Characterization in Ivan Denisovich: February 2nd

For Friday, February 3rd, you will need to have thorough notes on 4 characters from Ivan Denisovich. 1 being a major character (Hmm.. wonder who?) and 3 minor characters.  Again, the more notes and preparation you do NOW... the easier future assessments will be for you!! Seriously, people.

Please reference both direct and indirect characterization in your analysis.

Remember, STEAL:
S: Speech
T: Thoughts
E: Effect on others
A: Actions
L: Looks

WHAT? Your findings  
HOW?  S.T.E.A.L.    
WHY? Author's purpose for this characterization 

Upcoming schedule: 
February 3rd: Characterization in Ivan 
February 8th:  Interactive Oral and WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT- Ivan (Stage 1 and 2)
February 10th: Archetypes in Ivan 
February 13th: Solzhenitsyn's style in Ivan
February 14th: Symbolism and Motifs in Ivan 
February 15th: Supervised Writing (40-50 minutes) Ivan (Stage 3) 
February 16th: Start Chronicle of a Death Foretold 

Stage 1: Interactive Oral

Each student will participate in an interactive oral over one of the Part One works. Students will be assigned to a group and each group will receive an interactive oral topic.

Interactive Orals will take place on designated days.  Absence on your designated day will result in being assigned a new topic and presenting it individually.

This interactive oral will be assessed using the IB Oral Presentation scoring guide.

Stage 2 – Reflective Statement

After each interactive oral, the rest of the class will write a reflective statement answering the following question:

How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?

Each reflective statement should be between 300-400 words and must be written in class. These reflective statements will be kept on file by the IB teacher.

The reflective statement will be assessed according to Criterion A on the IB Written Assignment scoring guide.

Stage 3 – Supervised Writing

For each work studied in Part One, one piece of writing produced during class time is required. Students will choose one topic from a provided list, choosing one he/she finds interesting and potentially worth pursuing for their 1200-1500 word essay. You will have 40-50 minutes to produce this writing and you  may use your text for reference. This writing will be collected at the end of the writing period.

All getting you ready for Stage 4- Production of the Essay.