Thursday, November 14

Block Day, November 14-15 ~ Story 2: Through the Tunnel

WORD PARTS
Prefixes
  • polein, poly - sell
  • poly - many
  • porto - carry
Roots
  • alt - high, deep
  • am, amor - love, liking
  • dent, dont - tooth

PROVERB

SHORT STORY #2: Through the Tunnel  by Doris Lessing

First, discuss... Have you ever taken a risk to prove yourself before? Describe it and why you took it. 
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Added Notes
LIT NOTES: Do you know your point of view? If you don't, now you do. Add this to your notes in your journal section. 
EQ: What effect does POV have on the our stories so far? Why would an author use the unreliable pov?
  • First-person point of view
  • Why don't we talk about second person?
  • Third-person point of view
    • limited
    • objective or dramatic
    • omniscient
  • Unreliable


JOURNAL 33 ContinuedThrough the Tunnel: 
A. Before you read: SAT Vocab
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  1. Contrition - a state of feeling crushed by guilt
  2. luminous - bright or shining
  3. supplication - the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly
  4. sputtering - spitting or spraying
  5. beseeching - urgently requesting someone to do something
  6. minute - tiny
  7. clambered - to climb, move, or get out of something in an awkward or laborious way
  8. incredulous - unbelievable
  9. gout - a drop or spot, especially of blood, smoke, or flame
  10. promontory - a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water
B. As you read, record ways this author "shows" rather than "tells."

C. After you read: Analysis paragraph: Is Lessing's use of the plot structure effective in crafting a good story.

*Have you perfected the thesis & paragraph from Two Kinds?
    HW: Complete Journal 33 & read Through the Tunnel.