3c Independent Novel Study

3C INDEPENDENT NOVEL STUDY: BLOGGING ASSIGNMENT
Using the novel you have chosen to read, you will be writing a series of blogs
(5 in total 4 formative and 1 summative) that will discuss various ideas present in
the novel, as well as how the exploration of these ideas can be usefully applied to
your own life experiences.
The novel study will take five weeks in total. The first four weeks will adhere to the
following schedule:
Monday
Week
1
(Mar
30
Apr 3)
Working on
Discussion
Ticket In
Reading Your
Novel
Tuesday
Indian Horse: Group
Discussion (have read to
page 52 and you must have
completed your ticket in)
Night/Dawn: Group
Reading Your Novel and/or
Working on Rough Copy of
Your First Blog and/or
Completing a Ticket In.
Week
2
(Apr 6
to Apr
9)
Responding
to 5 blogs (3
from your
class and 2
from the
other 3C
class)
Working on
Discussion
Ticket In
Reading Your
Novel
Week
3
(Apr
14-17)
Responding
to 5 blogs (2
from our
class and 3
from the
other 3C
class)
Working on
Discussion
Ticket In
Reading Your
Novel
Week
4
(Apr
20-Apr
24)
Responding
to 5 blogs (3
from your
class and 2
from the
other 3C
Indian Horse: Group

page 107 and you must
have completed your ticket
in)
Night/Dawn: Group
Discussion (have read to the
end of Night and you must
in)
Indian Horse: Group
in)
Wednesday
The Kite Runner: Group
in)
Fahrenheit 451: Group
in)
in)
Night/Dawn: Group
page 43 of Dawn and you
must have completed your
ticket in)

in)

Indian Horse: Group
Discussion (have the novel
finished and you must have

end of the novel and you
ticket in)
Night/Dawn: Group
Thursday
Catcher in the Rye and Lord
of the Flies: Group Discussion
(both groups need to have
read to page 59 and must
have completed their tickets
in).
Catcher in the Rye: Group

Discussion (have read to page
113 and you must have
completed your ticket in).
Lord of the Flies: Group
Friday
Typing up
you
weekly
blog and
adding a
visual
(due date
is Friday
by the
end of
class)
Typing up
you
weekly
blog and
adding a
visual
(due date
is by the
end of
Friday)


completed your ticket)

completed your ticket)
Typing up
you
weekly
blog and
adding a
visual
(due date
is Sunday
by the
end of
class)
Typing up
you
weekly
blog and
adding a
visual
class)
Working on
Discussion
Ticket In
Reading Your
Novel

end of Dawn and you must
in)

end of the novel and you
ticket in)

(due date
is Sunday
by the
end of
class)

Each of the blogs you write, while formative, can help increase your grade if you do
a good job on them. If you do a good job on your formative blogs and end up not
doing as well on the final, the levels on your formative blogs can help raise your
grade on the summative.
You will also be receiving, as part of the unit mark, a grade for the consistency of
your understanding of how to effectively respond to the blogs of others. Over the
course of the unit, you will be required to comment on 20 blogs. Each comment will
form part of your overall blog response grade.
RUBRIC FOR EACH WEEKLY BLOG
Knowledge
Thinking
Communicati
on
Application
4 (80 100%)
3 (70-79%)
2 (60-69%)
1 (I-59%)
Entry has more than 3

specific and relevant
references, including
one quotation, from the
specified section
student was to have
read.
Entry is appropriate in
its word choices and
uses an interesting and
engaging
conversational tone.
Entry has at least 3

references to the novel.

specific references.

reference from the novel.
Entry is appropriate in its

word choices and uses an
appropriate informal,
honest and conversational
tone.
Entry pays some

attention to tone and is
mostly appropriate in its
word choices.
The visual the writer

has chosen adds
dramatically to the
tone of the piece. It
also emphasises, with
excellent effectiveness,
the main idea of the
piece.
Entry demonstrates
excellent skill with
punctuation, grammar
and spelling (3 errors
or less).
The visual the writer has

chosen helps create a
sense of tone in the piece.
It also emphasises the
main idea of the piece.
Entry is mostly appropriate

in its word choices and
attempts an appropriate
informal, honest and
conversational tone (but
the tone may not be
consistent).
The connections
between the writer and
the character, as well
as the explanations
given to support ideas,
demonstrate excellent
insight, care and
thought.
Entry demonstrates good

skill with punctuation,
grammar and spelling (3
errors, 1 of which may be
a major error run on
sentence, fragment, or
comma splice).
The connections between
the writer and the
character, as well as the
explanations given to
support ideas,
demonstrate good insight,
care and thought.

chosen adds reasonably
well to the tone of the
piece. It also emphasises
somewhat the main idea
of the piece.
Entry demonstrates
reasonable skill with
punctuation, grammar and
spelling (4-5 errors, 2 of
which may be major).
The connections between

the writer and the
character, as well as the
explanations given to
support ideas, are
reasonable, with some, but
inconsistent, insight.

chosen adds little to the
tone of the piece. It also
emphasises the main
idea of the piece to a
limited degree.
Entry demonstrates
limited skill with
punctuation, grammar
and spelling (over 5
errors, 3 or more of
which may be major).
The connections
between the writer and
the character, as well as
the explanations given to
support ideas, are
reasonable and
demonstrate an attempt
to think deeply about the
question.
RUBRIC FOR WEEKLY COMMENTS

Communicati
on
Thinking
All comments are

written with a positive,
helpful, and appropriate
tone.
Most comments are

written with a positive,
helpful, and appropriate
tone.
There are very few, to

no, grammar, spelling,
or punctuation errors.
There are a few

grammar, spelling, or
punctuation errors, one
of which is major.
Student has a good
understanding of how to
focus on and comment
usefully on specific and
relevant aspects of
others blogs.
Student clearly has an

excellent understanding
of how to focus on and
comment usefully on
aspects of others
blogs.
Over half of the

comments are written
with a positive,
helpful, and
appropriate tone.
There are some,
grammar, spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Student has some
understanding of how
to focus on and
comment usefully on
aspects of others
blogs.
Some comments are

written with a
positive, helpful, and
appropriate tone.
There a fair amount
of grammar,
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Student has a
limited
understanding of
how to focus on and
comment usefully on
aspects of others
blogs.

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3C INDEPENDENT NOVEL STUDY: BLOGGING ASSIGNMENT

Indian Horse: Group

Fahrenheit 451: Group

Reading Your Novel and/or

Reading Your Novel and/or

Catcher in the Rye: Group

Reading Your Novel and/or

Catcher in the Rye: Group

Catcher in the Rye: Group

Discussion (have read to the

Fahrenheit 451: Group

Discussion (have read to page

Reading Your Novel and/or

Entry has more than 3

Entry has at least 3

Entry has at least 2

Entry has at least 1

Entry is appropriate in its

Entry pays some

The visual the writer

The visual the writer has

Entry is mostly appropriate

Entry demonstrates good

The visual the writer has

The connections between

The visual the writer has

RUBRIC FOR WEEKLY COMMENTS

All comments are

Most comments are

There are very few, to

There are a few

Student clearly has an

Over half of the

Some comments are

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