After going back and re-evaluating the steps of PBL I circled my freshmen around to work on our Knows & N2Ks (a step that we'd previously skipped). I gave the students a homework assignment to research and try to figure out the basics of short stories. They had to consider the following questions:
-What are the different parts of a short story?
-What qualities do good short stories have?
-Think about the things we talk about for book talks that you should have in your short stories
Students were prompted to use the Internet, if they had access at home, their literary books, or any other resources they could find.
After discussing their lists in their groups students received the rubric that I'll use to grade their individual stories. They used their rubrics to start forming their Know and Need to Know lists. Once we're finished with our Knows & N2Ks I'll start to build the scaffolding that will guides students through analyzing and planning their stories.
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