Due Monday and beyond!

For Monday, 12/26, please read this story for Monday

We will focus on the readers's involvement and reaction to the story, so pay careful attention to how the story affects the reader, what if forces the reader to consider, what questions it poses, and what realizations it generates. Remember this is a longer text, so you should begin your reading early and plan for a total of an hour or more reading time.

Due Tues/Wed: Please read "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (362-366). A side by side English/Spanish version of "Very Old Man" (en espanol) is available here. if you'd like to look at the story in the original.


For Tuesday/Wednesday, we will be also writing an in-class prose essay. Here are two high scoring essays on prose topics that you might be familiar with.

The Other Paris (Carol and Howard)
Belinda



Due Thurs/Fri: Please read "Metamorphosis" in your red book (191-221). This story is LONG so please pace yourself with your reading.