analysis of novel using literary lenses
Examine how one or more of the following literary lenses informs your interpretation of the novel:
contextual lens
psychological lens
gender lens
socio-economic lens
archetypal lens
Item No. 7
Notes on text-to-text connections.
Make ongoing comparisons between your novel and other texts or media that you are familiar with, such as the following:
films or television shows
texts you have read in this course (short stories, personal essays, poems, songs)
other novels you have read
Items No. 8 to 10
No. 8: I like the way the author…
No. 9: What were your feelings after reading the opening chapter of this book?
No. 10: Write a poem about your book.
Your reading journal entries will vary in length and composition and will be a mix of text and multimedia. Your entries may include the following:
images from the setting or time period of the novel (for example, fabric, wallpaper, art, other pop culture artifacts)
images of what the protagonist might appear like, things that might be in their home, and so on.
images inspired by themes in your novel
references to other media or texts (for example, song lyrics and poems)
links to videos that provide added context and perspective for your interpretations
links to videos or audio recordings you have created
reflections and explanations based on textual evidence from the novel
You can decide how your own reading journal will appear, but keep in mind that you will be graded on the visual (scrapbook) aspect of it.
