Name:______/25
Group# _____
Chapters ______
Symposium Role:Summarizer/ Reactor
Your job for this set of chapters is to summarize the set of chapters (5 sentences) and react (5 sentences) to the events and characters.
Symposium Role:Literary Device Analyzer
Your job for this set of chapters is to look closely at the literary devices that John Green uses.
Choose two literary devices from this set of chapters. For each literary device, write the sentence(s) that contains the device, and tell how the device is used to enhance the story. Consider the story elements (plot, character, theme, setting, point of view). If you choose simile or metaphor, as part of your analysis you must identify the items being compared and tell why you think the author chose those particular items.
You may choose from:
ForeshadowingImagerySimile*
PersonificationAllusionMetaphor*
HyperboleSymbol
* If you choose a simile, choose an option other than a metaphor for device #2 and vice versa.
Device #1:
Device #2:
Symposium Role:Quotation Analyzer
Your job for this set of chapters is to choose two meaningful quotations and explain the significance of each one in the novel. [A quotation does not have to be spoken by a character – it can be something the narrator says, a character’s thoughts, or a description.]Analyze each quote, do not summarize!!! Tell how and why each quote is important to the rest of the story. Consider the story elements (plot, character, theme, setting, point of view).
For each quote, copy it down and cite it before your analysis.
Symposium Group Task:Discussion Questions
As a group, your task for this set of chapters is to create sixthoughtful questions for the class. Your questions should require your classmates to think critically about the text (“think & search”, “author & you”, text-inspired “on your own”), and should be designed to promote a solid class discussion.Your group also needs to provide substantial written answers to two of your questions. Write your questions and the answers to two of them below and on the back.
Symposium Role: Character Analyzer
Your job for this set of chapters is to choose a character and analyze him (or her). Consider how the character is portrayed – does the author use mostly direct or indirect characterization and how does that choice affect the reader’s perception of the character? Consider the types of characters and explain how your chosen character fits (or does not fit) into those descriptions. Consider how your character affects others, and how he or she contributes to the plot and/or theme at this point in the novel. Support your analysis with at least two quotes from the chapters.
Symposium Role: Setting/Mood Analyzer
Your first job for this set of chapters is to describe the physical setting, including any details about time, place, and cultural environment that you notice. Support your description of the setting with at least one quote from these chapters.
Your second job for this set of chapters is to describe the mood. Include at least one quote from these chapters to support your choice of mood.
Your third job for this set of chapters is to tell how and why the physical setting and the mood fit into the rest of the novel at this point. Are they important? Why or why not?
Symposium Role: Plot/Conflict Analyzer
Your first job for this set of chapters is to identify at least one major conflict (character vs. ______), tell whether it is an internal or external conflict, and tell how this conflict is important to the novel at this point. Include a quote to show the conflict. Consider theme, mood, characterization, and point of view when discussing the conflict.
Your second job for this set of chapters is to explain which element of plot these chapters fall under exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. Briefly summarize some key events from these chapters as part of your explanation, and include a quote to support your choice of plot element.