July in CALL

July 6 - Literary Reaction Journal 2 - Poetry

Activities

1) review Presentation: Reading & Writing about Literature

• do remaining J-translate of lit comments

2) revise comments on LRJ 1 according to above presentation
3) begin work on LRJ 2

• read your 2nd poem
• create and format your LRJ 2 post
• choose 3 points of literary analysis from Vocab Sets or Reading & Writing about Lit Presentation

Homework

1) write LRJ 2
2) make comments on comments on your own LRJ 1

• report you comments on comments to your teacher by email

July 13 - Literary Reaction Journal 3 - Short Short Stories

Activities

1) review improvements on Presentation: Literary Reaction Points

• make Reaction Points version with added points from VocabSets

3) discuss and assign comments on CALL Blog comments CALL Blog Comments 

• demonstrate How to Comment on Classmate's Blogs
• visit at least three classmates' blogs
• read your classmates' RRJ 2 blog posts
• make comments about your classmates' posts
• email your teacher and tell him whose blog posts you visited
• see revised Example CALL Email

4) assign choosing a Short-Short Story for LRJ 3

5) assign Literary Criticism Vocabulary (A) too?

Homework

1) read various Short-Short Stories, choose one to do for LRJ 3
2) do Literary Criticism Vocabulary (A) too?

July 20 - Literary Reaction Journal 3 - Short Short Stories

Activities

1) check Shared Work Record, note and revise as necessary
2) assign expanded CALL Email, with comments on comments

3) do Literary Criticism group discussion with prepared form (make copies)
4) assign LRJ 3 - Short-Short Story

• look at example blogs
• consider Reaction Points
• introduce Chris's Short-Short Stories

Homework

1) do LRJ 3
2) do CALL Email Assignment for LRJ 3

• make comments on other classmates' blogs
• respond to comments by classmates on your blog

July 27 - Literary Reaction Journal 4 - Short Stories

Activities

1) check Shared Work Record, note and revise as necessary, hand back checked work
2) complete Literary Criticism group discussion with prepared form
3) do Narrative Arc Presentation
4) reassign Literary Criticism Vocabulary (A)
5) preview projects at the end of the term

• poetry project
• short story project
• short film project

Homework

1) do Literary Criticism Vocabulary (A)
2) complete LRJ 3
3) make comments on LRJ 3 and respond to comments on your own LRJ 3
4) start LRJ 4 - Short Story or Short-Short Story, either is OK