https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c Using context and biographical information in open response questions #3. en-us 2018-04-23 14:13:46 UTC 2026-01-09 08:07:22 UTC hello@padlet.com cwarner https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254409774 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1.A

Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.B

Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic.

]]> 2018-04-23 14:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254409774 cwarner https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254410495 Some novels and plays seem to advocate changes in social or political attitudes or in traditions. Choose such a novel or play and note briefly the particular attitudes or traditions that the author apparently wishes to modify. Then analyze the techniques the author uses to influence the reader’s or audience’s views. Avoid plot summary. ]]> 2018-04-23 14:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254410495 cwarner https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254410877  Choose a distinguished novel or play in which some of the most significant events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated with external action. Do not merely summarize the plot.]]> 2018-04-23 14:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254410877 cwarner https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254411234 Morally ambiguous characters – characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good – are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary. ]]> 2018-04-23 14:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254411234 cwarner https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254411549  Form B. Often in literature, a character’s success in achieving goals depends on keeping a secret and divulging it only at the right moment, if at all. Choose a novel or play of literary merit that requires a character to keep a secret. In a well-organized essay, briefly explain the necessity for secrecy and how the character’s choice to reveal or keep the secret affects the plot and contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. You may select a work from the list below, or y]]> 2018-04-23 14:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254411549 https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254440956 Describe]]> 2018-04-23 15:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cwarner/gzmrb0kbfq6c/wish/254440956