January 24, 2017- Tuesday

Class Work

1. . Enter the time machine and travel back to the lte 19th Century and early 20th Century.
Things were different then.
A. Look at the art of the time. What are women doing? What are men doing?
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/features/slideshows/american-impressionists-of-the-late-1800s-and-early-1900s.html#slide_1
B. . A slice of life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugh7pRtzTAQ Again, what are the women doing? What about the men?

Activity #2 Read: "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin   https://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_219.pdf

A. Silently read the story. Then work with a partner and  create a mind map for Mrs. Mallard (Instructions, paper, and drawing tools provided.)

B. Discussion to follow . . . What really killed Mrs. Mallard? Find lines in the story that prove your point.

C. Table Activity: The Name Game - How important are names in a story. Find the meanings of the names of the characters from "The Story of an Hour."
To begin, look up information about mallard ducks. What do the ducks and Mr. and Mrs. Mallard have in common, if anything?

Find the meanings of these names on-line at a What to Name the Baby or Meanings of Names site.

Josephine
Richards
Brently
Louise

Activity #3
 What yellow things are in "The Yellow Wallpaper?" (groups - pages assigned)
Discussion: How did the "yellow" change in the story?

Now, take a look at this site. http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm

Look back at "The Yellow Wallpaper" and make a list of all of the gothic items. This leads to the question, Is the narrator in the story crazy, or is the house haunted? Perhaps the story contains a bit of both.

Homework

A. Look up information about Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper." Make a list of 10 items or events  you found interesting about her life. For each, explain how it was or was not typical of the time, or explain what it might have had to do with Ms. Gilman writing "The Yellow Wallpaper." Consult three different sources. Keep track of your sources and include your Works Cited at the end of your list. MLA Style, please.  (See https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ for guidelines. Feel free to use www.easybib.com ) Due: Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 1:00 pm

B. Research the life and times of Kate Chopin. List ten events from her life that you found interesting, unique, or important. Explain. Again, consult at least three sources and include the sources in MLA format at the end of your list. Due: Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 1:00 pm