Today we discussed "The Story of an Hour" and reviewed the text dependent questions that followed. Students who missed should plan to turn that in at our next meeting (if they didn't already get it to me somehow).
We started to compare the two texts we have read before in terms of what they are trying to say about women (is the function of these texts to celebrate women or paint them negatively?). I told the students to always consider the gender of the author when making claims about the gender of characters..sometimes that is very eye opening or can add a different perspective.
FOR NEXT WEEK:
Students are to read "Trifles," a one act play. Here is the link for students who were not present:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r5OFoIPKul5nTXZ20tM7-CjLvmJl7sgD/view?usp=sharing
The students were to read this play this week and focus/annotate what the text is saying about women AND men. The text is painting both to be a certain way. Of course, additional annotations (reactions, questions, etc.) are encouraged. Also: remember that when you underline anything in the text, you should have an explanation in the margin.
I understand that students who were not present do not have a paper copy of the text. Please print it if you are able so you can annotate more easily...however, if you are unable to print, you are welcome to write down your annotations and bring them to class.....however you must find a way to document where in the text you are responding...i.e. paragraph number, page number, writing the line and the reaction, etc.
Please message me with questions.
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