READER RESPONSE PROMPT: Would you walk away from Omelas? Why or why not? Mar 1 W Mar 3 F Dozen 3: Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” vs. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” “The Mar 6 M Elements of Tone & Read textbook pp 148-51; 167-68 Read Tim Things They Carried” pp “The 595-607 READER RESPONSE PROMPT: How does use small details to illuminate the picture”? What is that whole “whole picture? Mar 8 W Mar 10 F Read Alice Walker’s Use,” textbook pp “Everyday 455-61. Read textbook pp 462-70 READER RESPONSE PROMPT: We usually admire a person who rises out of poverty to get an education and better her circumstances, but in this story, the reader does not generally identify with Dee or sympathize with her. Why not? Who is the narrator in the story? How does her view color the reader’s viewpoint? Do you see Dee as totally unlikable? Do you think those traits that appear to be her shortcomings are actually both common and necessary for someone to progress in life? Should we admire Mama and Maggie who are not willing to change? Mar 13 M Dozen 4: The Things They Carried vs. Everyday Use Mar 15 W Round Two, Match Two F Review for Exam 2 Mar 17 Mar 20 M Spring Break Mar 22 W Spring Break Mar 24 F Spring Break Mar 27 M The Element Point of View Read textbook pp 25-29 Read Blues,” by James Baldwin, pp “Sonny’s Mar 29 W Mar 31 F Exam 2 M Read Helen Simpson’s of an Interesting “Diary Year” (New Yorker Stories Spring 2017) 3 READER RESPONSE PROMPT: Why did the author choose an epistolary form for
READER RESPONSE PROMPT: Would you walk away from Omelas? Why or why not? Mar 1 W Mar 3 F Dozen 3: “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” vs. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Mar 6 M Elements of Tone & Read textbook pp 148-51; 167-68 Read Tim “The Things They Carried” pp 595-607 READER RESPONSE PROMPT: How does use small details to illuminate the “whole picture”? What is that whole picture? Mar 8 W Mar 10 F Read Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use,” textbook pp 455-61. Read textbook pp 462-70 READER RESPONSE PROMPT: We usually admire a person who rises out of poverty to get an education and better her circumstances, but in this story, the reader does not generally identify with Dee or sympathize with her. Why not? Who is the narrator in the story? How does her view color the reader’s viewpoint? Do you see Dee as totally unlikable? Do you think those traits that appear to be her shortcomings are actually both common and necessary for someone to progress in life? Should we admire Mama and Maggie who are not willing to change? Mar 13 M Dozen 4: The Things They Carried vs. Everyday Use Mar 15 W Round Two, Match Two Mar 17 F Review for Exam 2 Mar 20 M Spring Break Mar 22 W Spring Break Mar 24 F Spring Break Mar 27 M The Element Point of View Read textbook pp 25-29 Read “Sonny’s Blues,” by James Baldwin, pp Mar 29 W Mar 31 F Exam 2 3 M Read Helen Simpson’s “Diary of an Interesting Year” (New Yorker Stories Spring 2017) READER RESPONSE PROMPT: Why did the author choose an epistolary form for