#3 - Dubliners UNIT - 15%

Welcome! So if you're reading this you must be ready to start this unit - we will focus on a short story collection called Dubliners by Irish writer James Joyce.

Here's the unit plan for this Dubliners unit.

If you're curious, here is a short article that outlines the Major Themes in Dubliners, so you'll know what you're getting yourself into.

Step 1. 

The first thing you want to do is build a slide show about Dublin at the beginning of the 20th century. The city of Dublin and the life of the people there is very relevant to understanding James Joyce's writing. Your slide show should be 6-8 slides long  - like this one - and should outline one of these topics:

• Religion in Joyce's Dublin
• The Politics of Colonial Ireland
• Metropolitan Dublin in a New Exciting Century
• James Joyce, the Man
• something else you may hve in mind - let't talk

YES, I want you to create this slide show BEFORE you read a story - it's necessary background work.

Here's the rubric I will use to grade your slide show.

Step 2.

Great. Now we can get to the stories. Dubliners is old (over 100 years) so you can find the stories online. We also have them on our class iPads (#1-#10) so come on in and get reading.

Read them all, they'll enrich your life, but you will end up writing quizzes for these 4 stories:

• "The Sisters"
• "Araby"
• "The Boarding House"
• "A Painful Case"

You need to come in for these. Message me and we can set-up a time to write these. 

Step 3. 

"The Dead"

Yup, the final story in the collection will occupy your mind for the last part of this unit. 

You have two options for this - a comic strip adaptation of "The Dead" or an essay arguing something on a topic from "The Dead"

Comic
If you want to design a comic then your first step will be to select which scene you'd like to tell. Think about this carefully, since it will lead into your explanation, but more importantly, it will determine what you're able to do in your adaptation. Your playing the 'director' for this task - so think about what images you'll be able to create. A boring comic is not a good comic.

Here is an example of one I did relatively quckly using one of the apps on the iPads.
* Notice how the people in the pictures aren't consistent - that's ok. I didn't have a camera crew, and neither will you. Do your best. 

And here is the rubric I will be using to mark your comic strip.

Essay
If you want to write an essay take a look at the Unit Plan (above) to get some ideas for thesis statements, or let's talk about it. The essay should be between 250-750 words, should be properly formatted for MLA style, and it should have at least one rough draft before final submission.

Here is an example of a properly formatted MLA style essay first page.
And here is an example of a properly formatted MLA style Works Cited page.
** Don't forget the Works Cited Page at the end. 

And here is the rubric I will be using to mark your essay.