4/26/2019 0 Comments Day 2How does he do it?Today we are going to take a closer look at our first mentor text for this unit. Students really need to finish reading the whole book before we can talk much about how Jonathan Safran Foer braided his narratives in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. That said, last night's assigned reading was a gem of a chapter. IN this one chapter, the author was able to braid several narratives. And these strands all come together to form one central strand of the story. This chapter is like a bunch of fibers braided to create each hair that makes up this one strand of the braid. So, today's objective is: Students will be able to identify and name the writing strategies Foer uses in this chapter to weave together multiple narratives. Warm Up: First we begin by identifying the strands in the novel so far (we are about half way through). I will ask students to flip through the rest of the book and see if they can figure out just by looking at the formatting of the writing (without reading it) if they can finish this outline by figuring out who narrates which chapters.
It's easy to do because each narrator has a unique style. We are going to try to identify their styles. Oskar- stream of consciousness, propels the plot, modern Grandma- writes in poems. literally. also, each of her chapters are called "My Feelings" Thomas Sr.- His writing is in itself, braided. He weaves together different times in his life, different moments, different people, to deliver his message: regret. Mini Lesson Next, we will zoom into the most recent chapter we read: Why I am not Where You Are 5/21/63 narrated by Thomas Sr. This is a heartbreaking chapter, but content aside, we will look at the weaving of his own narratives in this one chapter. I will start by modeling my own noticings as I read last night. Here is a quote I pulled: "The beautiful girl didn't know the time, she was in a hurry, she said "Good luck," I smiled, she hurried off, her skirt catching the air as she ran, sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living. In this life, I'm sitting in an airport trying to explain myself to my unborn son," In this moment, he explores so many feelings and ideas, and its all contained within one crazy long sentence. He does this time and again. Active Engagement Next, students will begin reading the next three chapters. In the reading, students will be looking for ways the author wove narratives throughout each chapter (nevermind the three larger narratives he wove together over the course of the book). He weaves narratives on the macro and micro levels. Today we search for the micro. Closure We will share out our findings, and I will make sure to mention all of my noticings as well. I will post all of our noticings here after our class today :)
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