Hi Kate and Beth. Hope you're enjoying your time in Japan. I can't imagine what it's like being in such a different culture.
Today we discussed three threads of theme that run through the novel Speak: ostracism, conformity, and finding your voice. I asked students to read this novel not merely to understand the plot but read it and examine the theme while you're reading it.
We discussed analogies today and looked at the one on p. 9. "Art follows lunch like dreams follow nightmares." We learned that analogies are like similes and metaphors but they extends the comparison. Really long ones can also be called extended metaphors.
Students spent 20 minutes creating at least three of their own analogies such as "RSS without Mr. Stevens is like cake without icing."
