Window Reading Response

1. Reading Literature 9-12.2: Determine Theme and Analyze Its Development • Reading Informational Text 9-12.2: Determine Central Idea and Analyze Its Development • Reading Literature/ Informational Text Standard 9-12.1: Cite Strong and Thorough Textual Evidence Window Reading Response Please print the following directions and use them to create your reading response.

2. What Is It? • A Window reading response allows you to see the literary aspects of a story or essay by focusing on key stylistic citations (quotes) and analyzing their significance in the context of what you’ve read. • These citations are framed around four important images from what you’ve read, allowing us to see what they mean, as if looking through a window at an image.

3. What It Is • For the assigned reading, choose three significant literary citations (quotes) that clearly represent: • The Theme • The Narrative Style • Major Plot Development • Each citation must be at least two sentences long and parenthetically cited • Next, in at least three sentences, analyze how the three citations provide insight into what you’ve read

4. How to do It • Place major plot development, thesis, or favorite citation at the top. Plot Development Narrative • Place narrative style example citation on the left. • Place theme example citation on the right. Theme • Each citation must be at least two sentences long. Analysis • Place your analysis at the bottom. It must be at least three sentences long. • Be Sure to Label Each Citation!

5. Add Images Plot Development • In the center of the frame, draw, cut out, or download pictures that clearly symbolize the three passages cited (quoted) and your analysis • Below each picture, explain how each image is a metaphor or symbol for each passage and your analysis of the story or essay Narrative Theme Analysis

6. Guidelines • Must be Colorful • No Lined Paper • Images must relate to the citations and analysis • No pencil (unless colored) • Citations must include correct parenthetical citation format and punctuation • Citations must be at least two sentences long

9. How to do a Grade a Window Reading Response

10. Four Passages Plot Development Narrative Style Favorite Quote Analysis Plot, Narrative, and Favorite Passages 2+ Sentences Analysis 3+ Sentences Three MLA, Parenthetical Formatting Three Citation Headings Plot Development Narrative Style Favorite Quote Analysis Heading Four Symbolic Images Colorful Four Plot-Based Explanations of Symbolic Images Grading Criteria (See next slide for Bloom’s Taxonomy Grading Scale)

11. Reading Comprehension Standard 3.2: Theme and Textual Evidence Creativity Evaluation Write one sentence explaining what you did well according to the skill being learned using the language of Bloom’s taxonomy. Then, write one more sentence explaining what you could do better or differently next time and how you could move up one level on Bloom’s Taxonomy. Higher Order Thinking Skills 4.5 to 5/A 3.5 to 4.4/B 2.5 to 3.4/C 1.5 to 2.4/L .1 to 1.4/K Bloom’s Taxonomy Student Directions for Written Evaluation Lower Order Thinking Skills Grading Scale 0 Errors = 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - = 1.5/L to 2.4/L 1 Errors = 3.5/B to 4.4/B 4+ Errors = .1/K to 1.4/K 2 Errors = 2.5/C to 3.4/C

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