Lesson 29 — Activity 1: Assignment
Completion requirements
In this assignment, you will think about the story elements you have encountered so far in the novel you are reading and retell what happened in the first 10 pages of the story.
6. Complete a retelling for the first 10 pages of the story. You may use any of the prompts below to begin. Write your response as a paragraph. /5
When done, review by using the
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
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. You can also attach your document within Moodle. To do this, click on the "Add submission" button below, and then click on "File submissions."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.
In this assignment, you will think about the story elements you have encountered so far in the novel you are reading and retell what happened in the first 10 pages of the story.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. Identify the main character in the story. /1
2. Which of the four conflicts listed in Activity 1 do you think is evident in the story at this stage? (You may change your mind as you read further.) /1
3. Provide some details about the actual conflict in this story. /2
4. Write a sentence to explain where and when the story occurs. /2
5. Is setting going to be important in this story? Explain your answer. /1
6. Complete a retelling for the first 10 pages of the story. You may use any of the prompts below to begin. Write your response as a paragraph. /5
You might start the retelling with these beginning prompts:
- This is about ...
- This is what happened ...
- I noticed that ...
- I like the part when ...
- It started like this ...
- My favourite part was ...
- The main idea ...
- The "big idea" is ...
- The most important part ...
When done, review by 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.
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.
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
When you are done, review for spelling and proper punctuation.
Please do one of the following:
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. You can also attach your document within Moodle. To do this, click on the "Add submission" button below, and then click on "File submissions."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.