The Lottery Ticket
you made up THREE questions - why? I want you to be able to think about the MACROCOSM of the work we’re doing as well as the microcosm
be above the work in your thinking - top down - remember- you will make your own exam questions
general comprehension - who did X, where was Y, facts, figures, data - simple recall from the text - Level 3
Why - motivation - analysing characters in terms of their human nature - eg Why did Ivan change so abruptly in his thinking over the course of those few minutes? Combining your reading with your thinking about your own life. Level 4 (high 3+)
How? explaining process or finding patterns - How did Ivan change? step by steps - use the references to the material in the book. Prepare for essay
Moral association or judgments - we can answer questions where we assess the characters’ actions and make conclusions - What did Ivan learn about himself, if anything? What did we learn from Ivan’s thinking? - these are often about theme.
What about the writer’s intentions?
How did the writer do X or Y? (style, writing structure) eg How does Chekhov make us feel Ivan’s broken dreams more clearly?
Wing’s Chips
Setting -
Quebec - probably in the lower townships - where there are a number of English towns and people - St. Lawrence Valley - there is a mix of cultures in the story
This mix of cultures is crucial to the story line and the characters - one of the key story problems was a direct result of the setting
Setting helps drive plot - Father doesn’t fit with the French people
Setting affect the lead character? - she doesn’t fit either - she stands out in the community - kids usually want to fit in, so she won’t react like the Dad -
Setting affects the Chinese family - how? they also don’t seem to fit in
Is there a mood or atmosphere to this story? a long time ago with much more formal clothing, with a stiff, repressed, more religious environment, with a small town, judgmental, conservative, puritanical vibe -
This setting is a great setting for looking at characters who don’t fit, because the time period and that place give extra layers of judgment and so on
This setting should be very familiar to you - because you live in a very similar place.
Being an artist = being Chinese (in the town in this story)
Being black = being gay (in a place, at a time)
This equation (that X can = Y depending upon the circumstances) is a great little message.
Character of the Father
(this pattern has already been learned)
physical description
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actions and reactions
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interactions with other characters
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motivations and thinking (P.O.V.)
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how he changes
Symbolizes?
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