THE COLOR OF WATER CREATING POINT-OF-VIEW CRITICAL READING JOURNALS

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU? THE NEXT FOUR (4) CRJS YOU’LL WRITE WILL SHOWCASE YOUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE ROLE OF PERSPECTIVE IN THE TEXT. KEEPING IN MIND WHAT YOU GLEANED FROM HEARING DR. MCBRIDE SHARE, CONSIDER WHICH PASSAGES FROM THE TEXT MIGHT BE TOLD DIFFERENTLY FROM ANOTHER CHARACTER… CAREFULLY SELECT FOUR PASSAGES, EITHER PHOTOCOPY OR TRANSCRIBE BY HAND THE PASSAGE, ANNOTATE IT FOR THE AUTHOR’S USE OF TONE, DICTION, IMAGERY, & SYNTAX (AND ANY OTHER LITERARY DEVICE YOU FIND IN THE TEXT)

WHAT WILL YOUR POV CRJS LOOK LIKE? RE-WRITE THE PASSAGE FROM ANOTHER CHARACTER’S PERSPECTIVE, MAKING SURE TO ACCURATELY DEPICT THE EXACT SITUATION YOU SELECTED, BUT TOLD FROM ANOTHER CHARACTER’S POINT OF VIEW HOW WILL YOU KNOW THE CHARACTER’S FEELINGS? YOU’LL HAVE TO MAKE A REASONABLE PREDICTION BASED ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHARACTER AS JAMES PORTRAYS HIM OR HER IN THE COLOR OF WATER USE THOSE INFERENCES FROM HIS TONE TO DEVELOP EACH OF YOUR FOUR CRITICAL READING JOURNALS YOU’LL STUDY A CHARACTER’S DICTION AND SYNTAX TO REPRODUCE AN REALISTIC POV CRJ BE SURE TO CONSIDER THE CONTEXT OF THE SCENE YOU WANT TO REPRODUCE– WHAT’S HAPPENING BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE SCENE YOU CHOOSE? BE CREATIVE, BUT BE ACCURATE AND FAIR

GETTING STARTED: READ AND ANNOTATE THE PASSAGE YOU CHOOSE WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN MIND: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTER? WHAT ARE HIS/HER DOMINANT TRAITS? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTER’S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES? WHAT IS MISSING (OR HAS BEEN EMBELLISHED) FROM THIS ONE- DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF THE STORY? WHAT PART OF THE NARRATIVE WILL REVEALED FOR THE AUDIENCE IF SEEN THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES? WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF THE PASSAGE? HOW WILL “SEEING” THIS SCENE THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANOTHER CHARACTER IMPORTANT TO ENHANCE YOUR UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT?

YOUR GOAL: PURPOSEFUL IMITATION: YOUR FINISHED CRITICAL READING JOURNALS SHOULD NOT LOOK LIKE A FORMULAIC SEEA RESPONSE, BUT RATHER A THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION ON JAMES MCBRIDE’S WRITING STYLE. YOU MUST STRIVE TO IMITATE THE STYLE PRESENTED IN THE TEXT AS YOU ADD DEPTH AND PERSPECTIVE TO HIS MEMOIR INSTANCES TOLD FROM ANOTHER CHARACTER'S PERSPECTIVE. THEREFORE, BECAUSE THE FORMAT IS DIFFERENT, THEN THE GRADING RUBRIC WILL BE DIFFERENT AS WELL AND FOLLOW THE PARRC NARRATIVE RUBRIC FOR THESE CRJS ONLY.