Discovering Worlds Past and Present
Outcome #2
To read, analyze, synthesize & use complex texts as evidence
- Understands the texts used in the course
- Incorporates course texts into writing for the sake of argumentation
- Interacts with the varying voices used within the classroom
- Writer presents global perspective
Characterization is not about what the characters do (that is the textual evidence), but what the character wants (motivation – abstraction). This assignment asks you to consider what we cannot see in the novel.
In preparation for fourth quarter, you are going to write a one-page (1.5 space) script between two of the characters in the novel. Different from most scripts, though, this will be an internal dialogue — meaning: the characters are in the room, they are face to face, but you are TRACKING THEIR THOUGHTS and actions. This needs to be a scene written in the form of a script and needs to accomplish the following:
Contain two characters from the novel (one has to be Changez)
Address the primary conflict facing the characters
Synthesize Information through Chapter 10 (reveal most up-to-date facts in the dialogue)
Incorporate outside voices you have studied/heard related to the themes of the class
Convey not what the character does, but what they want
For your analysis, reacting to the 4-Points of Outcome 2 above. For analysis, hand in two copies (one clean, one annotated). On the annotated copy (arrows, writing in the margins, written explanations):
Show how you have incorporated the elements of this outcome
Demonstrate where you have used outside voices
© Jeff Thomas, uw_thomas@icloud.com
