Wednesday, April 22, 2020

A Tale of Two Cities - Day 37 / E11

Happy Wednesday! Today there is an optional zoom call at 10:30 a.m. (I will send the link through email). We can use this time to talk about the project and also for some time to talk through everything else going on out there during these challenging times. Now that we know we won't be together in the classroom again, we are all experiencing a range of feelings. I'm happy to set aside as much time as you'd like to be there to talk.

As for the project, the next three days are set aside for your new M-G's. The key for today, as I noted yesterday, is to come up with a good question. Remember: Your question needs to be something the book does not answer directly. Like I showed in the example, you are not just finding things that happened in the novel. Don't just come up with a broad idea like "change" and make M-G's about characters who change. That would be an incomplete project.

Take the time to ask some questions about the topic you discovered - this will lead you to the question you want to answer with your project. Remember: Your new M-G's are answers to the question. Here are some questions to consider:

  • What causes your topic to happen? When does it occur? Why?
  • What actions come as a result of your topic?
  • What are the results of your topic? Are they positive? Negative? Why?
  • Who are the different people impacted by your topic, how are they impacted, and why?
  • Does every character in the novel link to your topic in the same way? What are the reasons for the difference?
  • Who in the book sees your topic as important, who doesn't value it, and why?
Good luck coming up with your question! Feel free to run it by me through email before you get started!