Tuesday, February 18, 2020

His Holding Fingers Are Holding Hers: February 18, 2020

Focus: How do the falling action and resolution of Beloved dress its wounds?

1. Warming up with three good things and our Valentines of the Day

2. Revisiting Beloved's penultimate chapter with high velocity freewrites
3. Enjoying our final Socratic seminar: The ending of Beloved

4. Wrapping up with kudos, questions, and epiphanies

HW:
1. WEDNESDAY (TOMORROW): Quiz on Academic Vocabulary, Set 5

 2. BY FRIDAY:

  • Compose your Big Question Blog on Beloved BEFORE class (our lesson that day hinges on your completed and posted blogs).
  • Send me your thesis statements and project plans (or swing by for a quick conference).

3. MONDAY, MARCH 2-TUESDAY, MARCH 3 (that's 2 weeks from today): Projects and papers are due.

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  1. kleclaireFebruary 19, 2020 at 11:43 AM

    Thanks, Lily, for scribing!
    -Quilt mentioned several times
    -Coming back with paul D’s help
    -Connects to quotes about Sixo and the Three Mile Woman
    -People falling into pieces.
    -Paul wants to be there for Sethe
    -Colors change on the quilt when trauma is healed
    -New beginnings after Sethe relies heavily on guilt of Beloved
    -Breaking the cycle
    -Love is what picks up the broken pieces
    -Love and obsession
    -Dualism between Love and obsession
    -Relationship between sethe and the icepick
    -Denver would be harmed if it werent for woman tackling her
    -Sethe abandoning reality
    -community moving forward
    -not trying to outhurt the hurter
    -love can blind you
    -mourning cant just dissapear
    -124 is a character/ reflection of Sethe
    -reflects how Beloved has gone out of Sethe’s mind, even if her dress stays behind


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