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Today’s Class

Today’s Class. Reading Focus: Does the society have an effect on a Writer? On his story?. Task: What have you learned?. Review the opening questions. How has society influenced Chekhov in the story, The Ninny? What message emerges? Who is the intended audience?

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Today’s Class

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  1. Today’s Class Reading Focus: Does the society have an effect on a Writer? On his story?

  2. Task: What have you learned? • Review the opening questions. • How has society influenced Chekhov in the story, The Ninny? • What message emerges? • Who is the intended audience? • In what way do we benefit from this story in 2014? • 3 MINUTE PRESENTATION: you choice of visual.

  3. Review The Ninny • Re-read or skim over the story • 3 minutes ish • Watch the video on Chekov’s time • It uses sub-titles

  4. Russia Today: GOOGLE CURIOSITY • OBJECTIVE: • Google Research on Russia today: 5 news Headlines in 5 minutes • Cite sources • Re-organize into study groups • Study groups use Topic Sentences to Guide the Reading • Pick out 5 main points / events • Return to Original Group • WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT RUSSIA TODAY?

  5. Collected News Listing of Articles • Russia warns of Islamic State Fighter Former Soviet Union • Pentagon concerned over Russian Strategic Bomber drills near US • Russia fully renew nuclear forces by 2020 • Russia tells Iraq it’s ready to support against ISIS • Russia moves to extend control over media

  6. SYNTHESIZE • Consider the Story • Consider the Headlines • Consider the Video • In what ways do these intersect in this story?

  7. Going Beyond • Further Questions • Unanswered Questions • Controversial or Uncertain Statements

  8. Lesson 2 • Objectives: Use what we know • Compare with what we need to know • Fill in the differences

  9. Dissect the Story • Plot The employer pretends to cheat the Ninny of her wages to illustrate the difference in ________(_? ) • Sequence of events • Who? What happened? How did it end? • Character • Characterization • Background of characters • Antecedent info • Theme • Finding key sentences • Comparing • Message – Who is speaking? Who is the intended audience?

  10. Characterization

  11. Taking Stock • What do we know? • Russia today in Headlines • Chekhov – diary and letters. His life and some of the times. • Story. • What do we need to know? • Plot / Characters / Theme evidence • Where can we find Chekhov’s voice? • Revisiting the question: YOUR Quesions

  12. Summing Up • Following discussion of the questions that you posed, each group will summarize their main points

  13. From our Discussion • The story has a moral: • The message seems to be directed to the weaker classes: stand up for your rights. • Chekhov’s voice would be to the people reading the story. Who were educated enough to read? • Perhaps the message of the story is directed to the rich class: you are strong because you are in a position of power with money. And you control both. • Chekhov creates a message indirectly, since a direct message may result in harm or personal punishment.

  14. 9 B B Beautiful

  15. Gaps: what do we need to know? • Websites: • Lecture: • Your sources:

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