Print out and annotate these stories. Highlight important sentences. If there is not enough room for annotations on the printout, write notes in your binder. Focus on how different types of literary rhetoric (organization of plot, details, characterization, dialogue, imagery, mood/tone, shifts, setting, figurative language, connotations of diction, etc.) support a theme. Indicate page numbers, paragraph numbers, and line numbers, as appropriate. You might consider doing the "Shorter Analysis Activity" to better understand the texts: https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html. This part of the assignment is optional. I want you to read the stories, annotate them, and think of good discussion questions, although the questions do not have to be written down.
"The Lady with the Dog" http://www.shortstoryamerica.com/pdf_classics/chekhov_lady_withthe_pet_dog.pdf (due April 13, 2023)
"A Hunger Artist": https://basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us/liberty/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/06/A-Hunger-Artist-by-Franz-Kafka.pdf (due April 18, 2023)
"The Chrysanthemums" http://mspachecogdhs.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/0/13206998/the_chrysanthemums_by_john_steinbeck.pdf (due April 25, 2023)
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How to Annotate a Text
See these links:
http://schoolhabits.com/annotate-text-reading/
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-take-notes-on-fiction.html#more
https://prezi.com/ctwiszjrqb7h/why-how-to-annotate-a-text/
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Annotating-a-Text
Additional Ways to Take Notes
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analyzing-text-paragraph-by-paragraph.html
Taking Notes if the Reading Assignment is Fiction
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/analyzing-short-storiesfiction.html
For Ideas on How to Summarize (Useful for Fiction and Nonfiction)
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/httplearnonpoint.html
