Time to start a new text, so if you are absent today you will need to see me about getting your copy of the novel from the book room. Our new novel is another one of your selections: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and it's sequel, Through the Looking Glass by Lewis CarrollThe goal is to finish both texts by the end of the semester, so we're really going to have to move to make that happen.
Taking your comments from the last unit into consideration, we're going to be approaching this one a litter differently. Rather than doing a set of questions after each chapter, students will be responsible for coming up with 3 open-ended discussion questions for each day of reading. The plan is to read throughout the week and finish with discussion on Friday's (at this point your should have 6 discussion questions ready to share.) Yes you WILL be turning in your questions for a grade, and as always, your discussion participation will be graded as well.
Fortunately the Alice books are in the common domain, so there are free copies all over the internet. Check it out.
The Big Question we will be tackling in this unit is the following: If we learn many important childhood lessons from books we read, and if Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is meant for kids and not adults, what is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland supposed to teach Victorian children?
The Prezi we will be going over class today in embedded below. You will need to take notes, and you will need to include those notes in your notebook for the end of the 6wks.
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