1. Syllabus correction
2. Quiz: Answer one of the following questions:
a. What is your reaction to Mac's rationale for delivering the baby?
b. What is the last thing you remember reading in the novel?
c. Why didn't you do the reading, and how do you plan to catch up?
3. 5-minute reading lab. For the next five minutes, do three things: 1) time how long you it takes you to read one full page of this novel. 2) Estimate how much time it will take you to read the pages for Wednesday. 3) Make a list of the things you found easy about the reading, and write down the moments where you had to re-read or found something difficult to understand.
4. What questions do we have about the reading? The references? The characters? The language? The terminology? The slang? The historical period when the novel was written?
5. Group work: One by one in groups, share a passage you found interesting for any reason. When you're done sharing, select one of those passages you'd like to discuss in class as a whole.
6. Class Terminology.
elements of narrative: theme, characters, plot and structure, setting, point of view, tone, symbolism
7. First Essay Assignment
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