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=Invisible Man= by Ralph Ellison

This wiki will serve as a discussion board and storehouse of information during our study of //Invisible Man.//

//Your first assignment is to find your discussion groups. To the left, you'll see a list of groups listed by class period. Start with (your class period)A and move through to (your class period)D until you see your name.//

1. Read the directions for the novel study procedure below. 2. Find your assigned group. 3. Download the IM packet ch. 1-3 from studywiz and look over it. 4. Your group leader should post your group's first question and you should post your first response on the discussion board before Friday.
 * Tuesday's assignment:**


 * You are a group leader if you have an * by your name. This role will alternate each week. Your job is to facilitate the discussion board. Start by looking at this week's packet and choosing one of the highlighted topics. Use that as a springboard for your group's discussion. Post the group's question as soon as possible to give people enough time to respond.

We will not have reading quizzes or annotation grades for this novel study unit. You are six months away from entering your first college class (yes, that's right) and you should not need hand holding at this point. Read the chapters because you want to contribute to your team and you want to grow as a scholar, not because you are afraid of scoring poorly on a quiz.

From this point forward, you will download a portion of //Invisible Man// packet each Friday. You and your group get to decide how you will complete this assignment. Each member is required to fill out the packet, but I will only grade one person's at the end of the unit (to be chosen at random). You will have face to face time each Friday to work together and discuss the novel with the class as a whole as well. I will select questions from this packet for the end of the unit test.

The reading schedule is as follows: Week of 1/31 - 2/4: Chapters 4-8 (packet questions for this section should be completed by Sunday 2/6) Week of 2/7 - 2/11: Chapters 9-11 Week of 2/14 - 2/18: Chapters 12-15 Week of 2/21 - 2/24: Chapters 16-18 Week of 2/28 - 3/4: Chapters 19-22 Week of 3/7 - 3/11: Chapters 23-25

Use your group's wikispace to share ideas, divide up work, and ask each other questions. You will need to work together well and pull your own weight in order for your group to succeed.

The discussion board activity each week will count as a minor assignment grade. You are required to choose ONE of the highlighted areas in the packet to discuss via your board each week (this is subject to change based on the needs of the class). You are encouraged to discuss additional questions, theories, observations, etc… This activity will be noted by me and rewarded in various ways (TBD). ***Note: Use your group's discussion board for this activity. You are welcome to post a question or an insight on this board for all of my classes if you so choose.

//At this time, you should download the IM packet (studywiz). You will have time to work on this packet together with your group this Friday but you do not have to wait until then to start. The first portion should be finished by the end of this week (Sunday night). This includes the discussion board activity for the week. On this note, your job is to dialogue with each other. Try to keep things open ended and encourage conversation. Avoid "slam dunk" answers that leave no room for discussion and "back slapping" answers that simply agree with the other posters. Your goal is to CONVERSE with each other about the text. Be curious - make connections!//

//Get started!//

Photograph by Jeff Wall - "After '//Invisible Man//'"

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