Monday, November 28 ~ Short Story #1 - Two Kinds

 Roots
  • fort, forc - strong
  • grav - heavy, weighty
  • hetero - different
Short Stories

Discuss the EQ: What is internal and external conflict?

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Journal 24 - (1)please list the following SAT vocabulary in your journal.
                      (2)answer the 5 questions below.

    • prodigy - child of highly unusual talent or genius
    • lamented - sad with regret or sorrow
    • listlessly - without energy or interest
    • discordant - clashing; not in harmony
    • dawdled - wasted time; lingered
    • stricken - heartbroken
    • fiasco - total failure
    • nonchalantly - without interest or concern
    1) Meet the Author ~Write down 5-10 bullet point notes about the life of Amy Tan.
        *Start here or here.
    2) What is internal and external conflict? List the internal and external conflicts in Two Kinds.
    3) What makes this story engaging? List at least two strengths.
    4) How would you describe the narrative style of this story? Is there power in the perspective that the author chose to use in her story telling?
    5) What symbolic meaning is carried in the two songs at the end? How do they reflect the change that has occurred in Jing-mei?



    Homework
    • Finish reading Two Kinds
    • Journal 15 



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