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aCTIvITy 2.7
Questions and discussions
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Discussion Groups, Visualizing, Sketching, Questioning the Text
Literary Terms
Literary analysis is the
study of a work of literature
to evaluate and interpret elements that affect a reader’s understanding or opinion of the work.
Introducing the Strategy: Questioning the Text
A strategy for thinking actively and interpretively about your reading is to ask questions. As you read any text, you can ask questions that aid your understanding with different levels of ideas. Questioning helps you experience a text in depth.
• Literal questions (Level 1): You can answer questions on the literal level by looking to the text directly. These questions often begin with who, what, where, or when.
Example: What did Ellie pin onto Carl’s shirt when she made him a member of her club?
• Interpretive questions (Level 2): You cannot find answers to interpretive questions directly in the text; however, textual evidence points to and supports your answers.
Example: Why do you think Carl didn’t want to move into the retirement home?
• Universal questions (Level 3): These questions go beyond the text. They require
you to think about the larger issues or ideas raised by a text.
Example: Why do people dream of traveling to strange and faraway lands?
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Use verbal and nonverbal communication when posing and responding to literal, interpretive, and universal questions about the novel Walk Two Moons.
• Identify and implement effective discussion techniques.
Novel Study
In this activity, you will strengthen your skills of literary analysis by practicing the strategy of Questioning the Text and by participating in group discussions.
Literary Analysis
For Embedded Assessment 1, you will be writing an essay responding to a prompt on the novel Walk Two Moons. In the past few activities, you began your reading and analysis of the novel, identifying plot and subplot, analyzing characterization, and identifying narrative elements such as setting.
In the next few activities, you will learn additional skills and strategies for a deeper literary analysis, skills that you will use in writing your response to literature.
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Roots and Affixes
The word literal contains the root -liter- from the Latin word littera, meaning “letter.” This root also appears in literacy, literature, and alliteration. Interpretive contains the root interpret, which means “to come to an understanding.” Universal contains the Latin prefix uni-, meaning “one,” and the root -ver-, meaning “turn.” The root -ver- appears in reverse, adversary, introvert, vertigo, and conversation.
The suffix -al indicates an adjective.
1. In your own words, describe each type of question.
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