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Discerning Literary
Criticism A WebQuest
for 12th Grade: Designed
by
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page Introduction Throughout
the unit, you have become an expert on the novel through journal responses,
in-class activities, discussions, etc. You have also watched me model how to
discern literary criticism in class and you will apply the strategies I
demonstrated to your own independent analysis of a section of a literary
criticism. Thus, you will enter into the role of a literary critic analyzing
an essay of a colleague. You are a going to read, summarize, and interpret
part of a professional literary criticism of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Later, you will
synthesize the knowledge you gained from the article as a whole. Through this
analysis you will realize that scholars approach Shelley’s novel from very
different perspectives in that the essay you will be reading combines a
variety of literary interpretations of the novel. Your task as a literary
critic is to read, summarize, and critique the section of the essay assigned
to you. You will be sharing your summary and critique with a group of three
other students in an online posting as well as responding to your peer’s
postings. Then, you will write a reflection on how the reading of the
literary criticism has changed your interpretation of the novel.
Independent Work Read, summarize, and critique the section
of the essay assigned to you. Your summary should include the following: ·
Main points
touched on in the section ·
Brief evidence used by critic to support main arguments ·
Your
critique of the points touched on in the essay Collaborative Work Post
your summary and critique on the message board and respond to the postings of
the other three members of your group. Independent
Synthesis of Information: Synthesize
the knowledge you gained from the article as a whole by writing a one-page
reflection.
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Independent Work |
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Average 3 |
Accomplished 4 |
Exemplary 5 |
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Summarizes
the main idea(s) of each paragraph |
Misinterprets all of
the main ideas |
Misinterprets most of
the main ideas |
Misinterprets some of
the main ideas |
Correctly summarizes
most of the main ideas of each paragraph |
Correctly &
effectively summarizes the main idea(s) of each paragraph |
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Briefly
states evidence used by critic to support main arguments |
Lacks the ability to
identify points of evidence to support the main ideas |
Demonstrates little
ability to identify points of evidence to support the main ideas |
Correctly identifies
evidence to support some but not all of the main ideas |
Correctly identifies at
least one point of evidence in support of each main idea |
Correctly &
effectively identifies more than one point of evidence in support each main
idea |
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Critiques
one or more points touched on in the section of the essay |
Critiques one point in
the section of the essay ineffectively |
Critiques one point
touched on in the section of the essay |
Critiques one point
touched on in the section of the essay effectively |
Critiques one or more
points touched on in the section of the essay effectively |
Critiques two or more
points touched on in the essay effectively |
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Collaborative Work |
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Average 3 |
Accomplished 4 |
Exemplary 5 |
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Responds
to each of the three members of the group with an
entry of 200 or more words in length |
Fails to respond to
peers with an entry 200 or more words in length |
Responds to one member
of the group with an entry of 200 or more words in length |
Responds to two members
of the group with each entry of 200 or more words in length |
Responds to each of the
three members of the group with each entry of 200 or more words in length |
Responds to the three
members of own group as well as to the postings of other groups with each
entry over 200 words in length |
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Response
to a peer’s single statement or whole entry demonstrates understanding
& engagement with peer’s summary & critique |
Response to a peer’s
single statement or whole entry lacks to demonstrate understanding &
engagement with peer’s summary & critique |
Response to a peer’s
single statement or whole entry demonstrates minimal understanding &
engagement with peer’s summary& critique |
Response to a single
peer’s statement or whole entry demonstrates some understanding &
engagement with peer’s summary & critique |
Response to a single
peer’s statement or whole entry demonstrates understanding & engagement
with peer’s summary & critique |
Response to a peer’s
single statement or whole entry demonstrates sophisticated understanding
& extensive engagement with peer’s summary & critique |
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Independent Synthesis of
Information – 5 points |
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Average 3 |
Accomplished 4 |
Exemplary 5 |
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400 or
more words |
Less than 200 words |
Less than 300 words |
300-400 words |
400 words |
Over 400 words |
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Synthesis
of knowledge gained from the article compared to how one’s interpretation
of the novel changed |
Lacks synthesis of
knowledge gained from the article compared to how one’s interpretation of
the novel changed |
Displays little synthesis
of knowledge gained from the article compared to how one’s interpretation
of the novel changed |
Displays some synthesis
of knowledge gained from the article compared to how one’s interpretation
of the novel changed |
Synthesis of knowledge
gained from the article compared to how one’s interpretation of the novel
changed |
Synthesis of knowledge
gained from the article displays sophisticated understanding & is effectively
compared to how one’s interpretation of the novel changed |
I will grade you
on each sub point of the grading rubric and average your score. For example,
if you received a 4, a 5, and a 3 for individual work, your grade will be a
4.
Conclusion
This WebQuest has allowed you to
read, summarize, analyze, as well as respond to professional literary
criticism. You also synthesized the knowledge gained from the article and
compared it to how reading the literary criticism changed your interpretation
of the novel. The skills you applied to discerning the essay will be valuable
in your future. More importantly, you have engaged in dialogue with yourself
by writing in response to the text. Then, you engaged in dialogue with your
peers who took apart other sections of the essay. Then, you went back and
reflected on how reading the literary criticism and engaging in dialogue with
your peers altered your interpretation of the novel. This is good practice to
keep in mind for the future because your peers, like literary critics, will
have different interpretations. Throughout the WebQuest you have also engaged
with both your reasoning and your emotions. I expect you to use both your
reasoning and your personal responses not just when you are reading a
literary criticism. In other words, the skills you practiced in this
assignment will go a long way to help you in life.
1. Frankenstein image
http://www.errantfigments.com/frankenstein.html
2.
Essay from
EBSCOhost
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,uid&db=afh&an=6331892
3. Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
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