Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Tuesday, April 5 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: In WN: Write down three things you believe you know about the status of women in America around 1890. If you can’t think of facts, you may write  questions instead.
*Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Biographical information (view slides)
*Grab lit book to discuss “Yellow Wallpaper” (read pg 814 too)
*Small Group: Discuss “The Yellow Wallpaper”
*Small group, discuss comments, discussion questions and then summaries** –what is the story about, how does it show social issues (the role of women) and additional questions
***summary of your interpretation of the story, especially the ending of the story- share with your group after you’ve discussed annotations and questions
*Large Group on “Yellow Wallpaper”

*Literary Concepts: foreshadowing, satire
*Satire: a technique where foolish customs/traditions/ideas are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society, it is often accomplished through humor or wit, but isn’t always (it can be abrasive or bitterly critical)
*“The Lottery”

*Read through, annotating ideas of society and individual, satire, as well as other basic annotations (highlight/underline AND write what you are thinking with it)
*Last few 1-Pagers

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