{"id":93,"date":"2019-01-14T08:04:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/?p=93"},"modified":"2019-01-16T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:03:58","slug":"english-12-catcher-test-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/2019\/01\/14\/english-12-catcher-test-info\/","title":{"rendered":"English 12 &#8211; Catcher Test Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi English 12,<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately I was unexpectedly away today. Here is more info about your test on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday &#8211; PARAGRAPH test for Catcher. You will write 2 longer literary paragraphs, that show your understanding of the text overall. Each will be marked out of 12. I will be marking holistically, which means I will be looking at your written expression (organization, style, mechanics) as well as the depth of understanding of the text. Remember that A-level grades (10,11,12s) need to reflect THEMATIC understanding of the text as well as a good response to the question.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You will be able to use your novel. A few sticky notes are OK but no extensive notes. You will be given a selection of questions to work from.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some sample questions. You can do one or more for practice and I will make time to give you feedback while we do test prep on Wednesday. There will also be some quotes that serve as prompts (but I didn&#8217;t have my book handy while I was prepping these):&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In an organized paragraph, discuss how Allie&#8217;s death has affected Holden. You can focus on one part of Holden&#8217;s character or life, or discuss more broadly.<\/li>\n<li>In an organized paragraph, discuss Holden&#8217;s relationship with Phoebe. What are his hopes and fears for her? Be as specific as you can.<\/li>\n<li>Do you think Holden was justified in abandoning his education at Pencey Prep? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/files\/2019\/01\/catcher-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/files\/2019\/01\/catcher-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/files\/2019\/01\/Practice-test-paragraphs.docx\">Practice test paragraphs&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note about all above:<\/p>\n<p>-The webs are for planning. I&#8217;ve tried to capture my main points as well as specific examples I can use<\/p>\n<p>-The paragraphs are FIRST DRAFTS written in class. They are not perfect! But I have tried to keep them organized, well-supported, and connected to the themes of the novel.<\/p>\n<p>Other resources<\/p>\n<p>-SparkNotes has good summary and analysis pages<\/p>\n<p>-A Google search will lead you to other teachers&#8217; essay topics. Quality may be uneven&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>-Here is the marking package for the Provincial Exam. Scroll down a few pages for the 6 point scale for paragraph (&#8220;Stand Alone Text&#8221;) &#8211;&nbsp;https:\/\/www.bced.gov.bc.ca\/exams\/search\/grade12\/english\/release\/key\/1213en_pk.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi English 12, Unfortunately I was unexpectedly away today. Here is more info about your test on Friday.&nbsp; Friday &#8211; PARAGRAPH test for Catcher. You will write 2 longer literary paragraphs, that show your understanding of the text overall. Each will be marked out of 12. I will be marking holistically, which means I will &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/2019\/01\/14\/english-12-catcher-test-info\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;English 12 &#8211; Catcher Test Info&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8674,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/atkinsona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}