Retrieval and Approach: Literary Creations and Critical Commentary

Retrieval

1. In communities, discuss the literary creations you have read, the ones you have heard about in your community or those that interest you.a) The creations can be stories, theater scripts, or poems.

b) Mention their authors and the literary genre they belong to.

2. Using the following table as a reference, record the information in your notebook and then share it with the rest of your classmates.

3. Individually, without forgetting you are part of a community,carry out the following activities:

a) Select one of the literary creations mentioned. Look for it in the School Library, Classroom Library, public library, or on the internet.

A critical commentary analyzes a literary text. Its purpose is to expose the ideas, characteristics, and interpretations of the work,both in form and substance.

b) Read it and write a critical commentary. Include the following elements:

Literary genre

Characters

Atmosphere

Topics

Literary resources

Historical context

c) In assembly, read your critical commentaries.

Approach

1. After listening to your critical commentaries,in assembly, discuss the following:

a) What are the literary works or authors that interest you?

b) What literary resources presented in the critical commentaries were repeated most frequently?

How would you use your critical commentary to encourage reading in your community?

d) What problems do you think you could face while promoting reading in your community?

2. In communities, draw in your notebook a double-entry table where you explain what you identified as potential problems for promoting reading in your community, as well as their probable causes.

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