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"She had given him up to oblige others. It had been the effect of over-persuasion. It had been weakness and timidity."
Persuasion 2 - The Misfortune of Poetry - Chapters 7 to 12 - Quote Group Discussion (and a Row Reading Discussion): This was a new invention of mine - I wanted the students to look at these next chapters by examining some very important and representative quotes AND I also needed the time to meet with students about their Research Papers. That made it impossible to do a Row Reading or a Vertext Discussion, like the last lesson, so I came up with a way to have the students do the same thing (a combination of Row Reading and a Vertext) - in small groups, rather than with the entire class - and I could meet with individual students.
First the students take a quiz - those who didn't read, will read while the others work on this, and they will do this assignment for homework. Then, like our normal Row Reading Discussions, they will divide there group up to cover all the assigned chapters. Each member will come up with two things for those assigned chapters. When they've got those - they come together and first discuss the items (comment, question, quote, or a link to something else we've studied) they came up. Next they go over the quotes that I provided for each chapter. There is also space on the handout to help them organize their time.
There is also a Row Reading type Discussion for these chapters that I used the first few years that I taught Persuasion. This was before the book was assigned to be read while we did the Research Paper. These is a Class Recording of our discussion using that method.
Lesson Overview
Lesson Overview
The Quiz
The Quiz
As always begin with a quiz. If the students don't read - they should do the reading, and this assignment then becomes homwork. Without penalty. I include two different quizzes below, depending on how much you assign to read: 6-12 and 9-13.
A Quote Group Discussion:
A Quote Group Discussion:
Unlike a Group Work, with this exercise the students will not be turning anything in. The discussion that they have, though, will help them with their exam and/or essay on Persuasion. For students that did not do the reading (as evidenced by their quiz), they are not allowed to get into a group and some years I would ask to see their notes the next day on these quotes which they were to go over for homework. Here are my directions to the Groups taken directly from the student Handout:
You that don’t need me to have a good discussion – but, you do need to have done the reading. DO NOT get into a group unless you completely finished the reading (read the actual book, NOT summaries). Choose a group of anywhere from 2-5 members. Choose people that you’d like to have a discussion with. This is NOT group work – you will turn nothing in, though your notes may be very helpful for the Persuasion exam. Take good notes.
The students are then given the table and directions as follows:
Each group member should come up with a total of 2 things (just like in class). Write them down. They should be either a I) Comment II) Question III) a direct quote (a cool or interesting one) IV) or a specific link to something else that we have done. Spread your comments (or whatever you wrote) throughout whichever chapters you are assigned. Look below and find the chapter that you doing - examine the quotes you already have been given – make sure your two don’t repeat them. Make sure each chapter has at least one thing. Give yourself only 4 minutes to find these (at the most). When you have them ready – quickly get started on your discussion.
Discussion - have a timekeeper – divide your time by 5 and write that next to each chapter heading below – so you know where you have to be time-wise – in order to finish your discussion.
Begin each chapter with what your members came up with (if time is short, limit each member to 2, rather than 3 of the things they came up [especially in the bigger groups]) – ask, comment, link – and then talk about it. Discuss. Make sure you take notes, just as you would in a large class discussion.
For each chapter, after you and your group discuss what you came up – read through that chapter’s quotes (found below) and use these as starting points of discussion. If you’ve already talked about them (with your own quotes or comments) move on to the next – keep taking notes – write down what you come up. Talk about whatever you want – but you may want to link to other quotes from this reading – from the first reading – or from anything else that we’ve done.
Chapter 7 time to be done by _______
start with your comments, questions, quotes, then…
on his sick son “but what was there for a father to do? This was quite a female case…”
This then continues for Chapters 8 to 12
Row Reading Discussion:
Row Reading Discussion:
In the years before I did the above Quote Group Discussion - we had a Whole Class Row Reading Discussion. See my page on Class Discussion Methods for more on the how and why. If you choose to go this route you can find the Power Point that assigns which row is responsible for which part of the reading. Beyond that here are the student instructions:
You will only have 5 minutes to prepare - good thing you wrote in your book! Each person must prepare THREE ITEMS for their chapter.
•The First Two are either a comment or a question about their Chapter (these should be thoughtful enough to lead to discussion)
•The Third Item is a quote from this chapter that you found interesting, thoughtful, or important (again, this should have the potential to lead to discussion).
After the five minutes are up - begin the discussion by starting at the first row, first seat and the student will pick their choice of the the three specific things that they came up with. Make sure you guage the time so that every student gets a chance to contribute.
Quote Group Discussion - Persuasion - Chapts. 7 to 12
Quote Group Discussion - Persuasion - Chapts. 7 to 12
Unlike a Group Work, with this exercise the students will not be turning anything in. The discussion that they have, though, will help them with their exam and/or essay on Persuasion. For students that did not do the reading (as evidenced by their quiz), they are not allowed to get into a group and some years I would ask to see their notes the next day on these quotes which they were to go over for homework.
Like the above, only this version covers Chapters 9 to 13.
Persuasion 7 to 12 - A Row Reading Discussion
Persuasion 7 to 12 - A Row Reading Discussion
This Row Reading was done before I created the Quote Group Discussion, and before the Research Paper was assigned at the same time. As always with Row Reading - the class is divided into rows - and each row is responsible for a certain section of the assigned reading. Give them a few minutes - then start with the first student and go down each row, using what they came up with as a starting point for Discussion.
Persuasion_1to6_Feb252011_perA.mp3Class Recording NOTE: On Mobile may appear as a Google Drive Link
Class Recording NOTE: On Mobile may appear as a Google Drive Link
Before we did the Small Group Quote work - we did a Row Reading Discussion. Here is that discussion: For this discussion, each row was assigned a chapter and they had to prepare the items - two of either a comment or a question, and a direct quote. We then went through every single student - and it was amazing how much we covered and how directed by the students it was. As the title says we covered chapters 7 to 12.
Remote Enhancements
Remote Enhancements
Either of these lessons work well in Remote Learning. Any of these work well in Remote Learning.
For these Chapters (and I've included variants that being with Chapter 14 as well), there are three possible ways to cover these Chapters. There is the Quote Small Group Discussion (see the last lesson), there is a Vertext (see my page on Class Discussion Methods if you're not familiar with these), and finally, as with the last lesson there is a Slide for a Row Reading Discussion where the assigned reading is divided, based on rows, and each student gets to start the conversation based on a quote, comment, question or link that they find before the discussion begins.
The Vertext is actually like the Small Group Quote Discussion except it takes place with the entire class. Then, like our normal Row Reading Discussions, they will divide there group up to cover all the assigned chapters. Each member will come up with two things for those assigned chapters. When they've got those - they come together and first discuss the items (comment, question, quote, or a link to something else we've studied) they came up. Next they go over the quotes that I provided for each chapter.
WHAT CAME BEFORE:
WHAT CAME BEFORE:
Thoughts on the Lesson
Thoughts on the Lesson
When we did the Research Paper, I never wanted to leave Literature completely behind. Persuasion is a light, easy, and short read - and the perfect companion for when the students were doing their research.
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