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UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SINALOA B.A. IN E.L.

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Teaching English through Literature
Tutor: Svitlana Kovalyk

CLASSIC LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT


(January, 29th -February,18th. time 3 weeks, grade 20 % of a total grade, typed)

Goals for Classic Literature assignment:

1. Students will gain insight into other worlds, other times, other cultures.
2. Understand what makes a " Classic":
i. power to change lives
ii. timeless or universal themes and topics ( war, love, friendship)
iii. offers us words we need when emotion leaves us "tongue tied"
iv. never exhaust all it has to say
v. complex human dilemmas
vi. compelling, disconcerting characters
3. Realize that sometimes we read for pleasure, but we also much read to study
literature.
4. Appreciate that reading literature builds background knowledge and educates
students' imaginations.
5. Understand that metaphorical thinking is a life skill.

Building Blocks of Literature: check Unit 2 Reading 3 Discourse features of


common genres of literature

1. Plot and structure - what/how/why


2. Characters - who
3. Settings - where
4. Point of View
5. Style and Language
6. Symbolism
7. Themes and Purpose - SO WHAT?!!

Your personal Goal(s) as a Reader:

1. Summarize the important actions and ideas in your book.


2. Help your classmates (your students) understand the text.
3. Expand our thinking about the story as a whole.
4. Present ideas in a lively, engaging manner
WONDERFUL WORDS
Page Word What does it mean?
8 Vessel A large boat or ship

52 Sonorous Having a deep pleasant sound


75 Madrepore Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of
which from reefs and islands
121 Infusoria Minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of
organic matter
164 Globule a small ball of something, especially a drop of liquid
258 Cataclysms An event that causes a lot of destruction or a sudden
violent change
290 Diorama a model that shows a situation, such as a historical
event or animals in their natural environment in a way
that looks real
299 Promontory a narrow area of high land that sticks out into sea
356 Culprit Someone who has done something wrong
372 Maelstrom A situation in which there is great confusion, violence,
and destruction.

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