Mon 2/23 Finish Emma, Ch. 17-19 (16 pp.) [53 – 55]. Vocab: sagacity (308), accession (314), archly (315, check “arch”), impudent (315). Has Emma matured? Find at least three specific passages that show that she has or has not. In what sense is this novel a “comedy”? Is this a truly happy ending? Will any or all of thevarious newly married couples be happy?
Tues 2/24 Peer edit compare-contrast essay; draft due in class
Wed 2/25 Watch Clueless (1995, dir. Amy Heckerling)
Thurs 2/26 Watch Clueless
Fri 2/27 Book talks and independent reading / Compare-contrast essay due in class
Mon 3/2 No school—parent/teacher conferences
Tues 3/3 Discuss Clueless in relation to Emma. Is this film a good adaptation of Austen’s novel into a late-twentieth-century context? Why is 1990s Beverly Hills an interesting time and place to set this story? What significant connections do you see between Clueless and Emma? Does this film convey any of the significant conflicts, ideas, or themes of the novel? Introduction to modernism.
Wed 3/4 Exam review
Thurs 3/5 Quarterly exam: Pygmalion-Emma
Fri 3/6 Book talks and independent reading
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