A One Pager is a single-page response that shows your understanding of a piece of text you have read, be it a poem, novel, chapter of a book, or any other literature. It is a way of making representation of your individual, unique understanding. It is a way to be creative and experimental; it is a way to respond to your reading imaginatively and honestly.
The purpose of a One Pager is to own what you are reading since we read differently when we know we are going to do something with the text that we have read. We learn best when we are able to create our own patterns!
The Rules:
What Not To Do:
The purpose of a One Pager is to own what you are reading since we read differently when we know we are going to do something with the text that we have read. We learn best when we are able to create our own patterns!
- Be sure to put the title of the text you’re responding to somewhere on the page where the reader will notice it.
- Sketch one visual symbol that represents the text’s main theme.
- Write out two or more notable quotations that show the author’s style.
- Include at least one sketch and a sentence representing the setting.
- Make connections between the text and current events using sketches and text.
- Examine one or two main characters and their development.
- Identify three or more symbols through sketches or text.
- Make a personal statement about what you have read--what did it mean to you personally? What is your opinion, final thought, big question or personal connection?
- Ask a question or two and answer it.
- Ask a question or two that cannot be answered.
The Rules:
- Use a lot of color and patterns (perhaps even texture!) to illustrate your thoughts and ideas clearly and creatively.
- Your visual images can either be drawn, printed from online, or cut out from a magazine.
- Ask a question or two and answer it.
- Create it in such a way that your audience will understand something about the literature from your One Pager.
What Not To Do:
- Don’t merely summarize--you’re not retelling the story.
- Use unlined paper only, to keep from being restricted by lines.
- Don’t think half a page will do-make it rich with “quotes” and images. FILL THE PAPER UP!
- No empty or dead space.