AGENDA:
1. Take the entire class today to workshop your adaptation. Feel free to have myself and Ms. Gamzon come over and read what you have right so far!
HOMEWORK:
Read chapters 36-45 in The Snow Child
Monday, February 10, 2014
Workshopping
Good morning, everyone!! Happy Monday!!
AGENDA:
1. Take the entire class today to workshop your adaptation. Feel free to have myself and Ms. Gamzon come over and read what you have right so far!
HOMEWORK:
Read chapters 36-45 in The Snow Child
AGENDA:
1. Take the entire class today to workshop your adaptation. Feel free to have myself and Ms. Gamzon come over and read what you have right so far!
HOMEWORK:
Read chapters 36-45 in The Snow Child
Thursday, February 6, 2014
The Snow Child
Good morning, everyone!!
AGENDA:
1. Read "The Path to The Snow Child" as a class.
2. Whoever hasn't taken the quiz from Tuesday, will take it after we discuss.
3. Time to work on your fairy tale/folk tale adaptations.
**IF YOU HAVEN'T PICKED WHICH FOLK TALE/FAIRY TALE YOU WANT TO ADAPT, WE NEED THAT BY TODAY**
Homework: Finish part 2
AGENDA:
1. Read "The Path to The Snow Child" as a class.
2. Whoever hasn't taken the quiz from Tuesday, will take it after we discuss.
3. Time to work on your fairy tale/folk tale adaptations.
**IF YOU HAVEN'T PICKED WHICH FOLK TALE/FAIRY TALE YOU WANT TO ADAPT, WE NEED THAT BY TODAY**
Homework: Finish part 2
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The Snow Child Discussion Questions
Some discussion questions to consider as you read The Snow Child:
Discussion Questions
1. When Mabel first arrives in Alaska, it seems a bleak and lonely place to her. Does her sense of the land change over time? If so, how?
2. Why are Jack and Mabel emotionally estranged from each other in the beginning of the novel, and how are they able to overcome that?
3. How do Esther Benson and Mabel differ in temperament, and how does their friendship change Mabel?
4. The first time Garrett sees Faina in person is when he spies her killing a wild swan. What is the significance of this scene?
5. In what ways does Faina represent the Alaska wilderness?
6. Jack and Mabel?s only child is stillborn. How does this affect Mabel?s relationship with Faina?
7. When Jack is injured, Esther and Garret move to their farm to help them. How does this alter Jack and Mabel?s relationship?
8. Much of Jack and Mabel?s sorrow comes from not having a family of their own, and yet they leave their extended family behind to move to Alaska. By the end of the novel, has their sense of family changed? Who would they consider a part of their family?
9. Death comes in many forms in The Snow Child, including Mabel giving birth to a stillborn infant, Jack shooting a moose, Faina slaying a swan, the fox killing a wild bird, Jack and Mabel slaughtering their chickens, and Garrett shooting the fox. Why is this one of the themes of the book and what is the author trying to say about death?
10. What do you believe happened to Faina in the end? Who was she?
(Questions issued by publisher.)
Discussion Questions
1. When Mabel first arrives in Alaska, it seems a bleak and lonely place to her. Does her sense of the land change over time? If so, how?
2. Why are Jack and Mabel emotionally estranged from each other in the beginning of the novel, and how are they able to overcome that?
3. How do Esther Benson and Mabel differ in temperament, and how does their friendship change Mabel?
4. The first time Garrett sees Faina in person is when he spies her killing a wild swan. What is the significance of this scene?
5. In what ways does Faina represent the Alaska wilderness?
6. Jack and Mabel?s only child is stillborn. How does this affect Mabel?s relationship with Faina?
7. When Jack is injured, Esther and Garret move to their farm to help them. How does this alter Jack and Mabel?s relationship?
8. Much of Jack and Mabel?s sorrow comes from not having a family of their own, and yet they leave their extended family behind to move to Alaska. By the end of the novel, has their sense of family changed? Who would they consider a part of their family?
9. Death comes in many forms in The Snow Child, including Mabel giving birth to a stillborn infant, Jack shooting a moose, Faina slaying a swan, the fox killing a wild bird, Jack and Mabel slaughtering their chickens, and Garrett shooting the fox. Why is this one of the themes of the book and what is the author trying to say about death?
