Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's title story 'A Real Durwan'.  They were then given 20 minutes to come with thesis statements/essay questions regarding the story.

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story so far.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's 'Sexy' - all students must have read this short story by next class!

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's title story 'Interpreter of Maladies'.  They were then given 20 minutes to come with thesis statements/essay questions regarding the story.

Note: anyone who missed today's class can consult the PowerPoint available on the shared Google drive entitled 'Interpreter of Maladies Themes'.  Here you can see the themes that we have come up for each story so far.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's 'A Real Durwan' - all students must have read this short story by next class!

Vocabulary of Description -

Brainstorming about writing topics

H/W - Reading 2

H/W for Mar 17th Personal Description

Today, TP9 identified some of the themes present in Jhumpa Lahiri's 'When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine'.  They were then given 20 minutes to come with thesis statements/essay questions regarding the story.

Next class: we'll be looking at Ms. Lahiri's 'Interpreter of Maladies' - all students must have read this short story by next class!

As only six students finished reading the short story, TP9 began reading 'A Temporary Matter' from Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies.  Eventually, the bulk of the class was excused and the six students who did do the homework were invited to come up with thesis statements for the short story.  Anyone who really likes their thesis statements from these class sessions can use it for their optional homework assignment - once I've signed off on it, of course.

Homework: read Jhumpa Lahiri's second short story 'When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine'.

Next class: we will analyze the second short story and attempt and practice coming up with thesis statements.