Lessons for Developmental Writing/Reading Hybrid Courses

Week Three:

Close Reading and Literary Analysis

This week we begin discussing the eponymous story in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth. I assigned this story during week one so that students would have plenty of time to practice close reading.  Before delving into a discussion and analysis of the story, there are two foundational lessons I review by asking students to participate in a jigsaw activity (please see Moodle page entry : "Close Reading Jigsaw Activity" under Reading).

After completing this activity, students break out into jigsaw groups again to begin planning an outline for a collaborative writing assignment on the wiki platform.