ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Does the "smallness" of a creature make their suffering less significant or more profound?
We viewed Christie Lee Charles's "Raven Weaves Light" and learners discussed what connections it might have to our recent discussions of literature.
The remaining groups presented their tableaus for Burns's "To A Mouse." We appreciated the poem together and I highlighted the last two stanzas and their connection to land (ownership, bro! consider Charles's "caretaker" POV in "Raven Weaves Light"), and to "smallness." Learners discussed the "fellow-mortal" connection to Steinbeck's novel title, and whether or not it's better to be "mouse" or "men."
We read together the opening paragraph of Of Mice and Men and the first few paragraphs of the last chapter of the novel. We discussed the difference in tone despite being in the same exact spot, then connected to "living off the fatta of the lan" and Charles's views on stewardship.
POST: Does the "smallness" of a creature make their suffering less significant or more profound? (Post your response to the digital whiteboard before you enter class next day.)
NEXT CLASS: conflict, theme, the land
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