Welcome back!!! Today we discussed what will be going on in class for the next few weeks and spent some time reviewing the reading from the week before break. We also went over a quick power point about India with some pre-reading questions. The rest of the class period was spent doing some in class reading and working on a short narrative writing assignment, which is due in class on Tuesday. See assignment below. Whatever you did not finish in class today is homework...be ready to discuss these stories and your written piece in class tomorrow. **BEFORE READING: Characters in these stories experience both conflict and satisfaction from interacting with people who are unlike themselves. Why do you think such a theme might be common for a writer from this part of the world, and why might be less common for writers from Arabic-speaking Muslim worlds?
**AFTER READING: Like the family in “Five Hours to Simla,” most people have had the experience of looking forward to a vacation and then having it go horribly wrong. Yet, these are the journeys that give us our best stories. Write about a time when a vacation went wrong, making sure to capture all of the atmospheric details that contributed to your unease, discomfort, and utter lack of enjoyment. If you learned anything about yourself or you country, include that as well.
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