Monday, 12.6
In class: Introduce fable project, choose partners, analyze children’s stories, and pick a question to address.
Homework: Choose a metaphor to illustrate your question. Then, write a formal proposal for your fable. Your proposal should include the question you have chosen, a description of the metaphor you’ve crafted, and the rough outline of the events that will take place in your story. The proposal and outline combined should be about a page.
Tuesday, 12.7
Due: Proposal and outline due at the beginning of class.
In class: Begin developing fable. Storyboard if necessary. Teachers will meet with pairs to approve proposals.
Homework: Continue to develop fable. Remember to balance the work evenly.
Wednesday, 12.8 & Thursday, 12.9
Due Wednesday: You should have made solid progress on your story.
In class: Work time. Teachers will meet with pairs during class to assess progress and suggest improvements.
Homework: Continue to work on fable (and illustrations, if applicable). Your story should be near complete by Friday.
Friday, 12.10
Due: Your fable should be in its near-final stages.
In class: Work time.
Homework: Polish and proof. Complete and print fable (and illustrations, if applicable) and author’s statement.
Monday, 12.13
Due: A printed copy of your completed fable.
In class: Read and respond to each others’ work.
Homework: None. Our best to you on exams and have a terrific break.
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One: Most things in literature are intentional. Even when this may not seem to be the case, it very well may be. That said, not all things mean more than what they initially seem. But again, it might. Sometimes water is just water. Other times, though, water is not just water, it's the Ocean of Notions, or the Dull Lake. Take Away: As readers, we must assume that writers are smart, know what they’re doing, and have done so with intention.
Three: Literature is full of contradictions, paradoxes, oxymorons, and ironies. So, too, is life. This doesn't make one thing right and the other thing wrong. Both can exist and be in simultaneous harmony and tension. Take away: Embrace multiple perspectives.
Four: Every interpretation is not correct. Without substantial textual support and a clearly articulated, rational analysis, an interpretation is only as good as a guess. Back up your opinion. Validate it. Take Away: Take us there--to the text, that is.
- Addendum A: Rain usually means something. (But not always the same thing.)
- Addendum B: Names do, too. Like Haroun, Kahani, Mali, Bezeban, and Khattum-Shud.
Three: Literature is full of contradictions, paradoxes, oxymorons, and ironies. So, too, is life. This doesn't make one thing right and the other thing wrong. Both can exist and be in simultaneous harmony and tension. Take away: Embrace multiple perspectives.
Four: Every interpretation is not correct. Without substantial textual support and a clearly articulated, rational analysis, an interpretation is only as good as a guess. Back up your opinion. Validate it. Take Away: Take us there--to the text, that is.
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