(Pushed back from Monday.)
Mrs. van Bohemen is out today. If you are not quiet and productive today, I have asked Ms. Lynch to give you an additional assignment.
- Opener: An-mei’s mother tells her about the turtle that eats tears and knows a person’s misery. The tears produce magpies, birds of joy. She says, “Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else’s joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears” (217). Pick from one of the following women in the novel to explain how they “swallow their tears”: Suyuan, Taitai, An-mei, Lindo, Ying-ying, Lena, Rose, or Waverly. WRITE THIS PARAGRAPH ON A PIECE OF PAPER and submit to the tray. You need to use lead-ins and text evidence to support your claim.
- Continue annotating your Socratic seminar articles.
- Create discussion questions on JLC. Use the "Preparing Seminar Questions" section of the "Socratic Seminar: Seek First to Understand" handout. (The second handout can help you if you need some additional examples, but you're following the instructions on the "Seminar: Seek First" handout.)
Write AT LEAST the following number and level of questions:
- 2 Factual/OPENING Questions
- 5 Interpretive/CORE Questions
- 3 Evaluative/CLOSING Questions
4. Complete all "Pre-Seminar Assignments" (on front page of "Seminar:Seek First" handout)