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Reading Assignments: Divide your novel into four sections - by pages or chapters. **Post the schedule below on your wiki page with your pages/chapters due filled in for each class.**

Class 39 World Literature Circles - Meeting #1 Pages / Chapters Due: 1~50

Book Change ( : Class 41 World Literature Circles - Meeting #2 Pages / Chapters Due: 51~91

Class 43 World Literature Circles - Meeting #3 Pages / Chapters Due: 92~130

Class 44 World Literature Circles - Meeting #4 Pages / Chapters Due:130~160


 * Preview** your book by answering the following questions on your wiki page: (Book Change (:
 * What do you think this novel will be about based on the cover art? (complete sentence)- A forest and nature with warm places and the journey of the man July.
 * READ THE FIRST PAGE ALOUD IN YOUR GROUP
 * What is the POV (provide evidence)? 3rd POV omnitient."July bent at the doorway"
 * What conflict is introduced? July gave milk to everyone except for me
 * What characters are introduced? Narrator, July w/ at least 2 people
 * What do you learn about each of the characters (provide textual evidence)? July is a servant of the house that is black. "black hands" "but July..their servant"
 * What is the setting (time, location)? 7 o'clock in a native village in a mud hut.
 * What do you think this book will be about? (complete sentences) - This book is about July and how his 'masters' and the small fights between them and because of the front cover it seems like some kind of journey outside.

After each world literature circle discussion, please complete the following reflection in complete sentences on your page. (Clearly label each discussion reflection.) **What was the most interesting idea or insight that was discussed in your group meeting today?** Describe the discussion in as much detail as you can, noting the ideas various members came up with as well as any follow-up questions that were asked. (This reflection needs to be a paragraph in length.)

Reflection 1 Discussion 1
We came up with the conclusion that this book is a fairly challenging piece of literature. The vocabulary and the hidden meaning is pretty hard to understand not to mention the author's odd form of conventions. But the most important part of any book is the theme. A few themes would be racism, discrimination, violence. The most important one being racism. The whites usually have black servants that are considered equal but not exactly equal.

=**The Time Machine - H.G.Wells**= Examining the Setting with Research = = Why? Actively pursuing additional background knowledge can make a book more enjoyable and multiply the avenues of conversation when literature circles meet.

1. With your world lit. group, list the time period, location, and as many historical details and figures as you can identify from the first section of your book. - Queen Victoria (Peter) - Richmond Surrey (Joanna) - shift of classes (Jane) - Victorian England: general culture, traditions and defining features - reform bill 2. Each group member needs to select one item on the list to research. It could be the time period, location, or a historical detail. - Shift of Classes 3. You need to find one [|__reliable source__] (an article or web page) that provides interesting / relevant information on your topic.

http://www.questia.com/library/book/working-class-radicalism-in-mid-victorian-england-by-trygve-r-tholfsen.jsp

4. You may not use Wikipedia as your source, but you can always check the links at the bottom of the relevant page.

3. By the next class you need to post the following on your world lit. wikipage: (on the Block C or Block E page)
 * your topic of research
 * a URL link to your reliable source
 * state why you think the source is reliable
 * write a one paragraph summary of your source (5-8 complete sentences)
 * be prepared to share with your group and the class

There was a shift of class during the Victorian Age in England. The class is known as the middle class in society or the working class. This class contains industrial workers as well as inventors, writers, and many other people. As we all know, each class in Victorian England had their own interests. For this working class it was gambling, as they gambled they also talked about technology and the industry as well as odd topics such as the fourth dimension on if it really did exist. And than we have labor among all types of people especially children. This working class slowly rose to the top and strived to improve the conditions in which the working-class lived through.

=Sentence Pattern=

Filby became pensive. "Clearly," the time traveller proceeded, "any real body must have extension in four directions: it must have length, breadth, thickness, and - duration. (pg. 2-3): pattern 4 and there is a list explaining the four directions. but then pattern 10 also works because after the colon there are appositives that explain 'four directions'.

Reflection 2- Discussion 2
The most important factor in our discussion was the fact that the author of 'The Time Machine' never mentions the name of the so called 'Time Traveller.' For example on page 15 it states ""Where's _?" naming our host." It literally has a blank in the sentence. We discussed the reason why.. and we didn't come up with much it was as puzzling as we first started to discuss it. Some people said "Maybe the author believes that the Time Traveller is stupid or its a true story or noone knows his name in society. It is still a mystery and a puzzling idea after all the discussion. Or maybe the Time Traveller himself is the writer of the book and he thinks too highly of himself. Anyway, these ideas were puzzling.

R eflection 3 - Discussion 3
Today we did not have a very deep conversation about a section in particular. But we spent most of our time making connections to other books. Maybe the most fruitful conversation was the clear distinction of the upperworld and the underground people. The upperworld people were just like us walking on two feet in light. But the underground would be the ones that would be crawling on the floor in darkness. THen we came to the debate in separating the Eloi and the Morlocks. We all had different opinions and still haven't come to a conclusion. But we think that the Morlocks would be the underground but then again they are the white creatures.... And the Eloi would be the upperworld. We aren't given much information about the Eloi's nor the Morlocks so it was really hard to make the distinction. Also we found that the Eloi and the Morlocks could be compared to the "Animal farm" - people & animals - or "Things Fall Apart" - Whites & citizens.

Reflection 4 - Discussion 4

When there are oppressors and the oppressed, which causes class difference. There will always be rebellion from the oppressed because of this difference. In 'The Time Machine' the Morlocks are the lower class, the oppressed, and the Eloi are the higher class, the oppressor. The Morlocks eat meat as a rebellious thought and then they start eating the Eloi. In 'Animal Farm' this rebellion is shown through the Battle of Cowshed when the animals decide to rebel against Mr. Jones. In both books we see the opressed striving for a communist place. This is how the author criticizes capitalism. (to be edited)