ELLO DER BEAR! I think your multiple choice questions were crafted artfully. My two favorite in particular were questions 4 and 5. Question 4, the “all…except” question, was just as time-consuming as one on the AP test would be. I actually had to go back through and find examples of each of the answer choices in the passage, which, if you had written a full length test, would have slowed me down enough that I’d feel the pressure from time. Actually, if you hadn’t referenced in your presentation that dialogue in McCarthy’s works came without quotations, my gut instinct most likely would have been to pick choice C. This was a great reminder that the author’s style—including his use or disuse of punctuation—is incredibly important to take note of. My favorite question, however, was your Roman numeral question, number five. Not only was it a direct reference to McCarthy’s distinctive writing style, but the question was one I was easily able to pick out the answer choice to because your presentation made it so obvious what the effect of McCarthy’s style was. Honestly, as I was reading through the prose passage I began to feel the smallest sense of panic, the same frantic energy possessing the father and the son easily conveyed through the choppy sentences and lack of punctuation. It was an excellent point to note. Nicely done!
I'm sorry, I didn't include parts of my reflections in the sheet I submitted to Ms. Wilson because they didn't add much in the way of content to the reflection, and I copied my post from that submitted sheet. Do excuse me for commenting again! I mentioned it somewhat briefly in my previous comment, but your presentation was one of the most clear and concise when it came to actually explaining the author's style and structure. By the end of the presentation, not only was I familiar with McCarthy's "optimistic pessimism", it was also clear how he crafted such a message in his works. Particularly of interest to me was the third-person omniscient narrative, a device I identified in my author's works but one you shed an entirely new perspective on, in that the struggles of the characters become that much more obvious. The direct manner through which you identified devices and connected them to your original meaning was one of the most effective I saw of all the presentations. Really excellent work!
ELLO DER BEAR!
ReplyDeleteI think your multiple choice questions were crafted artfully. My two favorite in particular were questions 4 and 5. Question 4, the “all…except” question, was just as time-consuming as one on the AP test would be. I actually had to go back through and find examples of each of the answer choices in the passage, which, if you had written a full length test, would have slowed me down enough that I’d feel the pressure from time. Actually, if you hadn’t referenced in your presentation that dialogue in McCarthy’s works came without quotations, my gut instinct most likely would have been to pick choice C. This was a great reminder that the author’s style—including his use or disuse of punctuation—is incredibly important to take note of.
My favorite question, however, was your Roman numeral question, number five. Not only was it a direct reference to McCarthy’s distinctive writing style, but the question was one I was easily able to pick out the answer choice to because your presentation made it so obvious what the effect of McCarthy’s style was. Honestly, as I was reading through the prose passage I began to feel the smallest sense of panic, the same frantic energy possessing the father and the son easily conveyed through the choppy sentences and lack of punctuation. It was an excellent point to note. Nicely done!
I'm sorry, I didn't include parts of my reflections in the sheet I submitted to Ms. Wilson because they didn't add much in the way of content to the reflection, and I copied my post from that submitted sheet. Do excuse me for commenting again!
DeleteI mentioned it somewhat briefly in my previous comment, but your presentation was one of the most clear and concise when it came to actually explaining the author's style and structure. By the end of the presentation, not only was I familiar with McCarthy's "optimistic pessimism", it was also clear how he crafted such a message in his works. Particularly of interest to me was the third-person omniscient narrative, a device I identified in my author's works but one you shed an entirely new perspective on, in that the struggles of the characters become that much more obvious. The direct manner through which you identified devices and connected them to your original meaning was one of the most effective I saw of all the presentations. Really excellent work!