Today
in class, I went over the difference between theme and moral. You can
read about this on the past page of the handout entitled "Short Story
Terms". Then, we listened to the short story "The Doll's House" by
Katherine Mansfield. After, we discussed,
characters and symbol.
For homework, I've asked students to do the first two steps in the
three-step process of finding theme (You can find this in the "Short Story Terms" handout). That is, answer these two
questions:
1. In a word or two, what is "The Doll's House" about?
2. Then choose one of your words from #1, and answer this question:
What is "The Doll's House saying about _______________?
(Choose just one of the words from #1 and write a 1 to 2 sentence response.)
We also worked a little bit on vocabulary because there will be a
vocabulary test next week (Thurs) on the 28 vocabulary words. See my
blog for the list.
I recommend that you listen to a recording of the story here.
You can find a copy of the story here.
