Objective:
Students will:
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explore personal, historical and social interpretations of selected vignettes
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compare perspectives of interpreting a text
Activities:
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Read “description of Maud Martha;” “death of grandmother;” “home;” “Helen;” and “the kichenette”
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Write a reader response of first impressions (anything that comes to mind) for each vingette
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Exchange response journals (in groups of four) and read and respond to each peers intial response to the reading in a dialogue session
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Chart out similarities and differences of opinions in terms of textual, experiential, cultural; social and historical observations of the text
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Discuss implications of responses with whole class
Materials
Maud Martha vignettes
Pen; response journals/notebooks; chart paper; and markers
Procedures:
Students can read vignettes as a class or individually. Students will develop understanding in small group arrangements. Monitor progress of group discussions. As a whole group, discuss interpretations and meanings of the readings.
Extension:
Identify the author’s view point of a social, political, historical or cultural issues based on an understanding of the novel
Maud Martha.