We will begin viewing The Joy Luck Club this week (finally!). You will receive a viewing guide that will help you stay focused as you are watching the film. You will also be receiving a vocabulary packet -- Lessons 3 & 4 -- to be completed by Monday, February 9.
Finally, you will receive a novel you will be reading on your own while we are viewing The Joy Luck Club and reading Romeo and Juliet as a class. The novel will either be The Namesake or Nectar in a Sieve. Please come to class on Tuesday, Feb. 3 with an idea on which novel you will want to read. A summary of both can be found on the amazon.com website. The first half of the book will need to be read by Friday, February 13 (The Namesake - pages 1-124 & Nectar in a Sieve - pages 1-78). You will have a Socratic seminar on that date. I would like you to have the following items typed in preparation for the Socratic Seminar: four discussion questions, two interesting quotes/passages with an explanation, and one connection to another work, film, our real life connection. These typed notes will be worth 20 points.
