Character study draft; The Namesake: Chapters 1-3; Workshop
Writing Task:
Brainstorm a character. Put that character in a significant or life-changing situation (this does not have to be a life or death issue, but something that might change a person for the better or worse.) Write a draft of this event over the shoulder of your character. See Google classroom assignments for more details/directions/due dates.
Use time this morning to write.
Then let's continue, again, responding, brainstorming, and having our discussion on The Namesake:
Brainstorm a character. Put that character in a significant or life-changing situation (this does not have to be a life or death issue, but something that might change a person for the better or worse.) Write a draft of this event over the shoulder of your character. See Google classroom assignments for more details/directions/due dates.
Use time this morning to write.
Then let's continue, again, responding, brainstorming, and having our discussion on The Namesake:
- Report of a train accident in India (2017)
- What other events happened in 1968?
- Plot?
- Setting?
- Character?
- POV?
- Conflict?
- Theme?
- Sentence structure?
- How does the second & third chapters continue to develop the two main characters Ashoke and Ashima? What conflicts arise as a result of Gogol's birth? How does Chapter 3 complicate the plot? Examine & discuss the dichotomies--a division or contrast between two things--in this book and how they help develop characters/conflict/theme/setting/plot: a few sample dichotomies include:
- Ashima/Ashoke
- American culture/Indian culture
- Father/Mother; Man/Woman; Parent/Child
- Freedom/Responsibility
- In your notes, what do you already know about India/Indian culture?
- What do you know about giving birth or having a baby? Have you ever been to a christening ceremony? Why do we place such expectations/importance on names in our culture?
Workshop Groups (for quarter 1):
- Group A: Faduma, Fadumo, Tyler, Demani, Mariangelis, Genesis, Andrea
- Group B: Emani, James, Justice, Kaniel, Asher, Raina
Create a workshop folder for your group. Share emails so that each of you has access to your workshop folder. Add me at 1299861 (bradley.craddock@rcsd121.org). Share your "How It Feels to Be Me" essay with your group. Each member of the group should make comments about each essay. Try to add comments that will help a writer add to their idea. Consider theme, diction, syntax, imagery, etc.
HOMEWORK: Please continue reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. Complete the fourth chapter (pp. 72- Namesake). Complete a draft of your character study (writing task above) and submit your draft to our Google classroom.
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