Tues. Nov. 21, 2017: Novel Study Check In

Today, the students did an independent novel study check in to show me how well they have been able to tackle this independent assignment, which is dead-lined for January 12, 2018. Reading is just the first part of the assignment. The students then have a project to choose and complete, so it is important that they practice self-regulation.
I am pasting the assignment for those who are not here below. If you cannot bring it in, email it to me (dawn.benoit@nwsd.ca)

ELA 30

Independent Novel: First Ongoing Check-In

Many of you put down this “after break” as the point you hoped to complete reading your  independent novel. In fact, some of you have completed the reading of your novel; others have, unfortunately, just begun. Today, I want you to do the activities below. If you have finished your novel, use this time to work on the major assignment.

Title of Novel (properly attributed!):________________________________________________

Author: _______________________________________________________________________

Pages read so far (put down the page number you are on at the start of class): _______________

What was your initial deadline for reading this novel? _________________________________

Have you met your reading plan goal? Explain why or why not: __________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

So far, which characters have you “met”? What do you know about them? __________________

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Summarize the novel up to this point (the five Ws, what is important: Make me understand what is going on so far): IF YOU HAVE NOT STARTED READING, USE THIS SPACE TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF. If you have finished the reading, put down “Completed” and then turn to the next page.

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Continued

Write down the time that you are now starting to read (if it is 9:15, 10:15, etc.) ______________

Write down the time that you finish reading in this class: ________________________________

How many pages (approximately) did you read? ______________________________________

IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE READING: What will your final project be? What have you done to prepare for this final product (e.g., looked up formats for editorials and examined a number of good ones or a number of good letters/format if heading that way, or doing thumbprints for a video)? How much have you actually done so you will meet your deadline early enough to have plenty of time for revision? Are you planning to meet or beat the deadline? What is your “hoped for” completion date? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________