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While writing is an important aspect of English 10 and Communications 11, reading for meaning is the primary skill needed for success. When you read, you need to have your brain actively engaged in the process. There are several ways to double check that this is happening. 1) Create pictures. As you are reading, you want your brain to be seeing what the words are saying. This might happen while you are reading, but to improve, take a break and draw a picture of what you just read. 2) Summarize or paraphrase. Pause and write a short summary of what just happened. This might be much shorter than the original text, or it might be just as long, but in your own words. If youre reading poetry, a paraphrase is often longer than the poem!3) Ask questions. It is normal to have questions while you are reading. Questions such as, Who is this character? What does that sentence mean? Why did she do that? Where is this character now?, will help you understand better. Sometimes you might stop and try to answer the question, sometimes you just keep the question in your mind and continue reading until you find an answer. 4) Make connections. Think about what the text reminds you of. What happens in the text that is different from your life? The same?5) Predict what will come next. Pause in your reading and think about where the story is going. You dont have to guess the ending, you can just think about what might happen next. Enhancing these skills will allow you to respond more easily to texts. If you read actively, you will improve at being able to understand tone, theme, conflict, and the importance of figurative devices. Task for the holiday:1) Set a goal for yourself. What do you want to improve on, related to your reading skills, this holiday? My goal is based on my reading skills and what I really need. I plan to read the summary edition on internet, which helps me a lot on reading the book!Then I will try to understand every meaning of difficult vocabs. Finally, based on my previous experience and understanding on this book, I will feel better on reading this book. How will you know if you have accomplished your goal? I will follow the instructions to check step by step, then I can choose to read again and again, since I have enough time. Basically I can predict that my book will be finished in 15 days, then I can fill in the forms below.2) Read for at least 15 minutes five days / week. Before you begin reading, review your recent reading log entries, mark down the page number and your starting time. After reading, complete the daily activity. You can modify these and expand on them. The prompts are only tools to help you engage with your reading. 3) Keep a vocabulary journal. Each day, while reading, write down 5 new words. After reading and filling out the reading log, practice using these words. Put them in sentences, draw pictures of them, and look up the definition. Make sure you learn if the word is a verb, noun, adjective or adverb. HINT: Try to choose different types of words each day. Learning five new verbs is harder than learning two verbs, one noun, one adjective and one adverb. HINT TWO: Learn words in pairs. If you learn a verb, learn a word that can follow it. (For example, dont just learn the verb, “suggest,” learn the phrase, “my teacher suggests reading”.)Holiday Homework Reading Log for a novel (assigned or independent). Date andpage #sActive reading strategy and response.TitleConsider the title. What do you think this story will be about? What questions do you have? The story might tell a story of giving. The title giver makes me imagine someone giving something to others, who is a kind guy.My questions are: Whos the giver? Why is he going to give others? What is he trying to give in this story?First few paragraphsDraw a picture of the setting. First 5 pages.Summarize todays reading in 5 sentences.Jonas was beginning to be frightened when December comes. He had never seen aircraft so close, for it was against the rules for Pilots to fly over the community. Especially, this plain is not a cargo that he sees usually, but a plain with a sharp front. At dinner, he shared his experience through his day together with his family. Jonas sister lily also shared her strange experience of meeting a group of child from other communities and her dad educated her and ask her to regard this experience in a different way.First chapter.Complete the following five questions starters.How: enjoyably; scared; sharing; shocked; discussing.When: Not sureWhere: at home, at school, in the community.Who: Jonas lily dad mumWhy: sharing experiences is their habit at home.Predict what you think will happen in the next chapter. Jonas, just like the other Elevens (other children of the age Eleven), is apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve when he and his peers will be given the jobs they will hold for the rest of their adult lives in their immaculately organized, tightly run society known as the Community.(RESOURCE FROM WIKIPEDIA)What is one conflict in the story?The conflict of Jonas is struggling between sharing or not sharing his true thoughts and experiences to his family. Although he had a dream of sex he doesnt want to share his experience with his family. Choose your own active reading strategy for today. I feel a little tired and fatigue after yesterdays reading. So today I would like to have a new plan, rest 15min, read 15min.Choose one character and draw a picture of them. Try to have them doing something that fits their character. Choose an important paragraph from the text and paraphrase it (put every aspect of the paragraph into your own words). Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes. His parents did, and Lily did, and so did all of his group members and friends. But there were a few exceptions: Jonas himself, and a female Five who he had noticed had the different, lighter eyes. No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals. Lily, he decided, would have to learn that soon, or she would be called in for chastisement because of her insensitive chatter.Not a lot of people have grey eyes, but Jonas does. But not a lot of people mention that thing, because it is not allowed to talk about others privacies.Jonas also thought about teaching lily something.How does this story connect to your experience at Maple Leaf? This story connects to maple leaf of several extents. First, the story teaches us not to talk about others privacies. Etc.Does this section remind you of any other books? A movie? Why?Forrest gump.These two stories are both have themes about the sight and the point of view of different people.What is your favourite part of this book? Why?The part that I like most is the part of giving memories of pain (war),and happiness. Because the description is active and moving, and let me feel exactly great.Draw a story board of what you read today (8 panels).How do you think the main character will solve his/her/its problem?He will solve his problem by doing more volunteer activities in his community,and share more feelings with his parents and sister.Write a one sentence summary of what you read today.Jonas went to the community to do some volunteer jobs in order to get enough credits to graduate from the school. What is your least favourite part of the novel?I dont like the washing for elders, because I think that it doesnt respect olds privacy.Choose one figurative device from your reading today. Explain its importance.The givers hand, because I appreciate Jonas very much on his ideas of bearing pains of receiving the painful memories and Jonas in a boy who has his own great ideas!Create an exam question based on what you have read. What is the name of the place that Jonas receive memories in.Create a chart that summarizes what has happened in the story so far.Jonas is a boy who lives in a community with no wars in it. Everything is in order and people dont have sex to produce babies. Birth depends on birthmothers. Jonas have grey eyes, and he often do volunteer jobs in the community to graduate from the school and to be given a job by leaders of the community. But when the graduation was held Jonas didnt hear his name from the list. He was frightened but later he found that he was chosen to become the next giver. The giver is the most important job in the community. And the job is painful. Jonas began a painful training with the last giver. Today, as you read, make small, point form notes about what you notice. Try to write something down every few sentences. I am focusing on the languages of Jonas. Obviously we can find out that the giver job is boring and painful. But Jonas finished his job and continued to do what the chiefs chose for him. From here we can prove that Jonas is a boy who is responsible for his own choices.What active reading strategy has you found most useful? Why?I used glancing. It is a reading strategy of important words. First, I will glance the page and catch some words. Then I will use these words to make up sentences and analyze them, which will help me understand the story previously.Todays task: find someone you know and tell them about the book you are reading. Already finished! Ask Kim Sun!Choose an active reading strategy for today. I will check dictionary every word.Ask three questions about what you just read. Where is the other community?Why do they take pills to decrease there will to have sex?Why did Fiona disappeared?I wonder why.The giver have to carry all of the responsibilities.Describe (with words) the picture you saw in you head while you were reading.Jonas is lying on the bed and then the giver switched the radio on, and then the giver asked the assistant to inform Jonas parents that Jonas will stay here whole night to have some extra studies.Do you feel sorry for any of the characters? Does a character make you angry? Choose one character and explain your emotions towards them.Yes I do.The previous chief made me angry because he is the only serious guy in the story.Vocabulary ListDatePage #VocabularyWordSentence/definition/pictureVerb, noun, ad, ad