In-Class:
- Check to see books are covered (2 points)
- Discuss different between tone and mood:
-Mood(WWW): reader’s emotional response to work
- Discuss Setting (WWW): time and place (broad term can include historical, social, and political climate)
- Discuss Symbols (WWW): Something that stands for something else
- First & Last Sentence Activity
o What makes a good ending?
o What makes a bad beginning?
o What makes a bad ending?
o What could they mean to a story?
- Discuss theme/thematic statements & how they can be seen throughout whole novel
o Examples:
§ Fate vs. Freewill (theme)
§ Thematic Statement: Freewill is meaningless and fate controls all our destinies.
§ Good vs. Evil (theme)
§ Thematic Statement: If one has good intentions, one can overcome all evil within oneself.
Homework:
- Due Thursday: MWDS on One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (come in with questions tomorrow)
- WWW Quiz (35 points) on Friday