Based on the Title

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Based on the Title

• Predict what you think this story will be about.

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1st paragraph

• Who do you think the narrator is speaking to?

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3rd Paragraph

• Write down what you think the author means by
  the work.

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3rd Paragraph

• Why does the narrator treat the old man so well
  in the mornings?

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4th Paragraph

• Why doesnt the narrator leave when he realizes
  the old man is awake?

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5th Paragraph

• Would you like to change your original prediction
  of what this story is about?

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6th Paragraph

• Whose heart do you think the narrator is hearing?

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7th Paragraph

• In one sentence, predict the ending of the story.

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Midway through 8th paragraph

• Who is at the door?

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9th Paragraph

• What is the noise?

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10th Paragraph

• What is the narrator feeling right now?

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End of the story

• Were any of your original predictions about the
  story correct?

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Tears of Autumn by Yoshiko

• Do you remember any facts about Yoshiko Uchida?
• Things to notice with Yoshiko
• Her descriptive language
• Her ability to draw you into the story

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Based on the title

• What can you predict about this story based on
  this title?

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What is setting and how does it create a mood?

• How does Yoshiko establish the setting in the
  first paragraph?

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In the first 4 paragraphs

• What mood is created by the contrast between the
  two places, Japan and United States?

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4th paragraph

• Where is Hana being sent?

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Now that Hana was 21(7th paragraph)

• What were they trying to do for Hana?
• Is this important to the setting of the story?

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Paragraph 9 You say he is successful

• What does it mean to be successful in this story?

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Paragraph 9

• What can you infer about Taro Takeda?

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12th P It would certainly be a different kind
of life

• What does Hana want for her life?
• How is her life going to be different in the
  United States than in Japan?

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15th paragraphBut now, a notion that seemed
quite.

• Predict what will happen next. Will Hana be sent
  to America?

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21st paragraph By the time he sent her money for
her steamship tickets

• How is the last sentence in the paragraph, In
  fact, she would have recoiled from a man who
  bared his intimate thoughts to her so soon,
  different from todays culture?

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22nd paragraph So it was that Hana had left

• Was your prediction right?

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26th paragraph We wont be docking until noon.

• What is the current mood of the story based on
  Hanas behavior of standing on the deck waiting?

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31st paragraph The early morning mist had become
a light chilling rain (first sentence)

• What does Hana do when she does not see Taros
  face?

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Ending of the story

• What was the mood of the story after Hana
  laughed? Do you think she was nervous still?
• What were some advantages to coming to America
  versus staying in Japan?

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Your task

• Complete the compare and contrast graphic
  organizer
• Then write an essay comparing and contrasting two
  characters.

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The questions you need to answer in your essay

• Show the similarities between the characters as
  far as where they are from, what they are like
• Show the differences between the characters as
  far as where they live now and what they are
  like.

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CHARLES

• By Shirley Jackson

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Based on the title Charles

• Predict what you think this story will be about
  based on the title

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1st paragraph

• 1.Describe how you felt or acted on your first
  day of kindergarten.

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How was school today?

• 3. Who is the narrator in this story?
• 4. What point of view are they using?

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5. See here young man.

• List two ways that Charles was bad during the
  first day of school

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6. Might as well meet them now as later.

• How do Lauries parents react to his stories
  about Charles?

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7. Whats his other name?

• Does the person telling the story from a first
  person point of view know all the facts about
  Charles?

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8. Throw him out of school I guess, he said.

• What does the word elaborately mean?

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9. When youve got a Charles to deal with

• Who is the I narrating the passage?
• Who is the He in the passage?
• Who elses words are related by the narrator?

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10. Reading Check

• How does Laurie seem to feel about Charles
  reformation? How do you know?

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11. On Friday of that week, things were back to
normal.

• In what way are things back to normal in
  Lauries class?

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12. Charles? she said.

• Do you think the ending would be different if the
  story were told in first person through Lauries
  eyes? Why?

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13. The ending

• Where you correct in your prediction?
• Where you surprised by the ending?
• Did you ever realize Laurie and Charles were the
  same person?