Friday, Jan 9 Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Day 5

Learning Targets for this unit: 
      1.   I can draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, 
          and research.
       2.  I can explore topics dealing with different cultures and world viewpoints. 
       3.  I can write an arguments to support a claim in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, 
          using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence
       4. I can determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and 
             phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting
             general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
       5. I can adapt the elements of an artistic product to a variety of contexts and                communicative tasks demonstrating command of appropriate technique and use of artistic tools.

In class: vocabulary "Sleepy Hollow" vocabulary quiz
              Final assessment information: class handout / copy below.
             

New perspectives: retelling Irving’s tale of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

Final assessment:

TASK: Choose one of the following characters from which to retell the tale. What really happened?

Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones,  Old Baltus Van Tassel or one of Crane’s students

Choice: 1) oral interpretation of literature.

                 This is a two-minute performance, where you will take on the identity of one of the above characters and explain his or her perspective on what happened in Sleepy Hollow.

a.       You must bring or wear (no need for a costume) something that identifies you as the character.

b.      You must incorporate objective facts from the text. They may be in the form of another character, setting, theme or dialogue.

c.       You must follow this presentation rubric

Speaker maintains good eye contact with the audience and is appropriately animated (e.g., gestures, moving around, etc.).

Speaker uses a clear, audible voice.

Delivery is poised, controlled, and smooth.

Good language skills and pronunciation are used.

Visual aids are well prepared, informative, effective, and not distracting.

Length of presentation is within the assigned time limits.

Information was well communicated.

Choice 2:  Write a response to the above task. This should be a minimum of 300 words, with text woven into your argument.