Happy Monday. Today we went over the introduction to our new novel unit, The Beach by Alex Garland. I showed you some essential questions to consider, you wrote your first of six "travel journal" entries, read a review of the novel from The New York Times, looked at some photos from Thailand, discussed some important terms (utopia/dystopia, Eden, and escapism) and also got a head start on your homework, reading an excerpt from Pico Iyer's essay "Why We Travel."For this assignment, you will read your assigned page of the essay and annotate the text using the following symbols: * for something you like, ! for something you find interesting or surprising, and a ? for something you have a question about or find confusing. Once finished reading and annotating, you will fill in the organizer for your corresponding page. Bring both of these completed tasks with you to class tomorrow, you will be working in groups to jigsaw and discuss the essay.
"Why We Travel" by Pico Iyer
Jigsaw Notes Organizer
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