Friday, April 27, 2012

Over the weekend

Over the weekend you need to :

Read and annotate Chapter 3&4 of Butterflies.
Also - write down 3 inferences about the text when you've completed your reading.

Your first reading response is due Monday, April 30th by 3pm to Turnitin.com

The options are:

Critical: Symobolism & Metaphor.
Identify a theme from the first two chapters of the novel and then explain how Alvarez uses symbolism or metaphor to develop that theme. Possible choices include but are not limited to: tree symbolism in chapter 1,  rabbit metaphor in chapter 2, hammer and nail metaphor in Chapter 2.

Creative: Historical Fiction
Part 1: Find a news article about something you find interesting.
Part 2: Drawing on your understanding of historical fiction, use the article as a starting point for a short story in which you develop characters and a conflict.