Nancy Thorpe Poetry Contest/ Hollins University

Oct. 31 Deadline

10th and 11th grade women

LINK: www.hollins.edu/poetry-contest

Mudbound

AGENDA:

1. VIDEO: 15 minutes

2. WORK ON SHORT STORIES

Jamie and Ronsel

AGENDA:

Morning Reflection:
http://www.thewrap.com/mudbound-tiff-2017-video/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/26/lynchings-sadism-white-men-why-america-must-atone 

1. Read over Jamie and Ronsel meeting --pages 204-212---Compare and contrast Film treatment with
VENN DIAGRAM

 We know very early in the book that something terrible is going to befall Ronsel. How does this sense of inevitability affect the story? Jamie makes Ronsel responsible for his own fate, saying "Maybe that's cowardly of me, making Ronsel's the trigger finger." Is it just cowardice, or is there some truth to what Jamie says? Where would you place the turning point for Ronsel? Who else is complicit in what happens to him, and why?


2. Work on historical short story

Hmwk: 
BOA DINE AND RHYME FRIDAY
Finish first draft of story for Friday. Finish novel for Tuesday/TEST

Mudbound Short Story

AGENDA:

1. Discussion questions.  Post comment.

a. All the characters are products of their time and place, and instances of racism in the book run from Pappy’s outright bigotry to Laura’s more subtle prejudice. Would Laura have thought of herself as racist, and if not, why not? How do the racial views of Laura, Jamie, Henry, and Pappy affect your sympathy for them?
b.  The novel deals with many thorny issues: racism, sexual politics, infidelity, war. The characters weigh in on these issues, but what about the author? Does she have a discernable perspective, and if so, how does she convey it?

2.Video?


3. Work on short story

HMWK:  Read Part II (to page 212) for Monday

MUDBOUND SHORT STORY

AGENDA:

1. Makeup quiz:  Go to vocabulary.com and take vocabulary quiz for today's date if you want a higher test score

2. Register for Scholastic Art and Writing contest:
https://www.artandwriting.org/what-we-do/the-awards/how-to-enter/

3. Think, Pair, Share:  Mudbound Discussion questions.  Post a reply in comments.  Be sure to list names of partners for credit.

• 3. Who gets to speak and who is silent or silenced is a central theme, the silencing of Ronsel being the most literal and brutal example. Discuss the ways in which this theme plays out for the other characters. For instance, how does Laura's silence about her unhappiness on the farm affect her and her marriage? What are the consequences of Jamie's inability to speak to his family about the horrors he experienced in the war? How does speaking or not speaking confer power or take it away?
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• 4. The story is narrated by two farmers, two wives and mothers, and two soldiers. Compare and contrast the ways in which these parallel characters, black and white, view and experience the world.
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• 5. What is the significance of the title? In what ways are each of the characters bound—by the land, by circumstance, by tradition, by the law, by their own limitations? How much of this binding is inescapable and how much is self-imposed? Which characters are most successful in freeing themselves from what binds them?

4. Read over two articles on using multiple point of view in fiction:
https://www.nownovel.com/blog/points-of-view-8-tips/
https://www.tckpublishing.com/how-to-write-from-multiple-viewpoints-headhopping/ 

Multiple Storylines

Not all books have a single narrative running through them, after all. Many popular novels take a “two lines, no waiting” approach to their storytelling, alternating between two or more story lines that occur simultaneously but don’t truly overlap until much later in the book.
Consider the always-popular example of the police detective and the private investigator each investigating seemingly unrelated crimes, only to discover that they’re working the same case in the third act. Or look to classic “pursuit narratives,” like Inspector Javert tracking down Jean Valjean in Les Miserables or Chigurh pursuing Moss in No Country for Old Men.

These separate story lines are clearly linked to each other, yet it is their separation that creates the tension and intrigue in their respective books. Adding additional perspectives lets you weave story lines together in intricate patterns and to later join them together for maximum dramatic impact.


5. Research; Work on your padlet (your historical research) for your short story and post URL for class participation credit on blog

6. Writing:  Work on Mudbound short story

HMWK: Read to pg. 184 for Thursday

Quiz Vocabulary and Mudbound

AGENDA:

Quiz  Mudbound vocab on vocabulary.com
Mudbound quiz

Work on padlet for short story assignment

Mudbound video

HMWK:  Read to pg. 130 in MUDBOUND (Part 1) for Tuesday/Study vocab for make up quiz

Town meeting--periods 1 and part of 2

Work on padlet

Study vocabulary and read for quiz on Friday