Fools-Paradise

Today’sAgenda•Review•“StolenDay”Discussion•MainIdea•IsaacBashevisSinger•Idioms•Vocabulary•“AFool’sParadise”(CharacterOrganization)•ReaderTheater•Askmeanything??GroupDiscussion•Whyisthetitlecalled“StolenDay?”•Haveyoueverplayedhookiebefore?Why?IsaacBashevisSingerNovember21,1902-July24,1991•PolishbornJewish-Americanauthor•LeadingfigureinYiddishliterarymovement•WritingandpublishingonlyinYiddish•WontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1978•Won2U.S.NationalBookAwardSinger(cont.)•GrewuppoorinWarsaw,Poland’sJewishcommunity•In1935heimmigratedtoU.S.beforeNaziGermany’sinvasion•SingerlivedinNewYorkCityandworkedasajournalistandcolumnistforTheForward(Yiddish-languagenewspaper.)•Singerpublishedatleast18novels,14children'sbooks,anumberofmemoirs,essaysandarticles.•Heisbestknownasawriterofshortstories,ThefirstcollectionofSinger'sshortstoriesinEnglish,GimpeltheFool,waspublishedin1957.Idioms•I'mafraidthatSue'smaritalhappinessisafool'sparadise;therearerumorsthatherhusbandisunfaithful.•Fredisconfidentthathe'llgetabigraisethisyear,butIthinkhe'slivinginafool'sparadise.•Theseasideisparadiseonearthforme,Ilovethesmellofthesaltwaterandthesoundofthewavescrashing.MatchtheIdiom1.tobehappybecauseyoudonotknoworwillnotaccepthowbadasituationreallyis2.aperfectplace,exactlywhatyouwantA-ParadiseonearthB-AfoolsparadiseTakenforgrantedconvinceconsultLituparrangementsLadenwithravenouslydwellingsmourningBesidehimself………GroupDiscussion•Whatisparadiselike?•Wouldeveryonebehappyinparadise?Why?Createareadertheater•Createatheaterforthestory•Usethemaincharacters•Eachpersonneedsarole,onerolecanbeanarrator•IncludetheimportanteventsinthestoryGroupDiscussion•Whatdoyouthinkthemoralofthestoryis?Why?•Whatwouldparadisebelikeforyourgroup?Homework•HomereadingUnit6•Read“TheCalloftheWild”•OutsidereadingSkimthereadingansweringthefollowingquestions1.WhatdoesAtzelandAksahlooklike?2.WhathappenedwhenAtzelgrewup?3.Accordingtotheoldnursewhatisparadiselike?4.DidAtzelbelievethis?Why?5.WhatdidAtzelwantdoinordertogettoparadise?6.Whatwerethereactionsofhisfamilymembers?7.Whatdidhisparentsdo?8.Whodidhisparentsconsultfinally?9.What’stheconditionofthespecialist?10.WhatdidDr.Yoetzdowhenhefirstsawtheboy?11.DidtheyfollowDr.Yoetz’sorders?How?12.WasAtzelsatisfiedwithhislifeinParadise?Givesomeexamples.13.HowdidAtzelcomebacktoearth?14.DidAtzelbecomeasnormalasotherpeople?Givesomeexamples.Tryansweringthefollowingquestionsinyourownwords•Atzelsuddenlybecameill.HeimaginedhewasdeadWhy?•Howdidthespecialistscuretheyoungman’sillness?•Whatwaslifelikeinparadise?•WhydidAtzelhaveastrongdesiretocomebacktoEarth?