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Lesson 11

We will work with partners to obtain and provide feedback on our narrative vignettes.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I revisit, refine, and revise my understanding, knowledge, and work based on discussions with others and feedback and review by myself and others?

Texts

Core

  • Tradebook
    • 1984, George Orwell, Signet Classics, 1949

Materials

There are no materials for this Lesson.

Activity 1: Read – Discuss

We will exchange our overviews with partners to provide context for our vignettes.

Exchange overviews with a partner. Read your partner’s overview to ensure you have a good understanding of their desired narrative goals. Ask for clarification if necessary.

Discuss the following question:

  1. How has your research informed the content of your narrative and your message?

Activity 2: Read – Discuss – Write – Listen

We will exchange draft vignettes with our partners and provide feedback.

Exchange drafts with a partner. Read your partner’s vignette, and write feedback on sticky notes or in the margins of their paper.

Remember, you are providing two types of feedback:

  • reinforcing (e.g., “You did a nice job with the description of the setting. Your word choice really helped me picture it in my mind.”)

  • constructive (e.g., “Your character doesn’t seem entirely believable. Maybe try inserting a flashback to help the reader understand more about her background.”)

Activity 3: Read – Discuss – Write

We will examine our partners’ written feedback.

Examine your partner’s feedback. Write a response for each piece of feedback on a sticky note or in your Learning Log.

Activity 4: Read – Discuss – Write

We will discuss the feedback with our partners and explore ideas for revising our vignettes.

Now that you have had time to individually process your partner’s feedback, engage in a discussion with your partner. You might do the following:

  • ask for additional clarification

  • offer new ideas

  • build upon ideas

  • return to the novel for examples of various techniques

Activity 5: Read – Write

For homework, we will revise our vignettes and organize our annotated bibliographies.

For homework, use ideas from the feedback discussion to make revisions to your vignette. Organize your annotated bibliography to submit in the next lesson.