The Handmaid’s Tale 10H, February/March 2016
Outline:
Pages 1-75: Night, Shopping, Night, Waiting Room, Nap-- 75 pgs—Due Friday
2/19/16. 7:20 am to turn it in—hard copy to class. Discussion in class.
MLA format. After the due date I want to you to type: Tale, pages 1-75. This is the
format for each assignment.
Assignment:
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Reaction piece: This is 600 words. What is your reaction to the 75 pages
you read? Just start typing. Please put your word count directly after the
reaction piece.
You are responsible for the vocabulary for each section. For this section
you have three words.
In addition to the Reaction piece and the vocabulary, please come to
class with five questions or statements that can be used for discussion.
For example, maybe there’s something you don’t understand, or maybe
there’s a connection you made, or maybe it’s a descriptive passage that
spoke to you. These questions will be typed and will come right after the
vocabulary section.
Pages 79-147: Household, Night, Birth Day, Night—68 pgs
Assignment:
Due: Wednesday, 2/24, and 7:20 a.m. to turnitin. Discussion in class.
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Pick four words from this section which you feel are important. Does the
word shed more light on Offred’s situation? Does the word shed more light about
her as a person?
2
Write down the sentence with the page number, and then explain why you
chose this word—three to four sentences for each word.
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Vocabulary from this section.
Pages 151-195 Soul Scrolls, Night--44 pages
Assignment:
Due: Friday 2/26 and 7:20 a.m. to turnitin. Discussion in class.
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Come to class with six questions total that will be used to generate
discussion. You must have two text-based, two think and infer, and two
interpretive questions. Please label the questions.
Vocabulary from this section.
Pages 199-250 Jezebel’s—51 pgs
Assignment: Due: Wednesday, 3/2 and 7:20 a.m. to turnitin. Discussion in class
Choose four passages total from these chapters that you feel are important-typed out with the page number, and an explanation of why you felt it was a
significant passage. A passage may highlight a symbol, it may highlight how a
character has changed, or it may focus on a particular setting, or situation.
Vocabulary from this section.
Pages 251—295 Jezebel’s, Night, Salvaging, Night—44 pgs
Assignment Due: Wednesday, 3/9 and 7:20 a.m. to turnitin. Socratic seminar in
class.
We began with a Reaction piece, and we end with a Reaction piece. This is 600
words. What is your reaction to the pages you read, and the novel as a whole?
Please put your word count at the bottom of the reaction piece.
Vocabulary from this section
Historical Notes
We will read in class.
Vocabulary
Pedantic—pg 11
Anachronism pg 33
Lugubrious—pg 54
Audacity 133
Banal 158
Devoid of 159
Perfunctory 160
Ignominious 163
Ambiguous 181
Perfidy 201
Querulous 210
Equivocal
Plebian 212
Prurient 215
Usurp 221
Maudlin 227
Apathetic 239
Lassitude 251
Bathos 255
Pervade 287