Eveline - James Joyce

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This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

time-iconLesson duration is: 30 min

Items in this lesson

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Objectives:
 -To achieve a better understanding of the short story by learning literary devices and terms used for analyzing stories.
-To learn how to analyze the relationship between characters, and events in the story using these literary devices. 

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Learning goals:
- You can analyze a short story.
- You understand and know how to use the correct terminology for the analysis. 

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At the end of the lesson I can:

- Evaluate and analyze a fictional character that I have read about in a short story.
- Select evidence from the text to support my evaluation. 

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Lesson plan:
First, listen and watch the short story, then answer the questions in the slides. 

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About the author James Joyce:
Born: February 2, 1882
Died: January 13, 1941
Joyce was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic.
He is most famous for writing the book Ulysses.

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Slide 8 - Video

In which city does the story take place?

Slide 9 - Open question

What is the theme in the story?

Slide 10 - Open question

What is Eveline's dilemma?

Slide 11 - Open question

When Eveline stared out the window across the street, what did she see? Describe the imagery of the moment.

Slide 12 - Open question

Where does Frank want to live with Eveline?
A
London
B
Dublin
C
Buenos Aires
D
Liverpool

Slide 13 - Quiz

What promise did Eveline make to her mother?
A
to get married to a nicer man than her father
B
to look after the house
C
to take care of her father
D
to leave Dublin

Slide 14 - Quiz

What is the rising action in the story?
A
When Eveline met Frank
B
When Eveline described her home and family.
C
When Eveline didn't want to leave her father.
D
When Frank wanted to leave with her

Slide 15 - Quiz

An example of a simile in the story:
A
she heard his footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses
B
that life of commonplace sacrifices closing in final craziness
C
All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart.
D
"When they were growing up he had never gone for her like he use to go for

Slide 16 - Quiz

What is the climax in the story?
A
The conflict is resolved as Eveline stays in Ireland.
B
After the confrontation scene, Eveline decides not to leave Ireland.
C
Eveline can’t decide if she’s making the right decision or not by leaving her elderly father in Ireland for a better life in Buenos Aires with her boyfriend, Frank.
D
Eveline has a memory of her mother, and makes her way to the pier to meet Frank. As she is approaching him, she is making up her mind.

Slide 17 - Quiz

How are women treated in the story?

Slide 18 - Open question

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