The Discussion For My Assigned Reading Went Better Than I Expected

The plot in a fiction text is important in keeping the reader's attention. The majority of the story builds towards a climax. This climax is where the peak of action, suspense or thrill takes place, which then leads to the resolution of the story. As in "Lord of the Flies" the author continued to increase conflict between the boys until a full-scale war takes place, which is the climax. The building

The class began with a silent reading assignment from the next section in the text. While students read, the teacher individually checked in with each student to provide feedback on the previous nights homework. The homework assignment was to summarized the reading from the previous day in their own words. The teacher provided both positive and constructive feedback to all students, pointing out at least one successful aspect of their summary. This activity is very much in line with was the strategy of upgrading your interactive language discussed by Eric Jensen, “during every sing interaction with your students, make eye contact and affirm the good in them” (Jenson, 2013, p.25). If a student was missing an integral part of the story she would prompt them by recalling what was discussed before and provide textual evidence if necessary, and allow them to add to their response. She was very upbeat and supportive of the students, and her tone and language were both accessible and age appropriate. When giving instructions she used

I think that everyone in my group gave good and valuable input. I could tell that some deep thinking went into the write-up of people’s jobs. Everyone came to class prepared and I could tell that Kelly, Nicole and Emma put a good effort into thoroughly completing their jobs. We had no problem discussing anything that involved the book. The discussions went really well. I think that the fact that we all had our own thoughts and opinions about the different events that occurred in the book, and even the book itself is what made our discussions so benefiting. We all found the book enjoyable to read, though we wouldn’t typically choose this type of book for ourselves. A Long Way Gone was different for all of us and even though we all really liked the book, its themes and plot were kind of new to us. Still, we had no problem discussing it. Over all, everything involving the book went smoothly. I felt as if I had plenty of time to read that weeks chapters and do my job by the time it was due. Nicole, Kelly and Emma also came to class prepared, having read all of the needed chapters and done their job

Group one, I really enjoyed listening to your discussion on the short story, “Love in L.A,” by Dagoberto Gilb. Your tone of voice kept me intrigued throughout the entire presentation. It is well put together and you also make it easy to follow along with even if you have not read the story. It is helpful that you started it with a summary of the story and then with an explanation of a biological strategy. It provided a better understanding about what is about to be thoroughly discussed in your presentation. It also makes it clear as to why it is helpful in literature. “It gives you, the reader, more insight into the characters and events that happen so that you can better understand everything. In knowing the author’s intentions behind the

The second half of the discussions I found to be more interesting and helpful than the first half for many reasons. Firstly, I believe my group has gotten to know each other pretty well and it feels like we are having more of a conversation than simply a post and response. Secondly, I feel that the content was slightly more interesting and I had a lot of pre-formulated opinions about the content which I was able to discuss with my peers, as well as further develop through the readings. As I stated in my first discussion, everyone in my group is immensely respectful but they also challenge my ideas and force me to consider other opinions.

The first week I had conducted three read alouds. After the first read aloud Mrs. Chapman gave me constructive feedback. She told me that the way I introduced the book was good and I asked appropriate questions,

The opening chapter of the book was the main climax of the book. The main characters of the book (Emily Gold and Christopher Harte) are found together at an old amusement park, Emily is dead and Christopher is passed out on the ground. Christophers fathers’ gun is lying between them. This gave me the sense that the rest of the book would be about whether Chris killed Emily

I believe that if the chapter discussion had more discussion between the entire class instead of just the people who were assigned the chapter, then all the class discussion would be worthwhile. I felt like there was no need to read the chapters, books, or articles if it was not our turn to present because we were not going to participate in the discussion. If it was more like an actual class discussion than a group discussion than I would have been more into the topics that were discussed. Having class interaction than having it structured like a lecture makes it more interesting than sitting in a classroom hearing the same person talk the entire

"So what did you think of the ending?" she asked. She was my junior year AP Lang teacher and our class was having a Socratic seminar about the book we had been reading, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It was a great read, not like many of the other novels we read that year. I just didn’t feel the same way about the discussion we were having. With every remark my fellow students made, I felt like I could only agree with their statement. Being the introvert I am, my reservoir of things to say only shrank in size and I lacked confidence in any new thoughts that formed. It’s not like other students were making insightful comments that I could bounce of off either. It seemed so difficult to maintain a discussion on something as broad as the

The unlikely twist to the story adds to the intrigue of the characters. The lack of predictability is what makes the book so exciting. All of these

Readers should want to feel like they are the main character because it makes the much more intense. Readers should also read this book because it exemplifies an iconic hero’s journey. Most readers like a hero’s journey. This is important to language arts because it is an important literary device.

The author begins his story in a unique way that hooks and intrigues the reader, making the book seem more interesting, For example, “...it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.” the opening paragraph starts off with the main character dying which is not common in most books. The author switches between time frames in the character's life to help the reader get to know the character more and better understand the character's personality and thoughts “People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be

The most difficult aspect of being discussion leader was involving people even though they did not want to be involved. With it being our first discussion people were very hesitant to speak during the discussion. I tried to get everyone involved but it seemed like some people just either did not read the chapter completely or they were not confident enough to share their opinions unless I asked them to. The conversation can only go so far when the group seems to not be trying to engage in meaningful conversation. If the group had worked harder to have a deeper conversation and communicate more than they did, I believe the discussion would have gone better.

The group discussion has just passed, and it was really a hard work and challenging. There were many precious lessons I got, and, hopefully, so did with my friends. Our group was consisting of four students. As a quantity, reasonably, we had had enough power to do a better work and gained a satisfying result. As I flashed back to the group discussion, it was enriching my memories. Some were in high spirit, remarkable and enjoyable. Opposite to it, few were disappointing.

The majority of critics tend to view the ending of the novel as the focal point of the story in order to solidify the