You will receive a hand-out for the opening
passages of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Use it rather than your book (if you brought it), because you'll be annotation heavily.
You'll have 15 minutes to read the passage carefully and to annotate as fully as possible for diction, imagery, and whatever else catches your attention. I'm not trying to restrict what you notice!
You'll have 15 minutes to read the passage carefully and to annotate as fully as possible for diction, imagery, and whatever else catches your attention. I'm not trying to restrict what you notice!
After the annotation time has elapsed, get into small
groups—3 is ideal, but pairs are okay.
No 4’s or more today.
In your groups, use your annotated passages as the basis for discussing the TONE
of the novel’s opening. Look for more than one dominant effect or tone, probably a set of COMPLEMENTARY tones.
Group Product:
·
One strong well-written thesis sentence that
establishes the tone(s) of the opening passage . . .
·
Supported by the gist of two body
paragraphs--bullet points and note-style fragments are okay for these body "paragraphs," Identify the tone under scrutiny, provide some textual evidence, and offer at least some commentary on the effect of that evidence.
Yes, it’s Wednesday, but get as far as you can, and turn in what you have.
BRING YOUR HEART OF DARKNESS BOOK WITH YOU TO CLASS ON THURSDAY
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