1. Warming up with three good things
2. Getting to know a character better by responding to some creative writing prompts
3. Unpacking Chapters 2, 3, and 4 in our first Beloved Socratic seminar (Ms. Leclaire speaks by invite only)
4. Wrapping up with questions, epiphanies, and kudos
HW:
1. For today: Make sure your Henry IV blog is posted. Bring your book to turn in.
2. For Wednesday: Finish and PRINT your sonnet essay (hard copy due by 3:00 pm Wednesday). Stop by for a conference if you'd like some help. Initial each item on the Night-Before Checklist and staple it to the top.
2. For Friday:
- Please read Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Beloved. Complete your next reading ticket following the new Socratic ticket guidelines. If you'd like more of a focus, trying focusing your ticket on one word you've taken notice of the in the novel so far (perhaps because it's repeated, or because Morrison's using it in a new way).
- All revisions, make-up work, etc. from the past 6 weeks is due by Friday, Nov 10.
-what is the significance of nature
ReplyDelete-nature was not a good aspect for sethe but is a sancutuary for Denver
-nature has a dual meaning, Paul D does not see the scar as a tree but Sethe does, this could represent the persepective of slaves, different meaning based on where you are in the story
-nature=protection
-lots of description of roses, but the descriptions make the roses seem like theyre old and dying but still attractive
-interesting how velvet is something Amy aspires towards
-they create new paths after slavery officially ends
-difficult to cover up the past by making new paths because the past is permanent, an example is the baby ghost.
-will Paul D be good for Sethe or not, because of the link to her past
-Paul is one of the only characters who attack the past (when he attacks the baby ghost), this could be helpful for Sethe
-Paul D is forcing her to think of the past
-Will Denver be able to figure things out about Sethe’s past by herself?
-Sethe has been open about it but she will tell Denver more about her past as life goes on
-Paul D is the most incosistent character in the book
-Denver is short tempered with Paul because she doesn’t understand his past with her mom
-Lots of red in the book, there are two orange quilts, they use indigo to describe their skin, would be interesting for us to track the color throughout the book
-White represents innocence and purity and there was a white dress next to Sethe praying
-The baby was completely innocent and pure, she is haunting the house through an innocent haunting
Wrap Up:
-intersting quote “anything dead that comes back to life hurts”
-does freedom really mean freedom?
-Paul D literally sees the tree but Sethe chooses for it to be a tree in almost an imaginative way
-How much does Sethe really know about Denver?