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"Find the Muses" ~ This document is a fun activity that allows students to get a quick glimpse into Joyce's life with similarities that parallel characters in "The Dead". The goal is for them to find as many similarities (there are at least 17) as they can. It is a fun close read activity.
Time Frame: 1 day. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.10.R.1.3 |
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"Find the Muses Answer Sheet" ~ This document provides 17 answers to the above "Find the Muses" worksheet. There may be more based on how the student argues a comparison, but it offers up most of the similarities.
Time Frame: 1 day. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.10.R.1.3 |
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"Gabriel Character Analysis" ~ This document explores comparisons between Joyce and Gabriel, his literary avatar. It uses real letters Joyce wrote to his wife, Nora. This includes short analysis questions, a graphic organizer, and a short response prompt at the end.
Time Frame: 2 days. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.10.R.1.3, ELA.10.R.3.1, ELA.10.R.3.2, ELA.10.R.3.4, ELA.10.C.1.4, ELA.10.C.3.1, ELA.10.V.1.1, ELA.10.V.1.3 |
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"Pair/Group Activities" ~ This document contains two individual activities. The paired activity allows two students to act as marriage counselors to Gabriel and Gretta, analyzing their relationship and character development from a new perspective. The group activity allows multiple students to write editorials for a Dublin newspaper about the party attended by the characters. Each student chooses an angle to analyze the party from which corresponds to a particular literary criticism. This group can contain up to four students. A teacher could do both activities or allow the students to choose which and come up with their own groups.
Time Frame: 3 days. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.10.R.1.3, ELA.10.R.3.1, ELA.10.R.3.2, ELA.10.R.3.4, ELA.10.C.1.4, ELA.10.C.3.1, ELA.10.V.1.1, ELA.10.V.1.3 |
STUDENT SAMPLE
Below is an attached document showing a student sample of the paired activity where students play marriage counselors. There are many ways to format this assignment, but this reveals some of what can be learned through this type of analysis.
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"Literary Criticisms Presentation" ~ This presentation, which can also apply to assignments for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man or the Ulysses Reading Group, highlights some of the basics of various selected literary criticisms the students can choose from. For "The Dead", it correlates with the above group activity. For more information, students would be wisely directed to visit Purdue OWL found HERE.
Time Frame: Less than 1 day. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.10.R.1.3, ELA.10.R.3.1, ELA.10.R.3.2, ELA.10.R.3.4, ELA.10.C.1.4, ELA.10.C.3.1, ELA.10.V.1.1, ELA.10.V.1.3, ELA.10.C.4.1, ELA.10.C.1.5 |
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