IF YOUR JUNIOR THEME NOVEL IS BUT ONE VOICE in a cacophony of American writers and artists talking about your theme, what do these writers say? This week we will return to the library to research your novel’s theme, specifically looking to poems, short stories, and visual art that addresses you novel’s theme. What do these writers and artists say? And how are they in dialogue with your novel’s author? This week we will begin working toward that concluding draft.

MONDAY

Finishing the documentary on Ellison. We will also review the Epilogue. What does the Invisible Man say about his own life’s meaning? We will re-annotate that section of the novel.
HW: Your two-to-three paragraphs on “mask” will be due Wednesday. I will collect annotations tomorrow, after the quiz.

TUESDAY

Pop quiz on chapter twenty-five. Subsequently, we will re-listen to the prologue.
HW: Finish reading chapter 25. If you haven’t ordered our last two novellas, make a point of ordering a copy of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and F.S. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. These will be our two final texts.

WEDNESDAY

Discussion: What does the IM say about his life’s meaning? What should the reader leave this novel with? What is the message for you, the American reader?
HW: Meeting in library tomorrow to work on junior theme.

THURSDAY

Finishing the Ellison documentary.
HW: No homework over Easter/Passover break. If your annotations are not complete, kindly finish them.

FRIDAY

No school for Good Friday and Passover/Easter weekend.
HW: Annotations in Invisible Man will be due on next week. Also next week: reading Chopin’s The Awakening! If you don’t have your hard copy of the book, get it over the three day weekend.