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:
  • 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?
Consider how you might include some element we wrote about today into your portfolio. Share your draft with your workshop members. Make comments on each other's work.

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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