Feed by M.T. Anderson Literature Circle Activities

Feed by M.T. Anderson Novel Study Bundle

This low-prep bundle covering *Feed* by M.T. Anderson contains all the formative and summative assessments teachers need to assess general reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, facilitate student research on a range of relevant topics, and greatly reduce take-home lesson planning responsibilities. Included are four multiple choice quizzes; four short answer alternate quiz options; four close reading worksheets covering fifteen substantive novel passages; literature circle activities; research project materials; an end-of-unit test; and answer keys for everything. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these resources, students will have opportunities to perform the following tasks: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Clarify details where the author leaves information open to interpretation * Isolate examples of figurative language * Express the greater significance of given details * Determine the tone of given excerpts * Discern the functions of given excerpts * Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact * Articulate flaws in characters' logic * Analyze the author's use of narrative techniques such as repetition * Apply knowledge of various literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, slang, onomatopoeia, situational irony, consonance, pun, idiom, epiphany, invective, malapropism, aposiopesis, neologism, and more * Consider theme in relation to the text * Evaluate an excerpt to articulate how it is a good example of satire * Relate a given excerpt to the real world, identifying two relevant societal issues, conflicts, or questions * Explore the connection between capitalism and the private healthcare system in America * Conduct brief research on the topic of cognitive dissonance in order to explain how a character experiences it in the context of a given excerpt * Cite textual evidence in support of ideas and claims * Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision * Articulate connections between a research topic and the assigned novel * Develop successful methods of recording information * Evaluate the credibility of nonfiction texts, taking into consideration readability, date, relevance, expertise, and bias * Apply conventions of MLA formatting * Correctly site resources to avoid plagiarism * Organize information in a cohesive manner, using a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrasing, and quoted material * Analyze, synthesize, and integrate information, generating a thoughtfully comprehensive report, free of generalities and redundancies * Present information in a formal, coherent manner