Learning Goal: Students will analyze and respond to a short story. Friday, January 11 Learning Goal: Students will analyze and respond to a short story. 

Read “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut (15 minutes) 01 Respond by handwriting (5-7 minutes) 02 RADaR Process (12 minutes) 03 Rewrite (5 minutes)  04 Class Discussion (10 minutes) 05 Agenda

Read Read “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut

Respond USING A PENCIL ON PAPER: Reading is an opportunity to see life in new ways. You can have the feeling of walking a mile in someone else’s shoes without having to move an inch. My question for you is this: If you could walk a mile in the shoes of the protagonist of​ your book, how would you view your own life differently?​ A – Answer the question: If you could walk a mile in the shoes of the protagonist of your book, how would you view your own life differently?​ C – Provide an example of a situation your protagonist faces​ in your book.​ E – How can you use this perspective to change your own life? S - Summarize and conclude your thoughts without repeating yourself.

Using the highlighter, highlight your evidence in your ACES paragraph. Mark Evidence

USING A PEN! You will make your corrections using the pen near you. This will show your changes in a different color.  3 minutes per letter of RADaR. RADAR

Replace Using a PEN. Find 2-3 words/phrases that you can replace with something better. 

Add Go back to your writing and find a place to ADD: More description More evidence More information

Delete Delete any information that is EXTRA or REPETITIVE

Reorder Reorder your work so that it flows well. Reading this out loud can help catch places that do not flow. Find parts that are clunky or out of order.

Rewrite Your Work Rewrite on the SAME PIECE OF PAPER either on the back or on the lower half of the page. Incorporate all of your RADAR decisions and your peer review comments!

Class Discussion Let’s talk about your responses and the story as a whole. What did you think?

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