Goodreads.com: Online Reading Community
Students in 11th Grade ELA will maintain a goodreads account all year, adding and rating books and adding analysis, which we call "commentary"
GoodReads Intro: Sign up for a goodreads account, if you don't have one already! Go to goodreads.com and sign up for an account, then become my friend! Ckingham@me.com. Tasks to do:
1. RATE books that you have read
2. Become friends with me and each other
3. FIND books you want to read and add them to your "to read" shelf!
*Here's a "how to" link: http://www.goodreads.com/about/how_it_works
4. As you are reading, update your page numbers once a day (just for the start- to get into the habit!)
*Adding a Widget: Go to "my account" and look for the widget tab! https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?format=html
1. RATE books that you have read
2. Become friends with me and each other
3. FIND books you want to read and add them to your "to read" shelf!
*Here's a "how to" link: http://www.goodreads.com/about/how_it_works
4. As you are reading, update your page numbers once a day (just for the start- to get into the habit!)
*Adding a Widget: Go to "my account" and look for the widget tab! https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?format=html
Next up: How to add a comment on Goodreads:
(not just in the "update status" section, but a longer comment)
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GOODREADS COMMENTARY 1 DUE: WEDNESDAY MAY 30th 2018
Write your response as a comment on Goodreads after updating your page numbers. See the "how to" above.
Check out my Goodreads for models!
NOTES:
BE SURE YOU ALSO MENTION IF YOU THINK THIS TEXT SHOULD BE READ BY ALL STUDENTS (or not)
Entry Choices:
1. Quote: Choose a line, phrase, or word that you consider significant. Focus on noteworthy dialogue. Choose several lines in the text if appropriate. Discuss your selections. Make some associations or connections…what do your insights offer about the TEXT and about you as a READER?
2. Reactions and Impressions. Record your thoughts and feelings after reading. This can be in any form- free writing, notes, lists, stream of consciousness, art, etc. Reflect and comment on why you feel the way you do.
3. Questions: Pose a few thoughtful questions about the reading-questions that require analysis, definition or clarification. What questions do you need answers to immediately? Are there unresolved questions? What are your answers?
4. Smart Remarks: Make some honest comments about the subject, characters, actions, events or connections the text suggests. These might be criticisms or “compliments” of the writer or the behavior of the characters or the style of writing. Do your remarks reveal something that you might discuss further? Why are you bothered, satisfied or moved by what you’ve read? Be sure to use "LITERARY LANGUAGE" in your response.
5. Just Some Good Writing: Record and example of powerful writing- something brilliant, shocking, confusing, etc. Why might your selections qualify as “golden lines” worth remembering? What literary element/technique is represented?
Here are some models from former students:
GOODREADS COMMENTARY 1 DUE: WEDNESDAY MAY 30th 2018
Write your response as a comment on Goodreads after updating your page numbers. See the "how to" above.
Check out my Goodreads for models!
NOTES:
- A Commentary is about a paragraph (no more than two!) long
- Use specific details to support what you mention- it helps me to know you're reading
- Use literary language (e.g: setting, protagonist, conflict...)
- If you are adding a detail that is a spoiler (will spoil a detail if someone wants to read it) write *spoiler alert* in the text
BE SURE YOU ALSO MENTION IF YOU THINK THIS TEXT SHOULD BE READ BY ALL STUDENTS (or not)
Entry Choices:
1. Quote: Choose a line, phrase, or word that you consider significant. Focus on noteworthy dialogue. Choose several lines in the text if appropriate. Discuss your selections. Make some associations or connections…what do your insights offer about the TEXT and about you as a READER?
2. Reactions and Impressions. Record your thoughts and feelings after reading. This can be in any form- free writing, notes, lists, stream of consciousness, art, etc. Reflect and comment on why you feel the way you do.
3. Questions: Pose a few thoughtful questions about the reading-questions that require analysis, definition or clarification. What questions do you need answers to immediately? Are there unresolved questions? What are your answers?
4. Smart Remarks: Make some honest comments about the subject, characters, actions, events or connections the text suggests. These might be criticisms or “compliments” of the writer or the behavior of the characters or the style of writing. Do your remarks reveal something that you might discuss further? Why are you bothered, satisfied or moved by what you’ve read? Be sure to use "LITERARY LANGUAGE" in your response.
5. Just Some Good Writing: Record and example of powerful writing- something brilliant, shocking, confusing, etc. Why might your selections qualify as “golden lines” worth remembering? What literary element/technique is represented?
Here are some models from former students:
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