Week 46 The Handmaid's Tale / Act 2 Scene 1

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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Get out your books
Put away your phone
Put your bag on the floor

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goals 

- At the end of this class, you will be able to understand The Handmaid's Tale until Chapter 5

- At the end of this class, you can understand the seven elements of fiction and how some are related to the book. 




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So far, what are your thoughts on the book?

Slide 3 - Mind map

Chapter 1: tone
  • What details about the narrator and setting are revealed in Chapter 1 of The Handmaid's Tale? What details are missing, and what is the effect of this missing information?
  • "the games that were formerly played there"
  • "the old ones that still said US"
  • "something could be exchanged"
  • What is the tone/atmosphere?

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Chapter 2: setting 
  • Make a list of the ways, revealed in this chapter, by which the powers that be in Gilead control people’s lives, especially those of women.
  • What happens in the Colonies? Who are the unwomen you think?
  • What does the narrator have to wear?
  • What is the purpose of women in the book?

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In chapter 2 and 3 we are introduced to multiple characters: 
  • Aunt Lydia
  • Cora
  • Rita
  • Serena Joy 
  • Luke'
What are their relationships  to Offred?

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Characters 
  • "But even if I were to ask, even if I were to violate decorum to that extent, Rita would not allow it. She would be too afraid, the Marthas are not supposed to fraternize with us. Fraternize means to behave like a brother. Luke told me that. He said there was no corresponding word that meant to behave like a sister. Sorrorize it would have to be, he said. From the Latin. 

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Pick 2 out of 4
  • What do you think happens in the black painted vans with the winged Eye on the side? Why do you think this? (CH 4)
  • Why does Offred sway her hips when she walks past the guardians? Do you agree with her decision? Explain. (CH 4)

  • What do we learn about Offred's past with Luke in this chapter? (CH 5)
  • Offred talks about a time before where women were not "protected", protected from what? (CH 5)

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Let's read 
 continue reading yourself until p. 87 (chapter 16)  for next Monday. 

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Get out your books
Put away your phone
Put your bag on the floor

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goals 

- At the end of this class, you will know how well you did on the vocab test. 

-At the end of this class, you will have continued reading Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. 



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Let's take a look at the tests!

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What do you remember about Act 1 Scene 3?

Slide 13 - Mind map

Why does Shylock demand a pound of flesh instead of money?

Slide 14 - Open question

Act 2 Scene 1 





  • How would you describe the Prince of Morrocco's personality?
  • What is the Prince of Morrocco prepared to do to win Portia's hand? Will he be able to you think?

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Slide 16 - Video

Act 2 Scene 2 & 3 

Please continue reading Act 2 scene 2 & 3 for next Tuesday.
Use the commentary section in the back for further explanations. 

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