Tonight, as you may recall, you are to finish reading and annotating the story via post-it notes. It's on page 63.
Create a chart to best prepare you to begin our class discussion tomorrow. We will discuss the story and get you well on your way to completing that composition during class tomorrow. It will be due the next time we meet.
I'm looking forward to your thoughts.
Read the story, "A & P," by John Updike, page 63, slowly, paying attention to the colloquial diction, and the details the narrator reveals about the girls and what they might represent to the narrator. Use post-it notes to "highlight" key words, actions or passages.
Create a chart :
What does the character want? (Put all your inferences / opinions / predictions here)
What are the character's motives for wanting this? (Paraphrase from the story here)
Where in the story is this made clear to the reader? (Put quotations/symbols/ironies here)
Tomorrow, in class, we'll discuss the story in preparation for a short composition which addresses the following question:
What motivates Sammy's sudden resignation? In a thorough discussion of diction, setting and characterization, demonstrate how Updike subtly prepares us for Sammy's surprising act.
