First, we were shown a breakdown of Ready Player One's 4 levels and the verbs that help to analyze the theme and the three-act structure. I will put a picture I took of the chart down below for those of you who still need to draft something for tomorrow and are running blank.
Then we were asked to take a Level One or Level Two verb and then draw another verb from Level Three or Level Four. The verbs listed in Level One and Level Two represent the basis of the overall analysis of the text and the verbs listed in Level Three and Level Four represent a more complex analysis of the text. They all represented skills needed for our letters tomorrow on evaluating the themes and the three-act structure.
Basis--Levels One and Two Skills Complexity---Levels Three and Four Skills
1. Classify . 1. Analyze
- Originality
- Analyze
- Evidence
2. Organize 2. Synthesis
- Three-Act Structure
-Ready Player One Argument
3. Quote 3. Synthesis as well
-Unifying evidence
4. Recognize 4. Critique
-Is it lazy writing or not?
-Three-act structure
Then we went over the objectives of this letter. Or in better words, we were given the rubric for the letter. Here's how I wrote the requirements in my notebook.
Content-- How do I evaluate the three-act structure? How do I evaluate themes?
IWBAT evaluate the content of the three-act structure. IWBAT evaluate the themes.
Organization-- How do transitions help me move between focused paragraphs?
IWBAT effectively use transitions to help me move between focused paragraphs?
Voice and Style-- How do I develop an evaluative tone that fits my audience?
IWBAT develop an evaluative tone that fits my audience.
Evidence-- How do you integrate textually and plot evidence that is specific and cited?
IWBAT integrate text and plot evidence that is specific and cited.
If you follow along with the top, you are gonna be fine tomorrow. A few side notes to add though based off of the questions asked by students in the class.
1. When bringing in evidence for Cline you can paraphrase or bring in actual quotes from the book as long as somewhere down the line of that evidence you cite your source which is Cline.
2. Write the letter as if the audience has read the book and avoid summarizing the story.
3. It is guaranteed that you will not find every sequence of the three-act structure. Therefore, focus on the themes and the sequences that contributed to that theme. You want to share in your letter what the sequence shows, rather than just summarizing that part and why that part deserves to be that sequence. Be specific.
4. After that, focus on the critique part of the letter. Focus on how that specific evidence from the text that correlates to that specific sequence made the overall book good or bad. Did it make the overall writing seem lazy or brilliantly thought out?
For the last 20 minutes of class, we were given the opportunity to discuss the three-act structure of Ready Player One with our groups to plan for our letters. I have to admit, it was great to know that everyone read because of how engaged they were in the discussion. If you wanted to plug in music and work on your own, that was also fine. I hope this was helpful to everyone. I wish you luck on the in-class writing tomorrow. But with all seriousness, take my word for it, draft something and really plan for this. Have a great night and see you all tomorrow.
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