Thursday / Friday, November 19/20 A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Learning targets: I can analyze the development of themes across multiple texts I can analyze the impact of specific word choice on meaning I can analyze the impact of narrative perspective I can identify and analyzing the literary devices used within the short story form I can analyze how an author develops theme through literary devices I can write a literary analysis essay I can cite evidence from the text to support claims I can fluid explanations ASSIGNMENT: We are reading the short story in class on Thursday and Friday, in preparation for writing on Monday and Tuesday. See selections below. **************************************************************** Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014) was a Columbian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century and received the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. In this short story, an old man with wings disturbs a quiet town after crashing into a...