Description
In this lesson, students analyze their reading of The Namesake thus far by engaging in a fishbowl discussion about Gogol’s struggles with identity. Before engaging in discussion, students consider the discussion prompt individually while reviewing their notes, annotations, and previous Quick Writes in order to independently draft written responses. Students then engage in a fishbowl discussion about the text in response to the following prompt: Analyze Gogol’s relationship with his pet name in relation to the following epigraph and quote from The Namesake: Epigraph: “The reader should realize himself that it could not have happened otherwise, and that to give him any other name was quite out of the question.” —Nikolai Gogol “The Overcoat” Quote: “‘We all came out of Gogol’s overcoat.’” (p. 78)
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