COURSE OUTLINE: PERSONAL ESSAYS/INTERPRETER OF MALADIES
STUDENTS
EXPLORE THEIR OWN WRITING VOICE AND TO WRITE SHORT PERSONAL ESSAYS WHILE
READING A VARIETY OF EXAMPLES. WE REVIEW BASIC WRITING STRUCTURES AND FORMS,
GRAMMAR, USAGE CONVENTIONS,
AND
LITERARY ANALYSIS SKILLS. THE ESSAYS WE WRITE COULD BECOME COLLEGE APPLICATION
OR SCHOLARSHIP
ESSAYS.
OUR FIRST LITERARY UNIT FOCUSES ON JHUMPA LAHIRI'S COLLECTION INTERPRETER OF MALADIES. WE WILL LOOK AT THE IDEAS OF GENRE, VOICE AND CHARACTER WHILE
REVIEWING THE LITERARY ANALYSIS SKILLS THAT STUDENTS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE
PAST THREE YEARS. WE WILL FOCUS ON BECOMING MORE CRITICAL AND ANALYTIC READERS BY PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WAY THE AUTHOR HAS CRAFTED THE STORY.
IT MEANS MORE AND NOT JUST TO ME
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES Reading RESPONSES
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES WRITING ASSIGNMENT