Today we learned about reading strategies, ambiguity, and we were introduced into a new assignment.
Students read the short story "Catch" and used stickie notes to write down their predictions, opinons, and questions every two pages. Then students wrote an inclass quiz. We discussed specific strategies all of us can use to keep focussed during reading.
The ending of "Catch" was ambiguous; in other words, we're not exactly sure who the old man who helps Rita is. Students learned that ambiguity is a fundamental aspect of literature and their lives.
We finished class by reading a short story (on a handout) by Canadian Roderick Haig-Brown called "Hold Your Tongue." The ending of the story has been cut off and students will begin, on Friday, on a project to write an ending for the story.
