Two easy s trategies to get your students thinking writing and making connections Dara Miller PAWP 2010 Literary 3x3 The Literary 3x3 is a simple and ultra brief writing activity to prompt students to think outside the plot ID: 482090
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Integrating Writing with Literature
Two easy strategies to get your students thinking, writing, and making connections!
Dara
Miller, PAWP 2010Slide2
Literary 3x3
The Literary 3x3 is a simple and ultra brief writing activity to prompt students to think outside the plotThe task: students summarize the novel/story they have read without using specific names or eventsThe catch: they must create this summary using only 3 lines of 3 words each.Slide3
Literary 3x3
The fun comes out in the discussion: consider these examples of “3x3”s for these popular Disney movies – can you guess what they are?
Arrogance transforms handsomeness
Mistake creates captivity
Inner beauty conquers
Curiosity seeks freedom
Silence creates confusion
Love breaks spells
Innocence craves recognition
Guilt prompts desertion
Duty calls homeSlide4
Literary 3x3
The 3x3 exercise forces students to think outside the “main character does this…then this…the end” type of formula.Let it be a game – students vie to create the most insightful 3x3sUse the words generated to prompt further writingSlide5
Literary 3x3
Try it!Pick a familiar book or movie (let us know which!) and write your own 3x3Let’s share!Slide6
The Connections Test
The connections test (or connections game, however you choose to format it) challenges students to make connections between events, people, places, and just about anything else in a text. This can be expanded to fit multiple content areas!Slide7
The Connections Test
Teacher prep:After reading, choose about 12-15 terms related to the setting, characters, theme, symbols, plot, etc. of the storyCreate individual strips of the words and place these in an envelopeStudents will draw 5 strips from the envelope and record the words in the order in which they were drawnSlide8
The Connections Test
Once terms have been recorded, students must find a connection (and write about it!) between:Terms 1 and 22 and 33 and 4
4 and 5
5 and 1 Slide9
The Connections Test
The Christmas Carol examples – aren’t these great?The connections test challenges students to think both creatively and analyticallyConnections can be used to prompt further writing – particularly good ones can turn into essays very easilySlide10
Credit goes to…
Danny Lawrence, AP Literature Summer Institute 2010, Western Kentucky UniversityTammy Hanna, Washington Irving Middle School, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia