1. Writing Questions and Prompts How to Write Your Own C-notes Prompts to Reflect Critical Thinking Skills

2. There are 3 levels of prompts Level One Simple Recalling facts Level 2 Medium Thinking about the facts Level 3 Difficult Make a new idea based on the facts

3. Level One – (Copy all prompt words; use past C-notes to define any prompt words you don’t know) These prompts start with words like: * Define * Describe * Identify * List * Name * Observe *Recite * Scan * Paraphrase * Summarize

4. Level 2 - (Copy all prompt words; use past C-notes to define any prompt words you don’t know) Analyze Compare Contrast Predict Differentiate/ Distinguish Infer Sequence Group Translate Classify

5. Level 3 - (Copy all prompt words; use past C-notes to define any prompt words you don’t know) Apply Evaluate Hypothesize Imagine Examine Judge Speculate Analyze Argue

6. Skills that need to be covered Use the following checklist to make sure that all of the close-reading skills are being covered.

7. IDENTIFIEDEXPLAINED—What is significance? Literary Devices (See notes for examples of literary devices) ___________ ___________ Characterizations of people, places, or things ___________ ___________ Themes ___________ ___________ Imagery ___________ ___________ Diction (unfamiliar words or words & phrases that have a certain significance) ___________ ___________ Connections ___________ ___________ Questions and Speculations ___________ ___________ Conflicts (Internal and External)

8. Close-reading Checklist - Identification You must identify the items on the list through your questions. Literary Devices – “Literary Device” slides Characterizations – give ADJECTIVES that describe a specific character based on his/her actions. You may also characterize groups of people. Themes – determine possible overarching messages that the text is attempting to teach; What does this text teach us about the world around us? The culture in which the story is written? Human nature? Imagery – Identify the senses that are being evoked by a specific passage. (The five senses: hearing, tasting, smelling, seeing, touching)

9. Close-reading Checklist - Identification Diction – define unfamiliar words, identify words or phrases that have significance in the text Connections – connect characterizations, conflicts, or plot to historical events and figures or other literary pieces and characters Questions and Speculations – Ask questions about the characters, plot, and conflicts and then speculate or predict answers. Conflicts (Internal and External) – Identify the basis for the conflicts in the story, including if a character struggles with his own character flaw

10. Close-reading Checklist -- Significance You must also use your questions/prompts to explain the significance or importance of the items you find during your close-reading. Ask yourself: How does this affect the theme, characterization, conflict, and/or plot? Example follow-up after identifying a literary device: Determine the significance of the use of this literary device in correlation to developing conflict in this episode. Example follow-up after identifying imagery: Examine how the imagery in this scene establishes the mood of this episode and the effect it has on Odysseus’s validity as a hero.

11. For “Circe, the Enchantress” You must write a minimum of 25 questions/prompts and answers in the entirety of the packet. Include at least 12 Level 3 questions/prompts Include at least 8 Level 2 questions/prompts Include at least 5 Level One questions/prompts

12. For “Sea Perils and Defeat” You must write a minimum of 30 questions/prompts and answers in the entirety of the packet. Include at least 15 Level 3 questions/prompts Include at least 10 Level 2 questions/prompts Include at least 5 Level One questions/prompts

13. Student-made Odyssey C-notes The questions/prompts and answers must demonstrate a clear understanding of all of the assigned reading material in order to get credit for the work. The questions/prompts and answers must be original. They must be written by the student himself/herself. All paraphrased or copied work is considered plagiarism and will result in a zero and a detention.

14. Summaries for each episode You must include a summary for each episode that is read. The summary must include the following information about the episode: Relevant characters Conflicts Resolutions

15. Questions? Concerns? Confusion? Feel free to email Ms. Alonso questions about the assignment or your sample questions to see if you are completing the work correctly. jalonso@pway.org Emails sent 24 hours or fewer before the due date will not be answered.