Today’s agenda:
1. “The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
witches, full moon, luck
2. Sentence combining quiz
“The Wise Woman of Cordoba”
walkthrough of my thoughts on the story-
First reading- basics of the story
– setting-where & when
- characters- major, minor, static, dynamic
- plot- plotline – exposition, rising action, climax, falling action,
denouement
Second reading – deeper look- relevance of setting, symbolism,
metaphors
- guide is to a deeper of the story, find deeper meaning
on the surface, children’s story, scary story
on deeper level – meanings and significances that we can come to understand
Not reading on the surface, like a child.
Read deeper, like a mature, thoughtful human.
trust the author- meaning to be found, investigation is worthwhile
some stories have no deeper meaning, that’s fine
good fiction and movies have layers
worthwhile to uncover those layers, see what’s there
you may look at a work of fiction, movie and guess that there’s nothing there, but there may be something valuable there
matter of investigation, care, experience, thoughtful reading,
stories can reveal what makes us human, universal experience
resonate with your life, experience
Cordoba- city in Spain, city in Mexico- relationship?
colonialism
religion – Catholicism, Catholic Church
Mexico – syncretic religion, mix of Catholicism and pre-Contact beliefs
association between women and devil
internal conflict in the character WW – associatred with the devil, yet very helpful, community-minded
Wise Woman – independent, powerful, strange, magic powers
WW put in jail – metaphor, keeping women under control, controlling powerful women
the judge – represents power
men and women – tomorrow
These are my thoughts. You can disagree or agree. This is my reading of the story. Take what you like from it.
Quiz#7
Email it to me by 9:55.
Combine each exercise in two ways using two different sentence styles.
1. Family have gathered.
Friends have gathered.
They have gathered for the special day.
The special day is a wedding.
The wedding is Joe and Sarah.
2. The guests have gathered.
The gathering is in a tent.
The tent is white.
The tent is big.
The tent is full of tables.
The tent is full of chairs.
3. The wedding is beside a beach.
The beach is sandy.
The sand is gold.
The sand is white.
The sand is soft.
The water is blue.
The water is clear.
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