WHAT TO DO WHILE YOU'RE READING ALL SOULS
BY MICHAEL PATRICK MACDONALD
While reading All Souls make note of the following using post-it notes, bookmark notes, or writing in your own copy of the book:
While reading All Souls make note of the following using post-it notes, bookmark notes, or writing in your own copy of the book:
·
the
writing style MacDonald uses (consider how he creates intimacy and a sense of
trust with word choice, sentence structure, tone),
·
the
narrative structure MacDonald uses (consider how he begins and ends the book,
consider how he organizes events into chapters, consider how he introduces
stories within the larger story and builds to climaxes),
·
the
way he characterizes people (by describing their actions and their physical
appearance, by including their own words, by describing how others react to
them, by comparing and contrasting people’s behavior, by showing changes over
time, etc.),
·
and
the way he characterizes places (particularly South Boston).
Overall
how do MacDonald's choices contribute to the purpose, meaning, and effect of
the book?
By taking notes you'll be better prepared for the seminar. Some of you did this for the last seminar and it helped a lot.
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WHAT
TO DO AFTER YOU FINISH READING ALL SOULS AND
BEFORE COMING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ON July 29*.
Respond
to one of the following rhetorical
analysis prompts in a Google Doc that you share with me on July 29 or on paper that you turn in on July 29.
Option #1: Writing Style
Option #1: Writing Style
Find
three or more passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) that exemplify Michael Patrick MacDonald's writing style
(word choice, sentence structure, tone). Write an essay in which you analyze how the style of language
MacDonald uses contributes to the purpose of the book as a whole.
Option
#2: Narrative Structure
Find
three or more passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) that show how MacDonald arranges events in a particular way
so that the events have a particular effect on the reader. Write an essay in which you analyze how the arrangement of events
contributes to a point MacDonald makes (explicitly or implicitly) in the book as a whole.
Option
#3: Characterization of a Person
Find
three passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) in which MacDonald characterizes a particular person (Ma, a
brother, a grandparent, someone else). Write an essay in which you analyze exactly how MacDonald
characterizes the person in the passages and how the characterization of
the person contributes to a point MacDonald makes (explicitly or implicitly) in the book as a whole.
Option
#4: Characterization of a Place
Find
three passages in the book (one from the beginning, one from the middle, and
one from the end) in which MacDonald characterizes Southie. Write an essay in which you analyze exactly how
MacDonald characterizes Southie in the passages and how the characterization of
Southie contributes to a point MacDonald makes (explicitly or implicitly) in the book as a whole.
Include the quotations and page numbers of the quotations above the essay with the essay below. Weave parts of the quotations into the essay to support your analysis. Your essay should be 500-1000 words in length.
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Then, respond
to this argument prompt in a Google Doc that you share with me on July 29 or on paper that you turn in on July 29..
In
All Souls Michael Patrick MacDonald explores the ways that pride both strengthens
Southie and undermines its strength. In a short essay (approximately 500 words)
explore the extent to which pride has a similar effect on Gloucester today. In
the essay show that you understand what MacDonald suggests about pride’s effect
on Southie and then apply that understanding to your experiences and
observations of life in Gloucester. Use examples from your experiences, observations, studies, and reading to develop your argument. Your essay should be 500-1000 words in length.
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*If you cannot attend the session you must (1)
send an email to Mr. James Cook with the reason you cannot attend, (2)
turn in your responses through Google Docs, and (3) after the session read the
description of the session posted on the blog and complete the activities.
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