Biblioscopic Dialogue 13 - Interpretive Question Exercise: Discuss Universal Idea Using Current Title
Literary Core Skill:
Consider various (children’s) titles with respect to a specific universal idea.
Resources: Story Chart; Socratic List (entire). Students put the general and specific themes of a children’s story in the context of mankind’s ongoing conversation about universal ideas.
Elements of Fiction:
Assignment Type:
Interpretive Question Exercise
Description:
Student submits a question about the current title’s contribution to a discussion of the universal idea and outlines three distinct answers supportable by the text.
Grading Rubric:
Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/syntax/punctuation, b) plausibility, and c) reference to the text. Answers may also be graded on the 5-fold rubric.
Completed Example Assignments:
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