Welcome back.  I hope my post finds you well today.  I will finish my "Cask of Amontillado" plan below:

After Reading Response

I Do

I will show the students my reformulations of the story.  I can write a poem in two voices.  This story lends itself well to that reformulation since there are only two characters in the story.  Since I want them to write a crime scene investigation report, I would show them the one I wrote.  Having choices is always a good thing with students.

We Do

          Students will move into two or three groups.  They will become crime scene investigators.  As a class, we will imagine how we would go about solving the mystery of Fortunato’s disappearance.  We will list the kind of clues we might look for and who should be interviewed.  We will imagine what possible witnesses might say.

You Do

The students will create a reformulation of the story as a Voki, an Animoto, a poem, or a CSI report.  They will present their products the day after the assignment is due.

Evaluation

I will use the following rubric for the You Do reformulation.

____10  deadline met

____10 conventions

____30 character motivation is expressed

____30 text is present in reformulation

        Leslie had a good idea about the rubric.  If you add this up, you will find that the sum is eighty points.  Students who want to revise their assignments are allowed to do so.  They earn more points for that.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope the past three Reader Response lessons are helpful.  I am eager to apply these this year and write about the results.

See you next time.  Teach on...