Reader's Digest & Anecdote Revision

Vocabulary

Students spent ten minutes practicing vocabulary on Membean.

Students had the opportunity to retest over this week's vocabulary test if they desired.

Reader's Digest

Mr. Stone encouraged students to explore a copy of Reader's Digest, particularly to examine its multiple sections of anecdotes and the Word Power vocabulary section near the back.

Anecdote Peer Critique

Students selected a partner and read each other's anecdote.  They analyzed their anecdotes to check to see if they contained the six parts Mr. Stone had described using "The Sagacious Dog."

Students used six different colors of highlighter to identify the different elements of their anecdotes:

pink for opening context

green for initial conflict

orange for complication

blue for anticipation

yellow for twist

purple for resolution


Each student's partner should have signed their partner's anecdote to indicate they had read it and agreed with the analysis of its basic elements.

Students spent any remaining time reading their sample copies of Reader's Digest.


No homework over the long weekend.  😊