The Elusive Eden: October 4, 2019

Focus: How is Steinbeck using natural imagery, and to what end?

Do I have your metacognitive?

1. Warming up with a close readings of "flowery" language:

• As a class: What's up with the flowers? (page 75 and 85)

• On your own: How does Steinbeck allude to the Garden of Eden? (Use the green close reading questions below to help). How does this relate to the flowers we were just discussing?

• Identify significant diction, imagery, figurative language, symbols, etc.
• Brainstorm the connotations of the ones that strike you the most.
• Use the connotations to make a statement about what Steinbeck might be up to.

2. Enjoying Socratic seminar: Chapters 15 through 19

3. Wrapping up with epiphanies, kudos, and lingering questions

HW:
1. For Tuesday, Oct 8: Read Chapters 20, 21, 22 and 23; create your next Socratic ticket.

2. For Friday, Oct 11: Read Chapters 24, 25, and 26; create your next Socratic ticket.

3. By Monday, October 14 (over a week away), you must MEMORIZE your sonnet.