1. AP Lit & Comp 2/8 ‘19 OEQ for ATOTC Preview: The Poisonwood Bible
Finish discussing Dickinson poems
For next class…

2. OEQ Reminders Take 7-10 minutes to plan your writing.
MOWAW – blend it in throughout your essay – connecting it to each body paragraph.
Write in present tense; no personal pronouns, novels are underlined.
TREX (EX) (EX)

3. The Poisonwood Bible
Have Book One “Genesis” read by the start of class next Thursday 2/14.
Each book is named after a Bible verse. There are seven total.
Each book will open with a highly symbolic epigraph (in the form of a Bible verse.)
The story will be told with five different female narrators (so the book is essentially an omniscient point of view.)
The only main character whose voice is “missing” is the father’s, Nathan Price. As you read, think about why Kingsolver made this choice.

4. The story will open with the mother/wife Orleanna Price, in present day, looking back on the family’s time in Africa.
Remember that this family is from Georgia, they are southern Baptists, and the head of the household, Nathan Price, is a minister.
He wants to spread the word of God to the Congolese, thus the missionary trip to the Congo.
The Prices will be living in a small village in the Congo called Kilanga.

5. The four Price sisters range in age from 15 to 5
As you’re reading, note the massive culture shock the Prices will experience in the Congo.
The four Price sisters range in age from 15 to 5
Rachel – 15
Leah and Adah – twins (a little over a year younger than Rachel)
Ruth May – 5
Each girl will take turns telling “her” story within each of the story’s books. (There are seven total.)

6. Let’s look at this preview presentation for the book.

7. For next class…
Please have both “The Lady and the Pet Dog” stories read by next class.
Jot down differences you note between the two stories, as well as questions, memorable dialogue, noteworthy style, etc.
What’s the purpose of these two stories?
Why do you think Oates chose to create a modern version of Chekhov’s story? What does it accomplish?
Read “Genesis” for Thursday and work on DJs.