10. What do you believe happened to Faina in the end? Who was she?
(Questions issued by publisher.)
The Snow Child
Good morning, everyone!! Here is the plan for today.
AGENDA:
1. For those of you that want to retake the quiz from Friday or were not here on Friday to take it, I will give you about 10 minutes to do so. If you are unsure about retaking it, come talk to me and I will tell you what you got on Friday and you can decide the.
2. After that, split into groups of 2-3 (seven groups total). Each group will be assigned one of the chapters that was supposed to be read for today. In your groups, provide a summary of the chapter and 3 key points from the chapter.
Your groups will them share and discuss your summaries and key points with the class.
3. With the time left in class, finalize your choice of folktale/fairytale if you haven't already. Ms. Gamzon and I need to know what your choice is by the end of class today!
AGENDA:
1. For those of you that want to retake the quiz from Friday or were not here on Friday to take it, I will give you about 10 minutes to do so. If you are unsure about retaking it, come talk to me and I will tell you what you got on Friday and you can decide the.
2. After that, split into groups of 2-3 (seven groups total). Each group will be assigned one of the chapters that was supposed to be read for today. In your groups, provide a summary of the chapter and 3 key points from the chapter.
- Focus on developments between the characters, the different writing techniques that Ivey uses, and the different elements of magical realism that we have discussed.
Your groups will them share and discuss your summaries and key points with the class.
3. With the time left in class, finalize your choice of folktale/fairytale if you haven't already. Ms. Gamzon and I need to know what your choice is by the end of class today!
Friday, January 31, 2014
The Snow Child
Good morning folks!!
I hope you all had a good week of testing and aren't too tuckered out. We're going to be taking things a bit easy today, but I do want to see how you all are doing with the reading...
AGENDA:
1. We will be taking a quiz today. Take about 20 or so minutes to complete it. Please answer as best as you can and don't leave anything blank!!
2. Once everyone is done and the quizzes have been collected, we will go over it as a class just for review.
3. Today we will be looking closely at Chapter 13, looking for some elements of magical realism that we have discusses before, as well as examining the use of dialogue in Part I of the novel.
4. With whatever remaining time that we have left in class, please continue looking for your folktale/fairytale. You absolutely need to have it picked out by next Friday (2/7). If you already have it picked out, please let myself or Ms. Gamzon know so that we can begin working on the writing project.
HOMEWORK:
Read chapters 14-20
I hope you all had a good week of testing and aren't too tuckered out. We're going to be taking things a bit easy today, but I do want to see how you all are doing with the reading...
AGENDA:
1. We will be taking a quiz today. Take about 20 or so minutes to complete it. Please answer as best as you can and don't leave anything blank!!
2. Once everyone is done and the quizzes have been collected, we will go over it as a class just for review.
3. Today we will be looking closely at Chapter 13, looking for some elements of magical realism that we have discusses before, as well as examining the use of dialogue in Part I of the novel.
4. With whatever remaining time that we have left in class, please continue looking for your folktale/fairytale. You absolutely need to have it picked out by next Friday (2/7). If you already have it picked out, please let myself or Ms. Gamzon know so that we can begin working on the writing project.
HOMEWORK:
Read chapters 14-20
Thursday, January 23, 2014
The Snow Child/Magical Realism
Morning everyone!
I want to thank you all for working as hard as you did on Tuesday and I hope that we can do the same today.
AGENDA:
FIRST PERIOD:
1. Review what happened in chapters 5-8.
2. Review characteristics of magical realism.
3. Individually or with a partner, go back over chapters 4-8 and look for elements of these characteristics. When you find them, be sure note page numbers and, if you can, specific lines from the text!
4. Share out with the class. Each person will need to share one element or characteristic they found.
SECOND PERIOD:
1. Finish your SOKOL entries!!
I want to thank you all for working as hard as you did on Tuesday and I hope that we can do the same today.
AGENDA:
FIRST PERIOD:
1. Review what happened in chapters 5-8.
2. Review characteristics of magical realism.
3. Individually or with a partner, go back over chapters 4-8 and look for elements of these characteristics. When you find them, be sure note page numbers and, if you can, specific lines from the text!
