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"Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued.
27 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
"Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued: literary analysis - writing the answer to the questions on page 34 about the short story in groups.
Questions on page 34 copied & pasted below:
Literary Analysis
1. Silko often uses Native American myths and legends in her stories. Look at the opening of "Tony’s Story". Do you recognize anything it has in common with myths? Do you recognize any other traits that are often associated with myths, legends and fairy-tales?
2. What is the main plot in the story?
3. Describe the mood in the story.
4. Find connotations that you associate with Native Americans in the story.
5. Find references that you associate with mainstream American society/Western culture.
6. Interpret Tony’s dream. Is the dream used as foreshadowing? How does this dream contribute to the tension in the short story?
7. Character analysis: how is Tony depicted throughout the short story?
8. Character analysis: how is Leon depicted throughout the short story?
RACISM IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
26 Outubro 2022, 17:00 • Gaile Parkin
Warm-up: some common errors
Class discussion on the nature of racism and its
manifestation in children. Presentation about the brown eye/blue eye experiment
by Jane Elliott in 1968 and about racism in children’s books.
Small group discussions based on questions about Little Black Sambo and Epaminondas and his Auntie (both read
for homework).
Reading of The Story
of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, followed by small group exercise working
through a worksheet to guide students to see the (not so) hidden racism in the
book. Feedback and class discussion.
HOMEWORK: Write a review of either The Story of Ferdinand or The
Story of Babar.
"Tony's Story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued.
26 Outubro 2022, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Reading and discussion of the short story "Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued: (a) plot summary; (b) depiction of the main characters; (c) references to Native American culture and customs; (d) setting.
"Tony's Story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued.
25 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The short story "Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko continued: (a) plot summary; (b) depiction of the main characters; (c) references to Native American culture and customs; (d) setting.
POLITICS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
24 Outubro 2022, 17:00 • Gaile Parkin
Warm-up: some common errors
Class discussion on what politics is and whether or not it
has a place in children’s literature.
Reading The Story of
Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, followed by small group discussions based on
questions about the book. Feedback and class discussion.