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COURSE BASICS

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    • Website

      Weekly agenda, general information, and materials

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      Best way to reach me outside of class

  • Additional Support

    • Writing Center: Before School (A266) and During Lunch (A217)

    • English Tutoring: Mon-Thu 1:50-2:50 (A204)

    • Office Hours: Mon-Fri 2:00-2:30 (by appointment)

    • Email: dmcevilly@ecusd7.org

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WEEK 14: NEVER LET ME GO

PART ONE: HAILSHAM

Chapters 1-3: The Unfamiliar Familiar

  • England, Late 1990s

  • Characterization: Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy

  • Foreshadowing: Creativity, Specialness, Names

 Chapters 4-6: Eden and the Known World

  • Boundaries

  • What does it mean not to be “taught enough”?

    • Miss Emily vs Miss Lucy

  • Ruth’s Story

  • What does it mean to matter?

  • Lost Corners

  • Donations

  • “Never Let Me Go”

Chapters 7-9: “Something More”

  • Memory and Identity

    • “Golden” Years vs. Darker Realities

  • What does it mean to be “told and not told”?

PART TWO: THE COTTAGES

Chapters 10-12: End of Eden

  • Innocence and Experience

  • Search for Identity

    • Kathy’s Faces and Ruth’s Collection

  • Human Agency: Fate vs. Free Will

  • Can humanity be copied?

Chapters 13-15: Norfolk

  • Destiny, Deferrals, Hope

  • Search of Self

  • Discovery: Lost and Found

    • Letting Go of One Thing to Find Another

  • Truth

  • Permanance of Moments and Memories

 Chapters 16-17: Leaving

  • Letting Go

  • Moving On

  • Friendship

    • Loss

PART THREE: KINGSFIELD

 Chapters 18-19: The Things That Matter

  • Memory, Place, Connection

  • Dreams

  • Second Chances

  • Life and Death

    • Loss

 Chapters 20-22: The World Outside

  • Missed Opportunities

  • Hope and Despair

  • Clarity and Comfort

  • Ignorance and Experience

 Chapters 23: The Roads We Travel

  • The Power of Memory

  • Looking Back and Looking Forward

  • What makes a life?

  • What makes us who we are?

WEEKLY AGENDA

MONDAY

Quiz: Part Two

Read: Chapters 18-19

Research

  • Critical Review and Abstract

TUESDAY

Quiz: Lit Terms

Read: Chapters 20-22

WEDNESDAY

Read: Chapter 23

THURSDAY

Classwork: Five for Ten

Summary Discussion

FRIDAY

Due: Critical Review and Abstract

Exam

WEEKEND

Spring Break

Read and Annotate

  • At least the first third of your research book