Monday/ Tuesday March 18/ 19 Essay: stream of consciousness

     

Coming up: vocabulary quiz "Death and the King's Horseman" on Friday, March 29. (class handout/ copy below)

          In class: Please collect your chromebook  (do not open yet) and your notebook. Take out your complete graphic organzier. Ms. DePerna and I will be checking that you have completed the organizer- or to what extent you  have. That is the writing grade you will receive for this. 

       Using your completed graphic organizer and the chart in your notebook that was completed last Monday, March 11 (if you missed it, you were asked to go to the blog and copy it), you have two days to respond to the the following on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall".  (class handout/ copy below). Please share with 2006630.

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      Directions:

Begin with an MLA heading.  (Typed)

       In a minimum of 250 words, respond to the following question:

How does Porter’s stream of consciousness technique affect the reading of the short story The Jilting of Granny Weatherall?

1.    Begin with a hook about what stream of consciousness writing is and some of its qualities. (Use your notebooks, if you are unsure.) 

2.    Introduce the genre, title and author and write a thesis statement on how the stream of consciousness technique affects the reading of the story.

3.    In the next two paragraphs, consider specifically two events in Granny’s life and how the technique affects the understanding of her character. 

4.    Conclusion: How would Granny’s story be different if her life story were told as a chronological narrative?

Please share: 2006630

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Death and the King’s Horseman Vocabulary   

Quiz on March 29^th

1.      raconteur: A person skilled in telling anecdotes

2.      retinue: The group following and attending to some important person

3.      divination: The art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means

4.      veneration: A feeling of profound respect for someone or something

5.      dirge: a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

6.      alari: a rich, woven cloth, brightly colored (Yoruba word)

7.      egungun: ancestral masquerade (Yoruba word)

8.      etutu: placatory rites or medicine (Yoruba word)

9.      tryst: a private romantic rendezvous between lovers

10.  forebears: an ancestor

11.  suppliant: making a humble plea to someone in power or authority

12.  acolyte: person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession

13.  hearth: the floor/front area of a fireplace