In Class
We put together the characteristics of naturalism and began to read Jack London's To Build a Fire, using visualization techniques.
Homework
Read the rest of page 2, and pages 3, 4 and 5. Read slowly and carefully, and take notes on anything that you may want to discuss in class on Friday. On Friday, you will be engaged in small group discussions about the short story and your performance in the group will count as a test grade. We'll discuss more about that on Thursday, but part of the grade will be using textual evidence in your verbal responses. Therefore, you should take notes of parts of the text you want to discuss.
Frederick Douglass Extra Credit
A few weeks ago, when we ended Frederick Douglass, we created quick art pieces that symbolically represented the story of The Narrative. (Ex. showing the ships to represent freedom; the root to represent hope). For up to 20 points extra credit, you can do a final version of this project. This can be in paint, crayons, collage, pencil, ink, whatever you choose. To receive the extra credit, it doesn't need to the be the best art in the world, but must show a deep and analytical understanding of the key symbols and themes in the book. This is due NO LATER than Friday, January 22nd, but I highly suggest you turn it in earlier.
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