Seriously, I don't know why she can't just be swimming for eternity. Maybe you'll be hanging off the Gulf Coast one day, on a paddle boat from New Orleans, and you will see, in a trick of the light, a bird-like woman swimming!
2: We finally finished all those individual close reads, which should have encouraged you to look for the minor details (body language, dialogue, adjectives and adverbs, comparisons, motifs, and the like) that convey each character, their milieu, and everything else involved in the text. Details matter - especially since the AP reader wants you to move beyond the surface and obvious qualities. As you are aware, you need to have the novella completed for next class. We will have a 2 part discussion: chapters 23-28 to transition from the doctor to Edna's newfound will. Then, and this worked very well in fourth hour, we will have a backwards design analysis of Edna's ending. Presentations are just around the corner.
4: Fun stuff today as you became the first class to finish The Awakening! Looking at the ending and going backwards to show the events made it a fascinating discussion of all the reasons coalescing into Edna's final determination. And with that, presentations will start on Wednesday and, since you don't know the order in which you will be presenting, that means you all should be ready to go in case.
7: I should really type this at the end of the day, but here we go: I predict that we will finish the last 4 individual close reads, leading us closer to Edna's awakening and her newfound surrogate, Arobin. Then, we will have an individual discussion over Chapters 23-28, in which you control the topics introduced. And for tomorrow, you will have finished The Awakening and worked on your presentation because it looks like we are wrapping up the novella and are ready to share your short story analyses in the Chopin verbal presentations.
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