- I will be away today. The J219 lab is booked.
- Use this opportunity to review all the learning modules on the Interactive Short Story Unit (use headphones). This will help you with the plot diagram question and the terminology matching section.
- Use remaining time to prepare three paragraphs discussing any five terms and how they relate to any three stories from Inside Stories II.
Thurs. Mar. 4/10
- "Forgiveness in Families" was written by Canadian author Alice Munro (see Still Perfecting Her Craft). Munro is considered one of the world's best short story writers.
- Munro won the prestigious Man Booker Prize this year. It is the biggest international award for short story writing.
- Read the story on p. 93 and complete notes on the terms from the blue handout.
Short Story Elements Fjc
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Wed. Mar. 3/10
Today, we're reading "North End Faust" by Ed Kleiman
The title of the short story "North End Faust" contains a double allusion. These two allusions relate to the main character's place of residence in Winnipeg and to his faustian behavior as a university psychology professor. See the definition of faustian.
Tues. Mar. 2/10
"The Metaphor" is a short story written by Nova Scotian writer Budge Wilson. Wilson has been in the news recently for writing the prequel to Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. Before Green Gables was published in February 2008. In a YouTube video, Wilson explains how it felt to take on such a formidable writing task.
Mon. Mar. 1/10
- Today, we're reading the classic gothic horror, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Chicago Public Radio has produced a stories of stage version.
- Watch Edgar Allan Poe's biography.
Here is a film production of the story starring Vincent Price.
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