Lesson 28 — Activity 1: Assignment
Completion requirements
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
Marking Guide:
In this assignment, answer the following questions regarding the characters in the novel.
1. Would you describe Rennie as a round or a flat character? Support your answer. /2
2. Would you describe Rennie as a dynamic or a static character? Support your answer. /2
3. Give three words to describe Rennie's personality. /3
4.
Take one of the words you used in #3 and give an example from the novel
of something that made you suggest this character trait. /2
5. Why is Robbie Trani an example of a flat character? /1
5. Why is Officer Harnish an example of a stock character? /1
6.
Complete a relating response based on the actions of one of the
characters in the novel. You may use any of the prompts below to begin.
Write your response as a paragraph. /5
Remember that connections can be:
- a personal connection (a reminder of an experience you had or person you know)
- a connection to something you've read or seen on TV or in a movie
- a connection to real events that have happened in the world
- This makes me think of ...
- This reminds me of ...
- I remember when ...
- Something like this happened to me ...
- When I read this, I felt ...
- This happened to me too when ...
- When I was young ...
- It sounds like ...
When done your paragraph, review using the
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
In this assignment, answer the following questions regarding the characters in the novel.
1. Would you describe Rennie as a round or a flat character? Support your answer. /2
2. Would you describe Rennie as a dynamic or a static character? Support your answer. /2
3. Give three words to describe Rennie's personality. /3
4. Take one of the words you used in #3 and give an example from the novel of something that made you suggest this character trait. /2
5. Why is Robbie Trani an example of a flat character? /1
5. Why is Officer Harnish an example of a stock character? /1
6. Complete a relating response based on the actions of one of the characters in the novel. You may use any of the prompts below to begin. Write your response as a paragraph. /5
When done your paragraph, review using the
1. Would you describe Rennie as a round or a flat character? Support your answer. /2
2. Would you describe Rennie as a dynamic or a static character? Support your answer. /2
3. Give three words to describe Rennie's personality. /3
4. Take one of the words you used in #3 and give an example from the novel of something that made you suggest this character trait. /2
5. Why is Robbie Trani an example of a flat character? /1
5. Why is Officer Harnish an example of a stock character? /1
6. Complete a relating response based on the actions of one of the characters in the novel. You may use any of the prompts below to begin. Write your response as a paragraph. /5
Remember that connections can be:
- a personal connection (a reminder of an experience you had or person you know)
- a connection to something you've read or seen on TV or in a movie
- a connection to real events that have happened in the world
- This makes me think of ...
- This reminds me of ...
- I remember when ...
- Something like this happened to me ...
- When I read this, I felt ...
- This happened to me too when ...
- When I was young ...
- It sounds like ...
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
When you are done, review for spelling and punctuation.
Please do one of the following:
When you are done, review for spelling and punctuation.
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.