R21.3 Interpretive Question Exercise: Discuss Universal Idea Using Current Title
Literary Core Skill:
Rhetoric Level 21: Consider various titles with respect to a specific universal idea.
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Elements of Fiction:
Biblioscopic Dialogue
Theme
Worldview
Assignment Type:
Interpretive Question Exercise
Description:
This worksheet asks student to write a question about the current title’s contribution to a discussion of the universal idea and outline three distinct answers supportable by the text.
As with all other facets of literary reading, students apply the techniques they have previously learned on children’s stories to works at their own reading level, putting the general and specific themes of the current title in the context of an ongoing human conversation about universal ideas.
Grading Rubric:
Grading rubric: Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/syntax/punctuation, b) plausibility, and c) reference to the text. Paragraph- and page-length answers may also be graded on the 5-fold rubric, which is explained at www.centerforlitschools.com/5fold-grading-rubric.
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