Block 2 Homework/ Materials

Be sure to complete the Notice and Focus sheet, as we went over it in class, for the discussion of "A White Heron" in class on Thursday.

The notice and focus sheet AND the annotations in the short story will be used as the written work for your graded discussion.

Moore                                                                                             Name

Analysis Rubric

QUESTION:____________________________________________________________________________

Remember that when you read you might consider the following list helpful for making your observations.

·        Important words or word choice

·        Patterns

·        Binaries (opposites)

·        Making the implicit explicit (Making things obvious that might not seem obvious)

·        How the piece is put together (Structure of the passage, sentence, chapter etc.)

·        Repetitions

·        Anomalies

·        Literary Devices

Observations      (Complete this first)                              Interpretive Leap (Complete AFTER observations)

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Rough Draft of claim/thesis (In other words, how would you now answer the question you posed at the top of the sheet) :  ____________________________________________________________________

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Revision of claim/thesis (Revise for precision and clarity):________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________