4. Share out with the class. Each person will need to share one element or characteristic they found.
SECOND PERIOD:
1. Finish your SOKOL entries!!
Magical Realism Characteristics
FANTASTICAL ELEMENTS:
Fantastical elements and events are included in an
otherwise “normal” narrative. The narrative maintains a strong contemporary
cultural relevance while reaching beyond the confines of realism and drawing
upon the elements of fable, folktale, and myth.
AUTHORIAL RETICENCE:
The deliberate withholding of information and
explanations about the disconcerting fictitious world. The narrator does not
provide explanations about the accuracy or credibility of events described or
views expressed by characters in the text. The narrator is indifferent, a
characteristic enhanced by this absence of explanation of fantastic events; the
story proceeds with "logical precision" as if nothing extraordinary
took place. Magical events are presented as ordinary occurrences;
therefore, the reader accepts the marvelous as normal and common.
SENSE OF MYSTERY:
The reader must let go of preexisting ties to
conventional exposition, plot advancement, linear time structure,
scientific reason, etc., to strive for a state of heightened awareness of
life's connectedness or hidden meanings.
METAFICTION:
The narrative explores the impact fiction has on
reality, reality on fiction and the reader’s role in between; as such, it is well
suited for drawing attention to social or political criticism. Furthermore, it
is the tool paramount in the execution of a related and major magic realist
phenomenon: textualization. This term defines two conditions—first, where a
fictitious reader enters the story within a story while reading it, making us
self-conscious of our status as readers—and secondly, where the textual world
enters into the reader's (our) world.
REAL WORLD SETTING
The existence of fantasy elements in the real world
provides the basis for magical realism. Writers don't invent new worlds but reveal
the magical in this world. In the binary world of magical realism, the
supernatural realm blends with the natural, familiar world.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
The Snow Child
Good morning, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful, snow filled , three day weekend!
First, I want to thank you all for welcoming me into your class and allowing me the opportunity to teach you. I am really looking forward to getting to know each of you more in the next several weeks!
Second, you were all supposed to read Chapters 1 - 4 in The Snow Child over the weekend so our plan for today will center around that.
AGENDA:
1. Brief introduction/review of The Snow Child and homesteading.
2. Discussion guides.
a. Get into pairs or groups of three and work together to answer the discussion questions. Find evidence from the novel to help support the answers you come up with and include page numbers!
b.Once you have answered all the discussion questions, we will go over them as a class.
3. Close reading activity: Pages 6-9.
a. We will be reading this passage aloud as a class.
b. Then reread the passage silently to yourself and jot down any observations you have on the sheet you will be given. Look for figurative language (i.e. similes, metaphors, imagery, personification, symbolism, etc.)
c. After you have finished, we will go over your observations as a class.
4. With the remaining class time, keep working on finding a folktale/fairytale for your final story. If you have already found one, start thinking about how you would include a scene like the one from close reading activity into your own story.
HOMEWORK:
Read Chapters 5-8 in The Snow Child
First, I want to thank you all for welcoming me into your class and allowing me the opportunity to teach you. I am really looking forward to getting to know each of you more in the next several weeks!
Second, you were all supposed to read Chapters 1 - 4 in The Snow Child over the weekend so our plan for today will center around that.
AGENDA:
1. Brief introduction/review of The Snow Child and homesteading.
2. Discussion guides.
a. Get into pairs or groups of three and work together to answer the discussion questions. Find evidence from the novel to help support the answers you come up with and include page numbers!
b.Once you have answered all the discussion questions, we will go over them as a class.
3. Close reading activity: Pages 6-9.
a. We will be reading this passage aloud as a class.
b. Then reread the passage silently to yourself and jot down any observations you have on the sheet you will be given. Look for figurative language (i.e. similes, metaphors, imagery, personification, symbolism, etc.)
c. After you have finished, we will go over your observations as a class.
4. With the remaining class time, keep working on finding a folktale/fairytale for your final story. If you have already found one, start thinking about how you would include a scene like the one from close reading activity into your own story.
HOMEWORK:
Read Chapters 5-8 in The Snow Child
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