Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing
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English 10 “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing
Directions: respond to these questions in your reading log using complete sentences, please. Label your entry. While reading: 1. Look up the words : contrition and promontories 2. In paragraph 1, describe the relationship between the boy and his mother. How do you know? (quote the story) 3. Name and explain three reasons for Jerry’s motivation to swim through the tunnel. 4. Identify and record 3 examples of similes from the text. 5. Who or what is the antagonist in this story? 6. Identify the climax of the story. Explain how you know this is the climax, the crucial point where a character must make a decision or the point when the conflict has the most tension. After you read: 1. What has Jerry learned about himself from this experience? 2. How would you describe the way Jerry tackles this “obstacle”? 3. If we think of the tunnel as a symbol, something representing something else, what might the tunnel represent for Jerry?(brainstorm at least 3)
English 10 “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing
Directions: respond to these questions in your reading log using complete sentences, please. Label your entry. While reading: 1. Look up the words : contrition and promontories 2. In paragraph 1, describe the relationship between the boy and his mother. How do you know? (quote the story) 3. Name and explain three reasons for Jerry’s motivation to swim through the tunnel. 4. Identify and record 3 examples of similes from the text. 5. Who or what is the antagonist in this story? 6. Identify the climax of the story. Explain how you know this is the climax, the crucial point where a character must make a decision or the point when the conflict has the most tension. After you read: 1. What has Jerry learned about himself from this experience? 2. How would you describe the way Jerry tackles this “obstacle”? 3. If we think of the tunnel as a symbol, something representing something else, what might the tunnel represent for Jerry?(brainstorm at least 3)