Bellringer Dec. 10 In your notes – just add this to the reading guide on the blank back – What seems to be Jackson’s attitude toward Miss Strangeworth in the paragraph? What phrases did you use to infer this tone? Miss Strangeworth never concerned herself with facts; her letters all dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion. Mr. Lewis would never have imagined for a minute that his grandson might be lifting petty cash from the store register if he had not had one of Miss Strangeworth's letters.

What is the message about the difference between perception and reality? How does Shirley Jackson, the author, seem to feel about Miss Strangeworth, what she does, and what the town does to her? What words and phrases help show us this feeling

What is the message about the difference between perception and reality? What about Miss Strangeworth helps show us this message?

“The Possibility of Evil” Any other questions about the text, characterization, tone, theme…. You will take the quiz. You may use your notes on the quiz. Turn in the quiz and the notes. Do not talk during the quiz. That means that no sounds will come out of your mouth while anyone has a quiz paper. After lunch we will move on to the next lesson, “A Rose for Emily”

Upcoming – period 7 (period 7 information) The Art of Hearing Heartbeats test will be in class on Dec. 14 (Monday)

“A Rose for Emily” By William Faulkner How does Faulkner use subtle details and characterization to comment on the difference between perceptions and reality? “A Rose for Emily” By William Faulkner Looking at little differences – leading into subtle details and implications

What can you infer based off of details? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRXNNqNfQBs *Disclaimer* This scene from Men in Black has mild profanity. It’s not nearly as bad as what you hear in the hallways, though. 

Sketch the woman described below. “They rose when she entered--a small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. Her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. Her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough as they moved from one face to another while the visitors stated their errand.” Make this a handout.

What can you infer about the woman?

Background. “A Rose for Emily,” like the majority of Faulkner’s stories, takes place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Published in 1930, the story portrays social customs of the small-town South at the turn of the 20th century. Be warned that the narrator refers to African Americans with a term that is offensive to contemporary readers.

Exit Ticket Based on the information about Emily, Southern society, and the background information, make a prediction about what the story will be about.