Learning Targets:
I am able to establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
I can introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims
I can provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
In class: we have finished reading chapter 7 of The Namesake.
In class writing connection (class handout / copy below)
When you have finished, proof read and then begin silently reading chapter 8. Text based questions (class handout / copy below)
copy of class handout.
Name
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Chapter 7 The Namesake response
Please respond to the
following in no fewer
than 150 words. Make sure to include a
minimum of three
specific qualities of his
father. You do not need to use textual evidence,
but
must demonstrate an understanding of
Gogol, his father and their complex
relationship. You may use your text, if you
wish. Please take your time and
proof read.
This is counting as a writing assignment in the
50% category. Write
legibly!
As Gogol mourns his father’s
death, what great
qualities of his father’s character come to
mind? What
connection was there between him
and his father that he now appreciates more
than ever before? How might his father’s
memory give him a firmer grasp
on his own
identity in the years to come?
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Name______________________________________ Chapter 8 content responses. Please weave in textual evidence and cite.
- Why is Maxine no
longer in Nikhil's life? What has he recently learned from her parents
when he bumps into them in a gallery?
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- Why does Ashima
want Gogol to meet Moushumi Mazoomdar? What does he remember of her when
his mother first mentions her name? What update does Ashima give Gogol on
Moushumi's life?
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- How does his
first meeting with Moushumi go?
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- Why is Nikhil
"secretly pleased that [Moushumi] has seen th[e] rooms [of his house
on Pemberton Road], tasted his mother's cooking, washed her hands in the
bathroom, however long ago" (200)?
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- How does the
story of the hat bode well for their future relationship?
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- How does Bengali
enter their common language once they start to see one another?
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- How was
Moushumi's rebellion at Brown similar to Nikhil's rebellion at Yale?
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- How does
Moushumi perceive the breakup of her engagement to Graham as a result of
his being disrespectful to her cultural heritage?
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