First I will set a purpose for reading the story: to analyze the character of Vicente and to discover the author’s message. It is just chock full of good messages and I use it as a jumping off point to writing about literature.
The story is about a wonderful old guy named Vicente, who discovers that true contentment is not found in your pocket book, but in doing what brings you joy. The first one is one of my all time favourites: The Singing Silence by Eva-Lis Wuorio (I’d provide a link, if I could, but I can’t find an e-copy). My students will be shifting gears from non-fiction to fiction, and I will begin with a little bit of gradual release as we study three short stories. Oh joy, oh bliss! Here’s hoping that all the work we did over the last few weeks paid off and I can fly through them with ease 🙂
My first big pile of essays get delivered to my desk tomorrow.
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