Class Four

Journal (10 mins):

Reflection on draft one of Paper One. What do you like most about this current draft, and what do you like least?

Part 2

Compile as comprehensive a listing as possible of the specific details in The Untold lie story that inform your specific understanding of an individual’s character. (5-7 mins)

Once this listing has been compiled, comment on which details appear to be the most important and which details appear to be the least important. Be ready to defend your observations! (5-7 mins)

Mini-Lecture (5-7 mins):

Important:  When we are talking informally about our own lives,  we might bring in evidence from any number of anecdotal sources. However, when we are talking about a specific object like a story, our conversation needs to stay focused on what is actually in the text – stuff that can be actually quoted and found in the story.  Why is this important, do you think?

Journal: (10 mins)

Identify at least three important character details you could incorporate into your current draft.  The purpose of this activity is to give you a chance to swap out prejudiced points in your writing and replace them with actual evidence from the story.  We will be undertaking similar activities throughout this unit.

Homework:

Pre-Reading Assignment (1 page):

How do the things you do for fun impact your life? How do they shape who you hang out with, how you structure your “free time” (define the term), or your expectations of your future life?

Reading Assignment:

Re-Read “The Untold Lie” by Sherwood Anderson

Post-Reading Assignment (1 page):

Part One:

What does the word “setting” mean to you when it is used to describe the place where something occurs?

Part Two:  Keeping in mind our conversation about evidence, I want you to describe to me first the setting in which play occurs in “The Untold Lie,” and then I want you to tell me how the setting can inform our understanding of what play is and how it might bear on the lives of the people who play in this story.

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