DUE IN 15 HRS LifeOf Pi seminar
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lpi.docxENG4U: English, Grade 12, University Preparation
Unit 4: Novel Unit - Quest for Enlightenment
Activity 8: Seminar
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Overview | Expectations | Content | Assignment | |
Assignment
Assignment 1
This literary seminar is designed to walk you through the planning stages of writing a university level literary essay. The seminar is basically a blueprint of an essay you could write comparing/contrasting the interpretations of close readings by the class of passages from Life of Pi in the previous activity. It will not only prepare you for writing your Independent Study Literary Essay, it will broaden your understanding and appreciation of the literature studied in this Active Reading Unit. You are asked to present your seminar in a multimedia presentation to your peers.
What you must do to complete the seminar:
1. You must complete an outline of your essay, following the template provided below. Your goal in this essay is to examineLife of Pi as a quest story. Therefore, your thesis must incorporate your interpretation with the quest pattern.
2. In your multimedia presentation you must first include the close reading of your passage for your peers to read so they have an understanding of your passage in case it is not the same passage they chose for the previous activity. You will then insert your outline/blueprint of your “essay”. If you do not have access to a multimedia processor such as PowerPoint or something similar, you can visit the link below for free trial downloads or you can use your word processor.
3. You may use various features in your presentation such as music, pictures and colour to enhance your presentation but be sure not to make your presentation too “busy”. This will take away from your content.
4. You will then be required to upload your presentation to the discussion area for evaluation. The link to the rubric is below.
5. Students are also expected to participate in the forum by commenting on students’ seminars. The rubric that will be used for evaluation is the same as the unit’s previous activities and can be found below.
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Here is a template of a seminar to use as a reference when you are preparing your own. Please look this template over carefully before starting your seminar. View a template of a seminar. |
The following chart indicates the areas of achievement that will be the focus of this assignment.
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Seminar Rubric |
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Categories |
Level 1 (50 - 59%) |
Level 2 (60 - 69%) |
Level 3 (70 - 79%) |
Level 4 (80 - 100%) |
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Knowledge/ Understanding -demonstrate the most appropriate reading comprehension strategies to develop the literary essay plan RL1.02 |
-reads and demonstrates limited understanding from novel and poem and develops literary essay plan with limited success |
-reads and demonstrates some understanding from novel and poem and develops literary essay plan with some success |
-reads and demonstrates considerable understanding from novel and poem and develops literary essay plan with considerable success |
-reads and demonstrates thorough understanding from novel and poem and develops literary essay plan with excellent success |
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Thinking -identify the most important ideas and supporting details in novel and poem RL1.03 |
-able to describe information, ideas, opinions and themes simply and reads and demonstrates limited understanding of novel and poem |
-able to describe information, ideas, opinions and themes adequately and reads and demonstrates some understanding of novel and poem |
-able to describe information, ideas, opinions and themes adequately and reads and demonstrates considerable understanding of novel and poem |
-able to describe information, ideas, opinions and themes thoroughly and reads and demonstrates thorough understanding of novel and poem |
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Communication -produce, refine, and publishes thesis MS2.04 |
-formulates and refines a thesis with limited clarity and uses technology to publish work with limited effectiveness |
-formulates and refines a thesis with some clarity and uses technology to publish work with some effectiveness |
-formulates and refines a thesis with considerable clarity and uses technology to publish work with considerable effectiveness |
-formulates and refines a thesis with a high degree of clarity and uses technology to publish work with a high degree of effectiveness |
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Application -produces a detailed literary essay plan WR3.07 |
-develops literary essay plan with limited detail |
-develops literary essay plan with some detail |
-develops literary essay plan with considerable detail |
-develops literary essay plan with excellent detail |
Note: A student whose achievement is below Level 1 (50%) has not met the expectations for this assignment or activity.
