Hello! Here's what we're up to today:
- Checking in
- Recapping yesterday
- The current plan is for Assignment 1 to be marked by Monday's class
- Discussion: If cell phones disappeared, the world would be better off.
- Text 3
- Background on 1950
- Background on Ray Bradbury
- Read-through of "The Veldt"
- We'll go around the class
- If you don't feel like reading, you may say pass
- If you do feel like reading, read for as long as you feel comfortable
- Reaction:
- First
- Opinion?
- Blame?
- To what extent is this story an accurate prediction?
- Second
- What did you notice?
- What characterization (appearance, actions, word choice) did you find?
- What is the tone?
- Third
- What is a thematic statement?
- How does this connect to the other two texts?
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