11/12/2019
Isn't it fun when Schoology doesn't work? Here are the things we did in class today, 11/12!
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Read "Shunned" by Meredith Hall.
Then, complete the questions below:
Then, complete the questions below:
- What is the thesis—the argument, the claim—the central idea of this work? Give evidence from the text to support your answer.
- Instead of using a chronological timeline to organize this piece, it jumps around in time. Why do you think she does this? Does it enhance or detract from the argument?
- How is Meredith Hall's family somewhat of an outcast even BEFORE her shunning? What is it about her family that makes them not quite fit in to her town?
- How is Meredith Hall's experience as an outcast similar to that of Holden Caufield?
- How is Meredith Hall's experience as an outcast different from that of Holden Caufield?
- How does the example of Meredith Hall apply to “real” life today? Do we still shun people?