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"Exiles with Questions" ~ This document uses excerpts from Joyce's only play, Exiles, published in 1918, to connect common themes with "The Dead". It was almost like Joyce was playing out the scenario of what would have happened if Michael Furey had lived and if there was a love triangle. This was a persistent, if not obsessive, question for Joyce as it was based on his wife's, Nora's, past with boys named Michael Feeney and Michael Bodkin.
Time Frame: 2 days. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.R.1.2, ELA.10.R.3.1, ELA.10.R.3.2, ELA.10.R.3.4, ELA.10.C.1.4, ELA.10.C.1.5, ELA.10.C.3.1, ELA.10.V.1.1, ELA.10.V.1.2, ELA.10.V.1.3 |
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"Exiles with Answers" ~ This document provides some brief answers to the questions posed in the previous document to help guide teachers. Please note that the answers are brief and students should certainly delve deeper into the texts for their responses.
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"James Joyce: A Comparison of Texts" ~ This document provides some biographical context for Joyce and tasks the students to thematically compare the ending of "The Dead" with the poem, "She Weeps over Rahoon" which Joyce wrote in 1913 around the same time as his final story in Dubliners.
Time Frame: 1 day. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.R.1.2, ELA.10.R.3.1, ELA.10.R.1.4, ELA.10.R.2.1, ELA.10.R.3.2, ELA.10.R.3.4, ELA.10.C.1.4, ELA.10.C.1.5, ELA.10.C.3.1, ELA.10.V.1.1, ELA.10.V.1.2, ELA.10.V.1.3 |
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"The Irish Frankenstein" ~ This is a fun assignment which explores the famous political cartoon, originally published in Punch magazine. It contains two parts. Part I is focused on analyzing the meaning behind the political cartoon itself. Part II explores the little-known anonymous editorial that preceded the cartoon in the publication, also entitled "The Irish Frankenstein", and cleverly uses the words of Mary Shelley for its nefarious purposes. This is a great analytical assignment looking at Home Rule!
Time Frame: 2-3 days. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.10.R.1.2, ELA.10.R.2.1, ELA.10.R.2.4, ELA.10.R.3.1, ELA.10.R.3.3, ELA.10.R.3.4, ELA.10.C.1.4, ELA.10.C.3.1, ELA.10.C.4.1, ELA.10.V.1.3, ELA.10.C.1.5 |
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"The Irish Tempest" ~ This analysis focuses on interpreting another famous political cartoon published by Punch magazine. It uses Shakespeare's The Tempest to illustrate a point being made against Irish independence and Home Rule.
Time Frame: 1-2 days. Standards: ELA.10.R.1.1, ELA.10.R.1.2, ELA.10.R.2.1, ELA.10.R.2.4, ELA.10.R.3.1, ELA.10.R.3.3, ELA.10.R.3.4, ELA.10.C.1.4, ELA.10.C.3.1, ELA.10.C.4.1, ELA.10.V.1.3, ELA.10.C.1.5 |
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