HMWK: Read to pg. 149 for Monday, short quiz response on reading
Today, play "Steal a Line"--Steal a phrase or sentence from Fugitive Pieces to write a poem--responding to the phrase or sentence or using it in a wholly original way as part of your poem.
Also, please print and turn in your Natalie Goldberg exercises for class credit.
KEEP WORKING ON YOUR 25 WORD NEW VOCABULARY LOG FOR CLASSWORK CREDIT. Your log should have the word, the page number you found it (hopefully), and a definition of the word (you can cut cand paste it from an online dictionary). Can you use the word in a sentence correctly?
Finally, make sure you are working on your short story! On Monday, I will be asking for Works in Progress (WIPs) to make sure you are working on your stories. I'd also like to talk to each of you about your stories and share ideas and concerns.
About your reading:
6. "We were a vine and a fence. But who was the vine? We would both have
answered differently" [108]. Here Jakob is speaking of his relationship
with Athos; of what other relationships in the novel might this
metaphor be used? Does Michaels imply that dependence is an integral
part of love?
7. What is it about Alex's character that attracts Jakob and makes him
fall in love with her? Why does he eventually find life with her
impossible? Do you find Alex a sympathetic character, or an unpleasant
one?
8. "History is amoral: events occurred. But memory is moral" [138].
"Every moment is two moments" [161]. How does Jakob define and
differentiate history and memory? Can you see Fugitive Pieces as a
comparison of history and memory?
Reread the ending of "The Way Station". What is a "way station"? What does the ending of this chapter mean to you? Why must a person "make love necessary"? POST A RESPONSE THAT ADDRESSES THESE READING QUESTIONS
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