(Use the link attached to the above picture to answer the questions in the webquest.)
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Charles Dickens Assignment
Choose either Great Expectations or A Tale of Two Cities...
Read the shortened story.
Write a one page analysis. Template in Google Classroom.
When you write an analysis, you have to decide what element of the story you are going to analyze.
The two main questions to answer for any short story are:
a. How does the story element I want to analyze contribute to the meaning or effect of the story?
b. Why do I have the response I have to the story--what did the author do to make me feel the way I did about the characters or the ending?
You can analyze any element of a short story. For instance, you might decide you just want to analyze a single character and how that character contributes to the meaning of the story to you. It is possible to have multiple interpretations as long as you can find evidence for your interpretation in the text of the story. You support your analysis with specific examples and descriptions from the story.
When you write an analysis, you are not writing about whether the story is good or not; you are explaining your interpretation about what the story shows you or how the author gives you some insight about a subject such as growing up, human nature, relationships, and other experiences through the characters in the story.
At the end of your analysis, please give a one paragraph opinion of the story. Did you like it? Why or why not?
Write a one page analysis. Template in Google Classroom.
When you write an analysis, you have to decide what element of the story you are going to analyze.
The two main questions to answer for any short story are:
a. How does the story element I want to analyze contribute to the meaning or effect of the story?
b. Why do I have the response I have to the story--what did the author do to make me feel the way I did about the characters or the ending?
You can analyze any element of a short story. For instance, you might decide you just want to analyze a single character and how that character contributes to the meaning of the story to you. It is possible to have multiple interpretations as long as you can find evidence for your interpretation in the text of the story. You support your analysis with specific examples and descriptions from the story.
When you write an analysis, you are not writing about whether the story is good or not; you are explaining your interpretation about what the story shows you or how the author gives you some insight about a subject such as growing up, human nature, relationships, and other experiences through the characters in the story.
At the end of your analysis, please give a one paragraph opinion of the story. Did you like it? Why or why not?
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling is one of the best-known of the late Victorian poets and story-tellers. Although he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907, his unpopular political views caused his work to be neglected shortly after his death. Critics, however, recognize the power of his work. "His unrelenting craftsmanship, his determination to be 'master of the bricks and mortar of his trade,' compels respect, and his genius as a storyteller, and especially as a teller of stories for children," writes William Blackburn in Writers for Children, "will surely prove stronger than the murky and sordid vicissitudes of politics." "Although Kipling's overall career still awaits judicious critical re-evaluation," Blackburn concludes, "the general public—and especially the young public—has long since rendered its own verdict. His status as a writer for children is rightfully secure, and none of his major works has yet gone out of print." -(cont.)
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