Questions:
Tobias Wolfe's "Say Yes"
Tobias Wolfe's "Say Yes" is examined. I assist with ideas to write a journaled response focusing on these categories:
Journal Your First Impressions: Take time to gather your thoughts - to pull together what seems most significant. Include any questions the story may have raised in your mind.
Keep a Running Commentary: Jot down your observations, queries, and comments as you read along.
Journal Your Personal Response: A considerable amount of effective writing about literature does offer the results of close reading but also goes beyond careful interpretation to the personal response. Focus on your personal connection to this story.
Using your journal, produce the following written documents:
Precis: After reading the text, write a precis while remembering to include only the essential details. (Note: You will have to read the question and answer section of this unit to successfully complete this part of your assignment.)
Journal Summary: A summary of the important issues and responses you uncovered while journaling.
Post your entire journal entry, the journal summary, and the precis to the Discussion Board. In your comments on other postings, pay particular attention to the differences in interpretations and responses. What do you think accounts for these differences?