1. Stranger in a Village… Vocabulary Writing Assignment #1 #2
The idea of being a “stranger in a village” is when one feels left out or alienated in a social situation. It is based off the essay Stranger in a Village written by James Baldwin
Writing Assignment
On a piece of paper, write about a time when you felt like a stranger in a village. Create enough details to show -not tell - your experience. Make sure to include enough background info to bring the reader up to speed (minimum of min.7 sentences)
Reflect back on the experience (min. 2 sentences)
Choose one of the examples from the movie. Explain the situation and how the characters must have been feeling (min. 5 sentences)
Compare the 2 situations (min. 2 sentences)
Highlight the stress marks in each word
Highlight key words in the definition
Highlight the correct word in the sentences
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2. Please get out the following: Please put away the following:
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Please get out the following:
A classroom text—pg. 71
Paper for text analysis responses
Please put away the following:
YOUR personal technology!
Any distractions to your learning!

3. Organizational Structure of a Reflective Essay
“Shooting an Elephant” is a reflective essay that uses a recursive organizational structure that includes (see model on page 71):
1. The event—what happened, retold vividly
2. The response—the narrator’s feelings and thoughts about the event at the time it occurred
3. The reflection—insights gained and lessons the author learned

4. Audio track of “Shooting an Elephant”
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Read About the Author—George Orwell—pg. 72

5. Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens “Shooting an Elephant”
1. Read Chunk 1—Paragraphs 1-2
2. On a sheet of paper, respond to the following Chunk 1 prompts (please label Chunk 1—a, b, c):
(a.) The first two paragraphs establish the mood and provide a context for the upcoming event. What can the reader infer about the narrator based on his commentary so far?
(b.) How do the people of Burma receive the narrator? Explain.
(c.) Identify the positive images and the negative images in the two paragraphs. How does Orwell use diction and imagery to create a contrast between the people of Burma and the narrator?

6. Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens
1. Read Chunk 2—Paragraphs 3-4
2. On a sheet of paper, respond to the following Chunk 2 prompts (please label Chunk 2—a, b):
(a.) Paragraph 3 begins with an event, or incident. How does this “tiny incident” enlighten the narrator about the “real power of imperialism?”
(b.) How does Orwell’s use of vivid detail set the event up for the reader?

7. Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens
1. Read Chunk 3—Paragraphs 5-6
On a sheet of paper, respond to the following Chunk 3 prompts (please label Chunk 3—a, b):
(a.) What is the cultural conflict that the narrator presents?
(b.) Explain how the details that Orwell includes to reveal conflict and character are significant.

8. Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens
1. Read Chunk 4—Paragraph 7
On a sheet of paper, respond to the following Chunk 4 prompts (please label Chunk 4—a, b):
(a.) Explain the situational irony (when an event contradicts the expectations of the characters or the reader) that the narrator experiences.
(b.) What are significant examples of the narrator’s reflection on the events and how are they significant to the work as a whole?

9. Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens
1. Read Chunk 5—Paragraphs On a sheet of paper, respond to the following Chunk 5 prompts (please label Chunk 5—a): (a.) Consider the position of the narrator regarding the shooting of the elephant and what that action suggests about the nature of power in relationship to imperialism. Explain your thinking.

10. Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens
1. Read Chunk 6—Paragraphs 11-12
(a.) Explain the significant event that occurs in this section of the essay.
(b.) What do the details of the elephant’s collapse reveal about the writer’s attitude toward life?
2. Read Chunk 7—Paragraphs 13-14
(a.) What is the narrator’s initial response to the killing of the elephant?
(b.) What are the narrator’s thoughts after he has had time to reflect, to contemplate or think seriously, on the killing of the elephant?
(c.) How does the theme (writer’s main idea or point) of being a “stranger in the village” reveal itself in the essay? How does the last sentence of the essay support this idea as a theme?

11. In Orwell’s Reflective Essay about “Shooting an Elephant”
1. What is Orwell’s event—what happened, retold vividly? 2. What is Orwell’s response?—What are the narrator’s feelings and thoughts about the event at the time it occurred? 3. How does he reflect?—What has he gained and/or what lessons has the author learned?

12. PERSONAL REFLECTION
Write about a time when life “taught” you something—a lesson, a truth, a realization, etc.
What was the event—what took place?
Explain your response—your thoughts & feelings at the time.
What is your reflection on the event now that time has passed?