Biblioscopic Dialogue 3 - 3-Sentence Quotation Exercise: Summarize Critical Interpretation of Current Title
Literary Core Skill:
Summarize several thematic interpretations of various titles.
Resources: In the first step toward Biblioscopic Dialogue, students learn to compare their own interpretations of a work with the interpretations of other readers. The term “Biblioscopic Dialogue” refers to the highest form of reading, in which students actively participate in the ongoing conversation about ideas found in the Western literary tradition. Effective participation moves through three successive stages: first, we recognize the existence of the Dialogue in literature (you might say we learn to SEE); next, we take the shape of the Dialogue by close and careful reading (we learn to LISTEN); finally, we make original contributions to the Dialogue from our own vantage points in space, time, and experience (we learn to SPEAK).
Elements of Fiction:
Theme
Worldview
Biblioscopic Dialogue
Assignment Type:
Description:
In this worksheet, students summarize a critical work on the current title with a “3-sentence quotation” featuring an interpretive statement in the follow-up sentence and correct citation format.
Grading Rubric:
Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling; b) conformity to the “3-sentence quotation” formula; and c) plausibility of interpretation.
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