Goals for Reading, Discussing and Writing about The Chosen

1. Students will learn about others by listening to them and asking them questions about their thinking
2. Students will learn how texts operate, how they shape our thought and manipulate our emotions
3. Students will learn about cultures and societies, their varying concepts of the “good life,” of love and hate, justice and revenge, good and evil, and other significant issues of human experience
4. Students should learn how context shapes meaning
5. Students should learn about the processes by which they make meaning (by thinking about literary texts or about life experiences)

Grades

30 points for each team assignment (90 points possible)
5 points for participation each day (80 points possible)
50 points for final test over the reading and material presented in class
30 points for periodic checks of study guide questions

Handouts

Reading Schedule
Study Guide Questions
Literary Circle

Assignment Schedules
Period 2 (PDF)
Period 3 (PDF)
Period 5 (PDF)
Period 7 (PDF)
Guidesheets
Discussion Leader guidesheet (PDF)
Passage Master guidesheet (PDF)
Summarizer guidesheet (PDF)
Word Reporter guidesheet (PDF)

Participation Grades
Come to class having read the book, able to answer the study guide questions, and with a thought or question of your own. Up to 5 points each day (80 points possible) for answering questions with insight, providing thoughtful comments, observations, or questions for other members. Students must have study guide filled in and out on their desk during the discussion each day.

These behaviors will result in a “0” for the day:

1. Asking “off task” questions or otherwise engaging in distracting or disrupting tactics
2. Engaging in a “side” conversation
2. Having homework for other classes out
3. Putting head down or appearing to sleep
4. Not having class materials including the book
5. Not participating or being absent

(To make up a day you were absent, turn in a typewritten sheet answering the study guide questions for that day. It should have your name and the reading assignment at the top of the page. It is due one day after you return to class. If it is late is will not be accepted).