September 16, 2015

Read “Through The Tunnel”

p. 356

• Symbolic Settings

• How do settings and

symbols contribute to

theme?

Checking TTT Vocabulary and quick write for two stamps

Progress Reports

What do I do with it?• Look over your

grades• Make sure to give it

to your parents so they can see it as well.

• Have parents sign it• Return in class on

Friday, 9/18

** Your English grade may** have changed

slightly (or significantly) this morning based on your

first vocabulary test.

Vocabulary Test

Failed a major grade?• You may retake one

major assessment once a nine weeks for a maximum grade of a 70.

• Retakes should be done within a week of the test’s return.

Plan to retake?• See me to sign up

for a time.• Cav-Time OR AM

Tutorials

RIGHT SIDE: TUNNEL QUICKWRITE***• Think of a time when you felt

you had something to prove. • Briefly retell the story. • WHY did you want to do it? • What did you do to prepare

for it? • In the end, was it worth it? • WHAT did you gain/lose? • HOW did you, your

peers/opponents, parents react?

• Elaborate in a journal of five or more descriptive sentences.

BEGIN ON PAGE 19 – BE SURE TO TITLE!

Symbol ***• Stands for something beyond itself• May be person, place, object, or activity

Setting as Symbol• When a certain setting symbolizes important

ideas• Settings help characterize people in the story

Conflict ***

• A struggle between opposing forces• Internal Conflict – the conflict is within the character• Man against himself

•External Conflict – a character is pitted against an outside force• Man against man• Man against nature

Left Side Option: • As you read, identify by page number and

description 3 external and 3 internal conflicts Jerry faces.

LEFT SIDE OPTION:

Draw this image in your notebook. Then, fill in the shapes with

your own personal experience.

About Doris Lessing (1919 – 2013) • Grew up in Rhodesia (now

Zimbabwe) in Africa• British novelist, poet,

playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.

• Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007

• Doris Lessing: A Retrospective http://www.dorislessing.org/index.html

As We Read• Consider the way the setting of the story is

representative of something else. • Remember our class’ discussion of theme? Look

for a topic the author seems to be preoccupied with.

Vocabulary• contrition – a feeling of regret for doing wrong

• promontory – a high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water

More vocabulary• Supplication – humble request or prayer

• Incredulous – doubtful; disbelieving

Homework: due 9/18“Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, p.3561. Interpret: The settings of the beach, the bay, and the tunnel are symbolic of

the conflicts Jerry faces. A. What does the beach symbolize? What details/descriptions (use quotes)

of the beach support your answer?B. What does the bay symbolize? What details/descriptions (use quotes)

support your answer? C. What does the tunnel symbolize? Support your answer.

2. Clarify: Why is it so important for Jerry to swim through the tunnel? A. Explain what he is trying to prove.

3. Interpret: What does Jerry’s swim through the tunnel symbolize? Cite descriptions of the tunnel, its connection to the older boy and Jerry’s feelings about the tunnel to support your interpretations.

4. Identify: Identify two external and two internal conflicts Jerry faces in the story.

A. How are these conflicts resolved?5. Create a theme statement for this story. (Remember to think about

a specific topic and decide what the author is trying to say about it.)

Directions: Answer the following questions in your notebook (next right hand page…be sure to title and date your page!):