My Reading Circles Journal - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by MOE CPDD GEB-EL

Facilitators, please read this

moe_gebr — 2022-10-05 08:29:38 UTC

This is an example of how Padlet could be used as a journalling tool. There are many other tools, such as edublogs or even features within SLS. The important consideration is access and ease of use for facilitators and pupils to provide feedback and track their progress.

Important notes on setting up Padlet for journaling:

Please do not reveal all the journaling prompts to participants -- these should be updated session by session.
Include instructions for your pupil participants, such as:
- Creating a padlet and creating new posts
  - Login using Student ICON Google accounts and create a new linked account to Padlet
  - Should your school have a subscription plan, you can create unlimited padlets for your pupils and add them as contributors. Otherwise, note that free accounts are limited to 3 free padlets, and pupil participants are expected to share the links with you.
- Managing padlets
  - Privacy settings: Password (free); Org wide (subscription); viewers can write
  - Archive the padlet after RC has concluded (padlet will still be accessible, but will not count toward quota of free padlets.)
- Submission guidelines
  - Include instructions on deadlines and where they can find the journaling prompts (e.g. check SLS)

Session 2 - Activity 2.5: Response Task 1

moe_gebr — 2022-10-05 08:29:38 UTC

Write a response to one of the following:

What would you put on your list of questions to ask the Old Man of the Moon?
If you have to choose only one question out of your list, which is it, and why?
If you have access to the Book of Fortune, would you want to know your fortune? Why or why not?
Will you, like Minli, want to change your fortune? If you do, what would you wish to change, and why?

Session 4 - Activity 4.4: Response Task 2

moe_gebr — 2022-10-05 08:29:38 UTC

The slip torn from the Book of Fortune advised the King of the City of Bright Moonlight, "You only lose what you cling to".

Based on what you have discussed during your Reading Circle so far, write a response to this statement from the point of view of one of the characters:

(i) Minli, or
(ii) Ma, or
(iii) Jade Dragon, or
(iv) the goldfish man

Your character should be speaking at the end of the book (i.e. after Minli has returned home).

Session 6 - Activity 6A.4: Response Task 3

moe_cpdd_gebel5 — 2022-10-05 08:29:38 UTC

Write a response to one of the following from your discussion so far:

What have you learnt about stories and their power? What is your personal experience with the power of stories?
How have what you learnt about the structure and organisation of storeis in this book made you a better reader?

Session 1 - Activity 1.4: Food for Thought

moe_cpdd_gebel5 — 2022-10-05 08:49:07 UTC

Choose any of the following:

From your experience of the world of the book today, what intrigues you? What did you like and what did you NOT like?
Do you enjoy stories? Have you begged for stories to be told, like Minli? Who will you agree with more about the value of stories?
Does your reading of the text so far remind you of any stories that you have read? What are these stories?

Session 3 - Activity 3.4: Food for Thought

moe_cpdd_gebel5 — 2022-10-05 08:52:58 UTC

Choose any of the following:

After today's discussion, what do you think you would write on the Paper of Happiness?
What do you think are the equivalent of the 'impossibles' in your life? Have your experience of the story made you rethink any of them?
What takeaways about the attitudes and outlook to challenges have you gathered after today's session?

Session 5A - Activity 5A.5: Food for Thought

moe_cpdd_gebel5 — 2022-10-05 08:56:57 UTC

Choose any of the following:

How would you persuade Ma that stories are not useless?
What would Minli choose as the most significant reason to argue that stories are necessary?
What (new) understanding(s) have you gained about the power and/or importance of stories?

Session 5B - Activity 5B.4: Food for Thought

moe_cpdd_gebel5 — 2024-10-07 08:32:25 UTC

Choose any of the following:

• What did you learn today about how the story is told?

• What do you think of the technique(s) as used in the novel? How did it influence your response to the novel?

• Can you find another example/text where the same technique is used? How well was that technique used in that text?

Session 6B - Activity 6B.5: Food for Thought

moe_cpdd_gebel5 — 2024-10-07 08:33:54 UTC

Write a response to one of the following:

1. From your discussions, what have you learnt about stories and their power? What is your personal experience with the power of stories?

2. From your discussions, how has learning about the structure and organisation of stories in this book helped you to become a better reader?