ENGLISH 1010

Mother Tongue

Objectives

Identify the subject of each paragraph Explain how the narrative

introduced/concluded the story After you’ve read the story, describe the

way the narrative is structured in no less than three sentences

Describe how the author used exposition in the piece and what the exposition accomplished for you as a reader

Outline

Create an outline for the narrative that follows the structure below

I. Intro A. What narrative strategy does she use?

II. Major Category (larger idea) A. Idea or event described B. Idea or event descibed C. idea or event described

III. Major Category (larger idea) A. B. C.

Homework

Read “My Dropout Boyfriend Kept Dropping In”—pg. 95-99

Answer the list of questions for the above story that you answered for “Mother Tongue” on slide two