The Grapes of Wrath Reading Schedule and Wiki Assignment (2A)
Week
Due Date
Assigned Reading (Chapters)
1
1/20
1-4
2
1/24
5-6
1/26
7-9
1/28
10-12
3
2/1
13-14
2/3
15
Very short
4
2/7
16-17
Long
2/9
18
2/11
19
Very short
5
2/15
20
Long
2/17
21-22
Long
6
2/22
23-25
2/24
26
Very long
7
2/28
27-28
3/2
29-30
3/4
8
3/8
3/10
Class Wiki Assignment
To get started - - Go to wikispaces.com - - Create an account - - Search for “cp11chandler” and request an invite
In many instances, Mr. Chandler will provide a prompt that you will respond to. It is your job to check the wiki frequently to see what your assignment will be.
When you are not assigned a prompt by Mr. Chandler, you will be in charge of writing an entry under the “Discussion” tab. You will decide what to write, but there are four rules:
1. Clearly label each entry with the date and chapters that your entry covers. 2. Write after every reading assignment. 3. Over the course of the novel, respond to a variety of the components below so that by the end you will have considered each component several times. 4. Responses should be 100-200 words in length.
For each reading assignment, do one of the following: 1. Comment on what you think is the significance of the chapter(s). How does it advance the plot, our understanding of character or theme, etc.? What would the novel be like without it? 2. Ask questions about the chapter(s). Has anything caused you confusion? Ask one of the characters in the scene a question, or ask one of your classmates or Mr. Chandler. 3. Respond to a classmate’s question. Don’t worry about being “right,” per se; do your best to offer a good response 4. Quote lines from the text that you enjoyed and comment on them. Explain why they are particularly important or noteworthy 5. Describe your reactions to a character, action, or idea you confronted in the chapter(s). 6. Talk about the relationships characters have to one another, quoting specific words or phrases to give evidence for your opinion. 7. Pretend you are an actor playing one of the characters in a movie adaptation of the chapter. Get inside that character’s mind. Tell how the character feels about himself/herself, about other characters, about the situation of the scene. Wikis will be graded throughout our reading of The Grapes of Wrath and when we are finished. Make sure you do at least one solid entry for each reading assignment.
This is a major assignment! You will be graded not on the correctness of your entries, but rather on the thoughtfulness of them. Shoddy work will not cut it here.
Class Wiki Assignment
To get started
- - Go to wikispaces.com
- - Create an account
- - Search for “cp11chandler” and request an invite
In many instances, Mr. Chandler will provide a prompt that you will respond to. It is your job to check the wiki frequently to see what your assignment will be.
When you are not assigned a prompt by Mr. Chandler, you will be in charge of writing an entry under the “Discussion” tab. You will decide what to write, but there are four rules:
1. Clearly label each entry with the date and chapters that your entry covers.
2. Write after every reading assignment.
3. Over the course of the novel, respond to a variety of the components below so that by the end you will have considered each component several times.
4. Responses should be 100-200 words in length.
For each reading assignment, do one of the following:
1. Comment on what you think is the significance of the chapter(s). How does it advance the plot, our understanding of character or theme, etc.? What would the novel be like without it?
2. Ask questions about the chapter(s). Has anything caused you confusion? Ask one of the characters in the scene a question, or ask one of your classmates or Mr. Chandler.
3. Respond to a classmate’s question. Don’t worry about being “right,” per se; do your best to offer a good response
4. Quote lines from the text that you enjoyed and comment on them. Explain why they are particularly important or noteworthy
5. Describe your reactions to a character, action, or idea you confronted in the chapter(s).
6. Talk about the relationships characters have to one another, quoting specific words or phrases to give evidence for your opinion.
7. Pretend you are an actor playing one of the characters in a movie adaptation of the chapter. Get inside that character’s mind. Tell how the character feels about himself/herself, about other characters, about the situation of the scene.
Wikis will be graded throughout our reading of The Grapes of Wrath and when we are finished. Make sure you do at least one solid entry for each reading assignment.
This is a major assignment! You will be graded not on the correctness of your entries, but rather on the thoughtfulness of them. Shoddy work will not cut it here.