We'll begin class tomorrow with a seminar over the short stories "Popular Mechanics" and "Soldier's Home."
Please come to class with at least one full page of annotations/ notes over the stories. You should all plan to participate in the discussion, and it should be clear that you have read the stories.
As you read, pay attention to the following:
1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: before each story, your anthology usually includes information about the author and the story itself. This info can be really important in understanding underlying concepts and themes in the writing.
2. TIME PERIOD: often, the year of publication is included at the beginning of the work. Again, this will affect how you read the story.
3. LITERARY DEVICES: what elements of literature are used, and how does it affect the story?
4. QUESTIONS AT THE END: read the questions at the end of the story, and see if they change your ideas or enhance your understanding of the story.
As usual, I will take a grade on the seminar. Please come prepared!!!!
5 comments:
When Coleigh commented on the possibility of the picture of the baby actually being what the couple was fighting over,rather than the baby itself, it made me look at the story in a different angle. I thought her comment was good because it was a thought coming from outside the box and made the whole class think. Good job Coleigh!!!:)
Tamara,
Will you cut and paste your comment so it goes under "Required Post", my latest entry? That way we can keep all of these together.
Thanks!
I have kind of a random question and wasn't sure where to post it. About MLA format for quotes longer than four lines..when the quote ends and the paragraph continues, do we indent again? I looked in our anthology and on the Internet, but couldn't find the answer. Thanks. =)
Sarah,
Go to the blog link that says "MLA in-text citations"--I think it's the first one under "Helpful Links" on the left side of the blog.
Then scroll down to the index at the bottom of that link. I believe it's #4 that says "Formatting quotations". Click on that....there's a heading for shorter quotations and one for longer quotations. It gives directions and an example.
Let me know if you are able to access this.
oops....helpful links is on the RIGHT side of the blog. I think I need to call it a night and start again tomorrow:)
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