Mon. Assignments for this week: Read the short story "Araby" from Dubliners and write an open-ended question designed to elicit quality discussion of the story. Also, on Edublogger there is an assignment from Part I of "The Dead".
In class today we discussed the upcoming commentaries and listened to the song "Young Ned of the Hill" by the Pogues, followed by mini-commentaries.
Tues. We continued to practice our commentary technique with Young Ned of the Hill, plus we shared our discussion questions on Araby in small groups.
Wed. Happy Veteran's Day!
Th. The story Eveline was assigned for reading. Class received extensive notes on Araby and on the Childhood stories in general. Also, outside reading choices should be brought to class next Thursday.
Fri. 3rd period received the Graded Oral Commentary assignment plus their extracts. The assignment, worth 100 points, is due next Friday, 11/20. After, an extract from Eveline was distributed; students had 15 minutes to examine in and prepare a commentary, and a number of individuals executed 5 minute commentaries to a small group.
Finally, the story "After the Race" is assigned for Monday.
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