Readings and Links
"Live Like Weasels"
by Annie Dillard
Click on the title to find the link to "Live Like Weasels." Print off the article and read it for class on Monday. Additionally, answer the following questions:
Click on the title to find the link to "Live Like Weasels." Print off the article and read it for class on Monday. Additionally, answer the following questions:
- Ultimately, this essay is not about weasels. What is it is about?
- What is Dillard trying to accomplish in this essay?
- What change does Dillard's essay call for? How does she ask the reader to think or live differently?
"Superman and Me"
by Sherman Alexie
Click on the title to find the link to "Superman and Me." There are two pages to this, so make sure to print off both pages.
Sherman Alexie is a well-known essayist, poet, non-ficiton, and fiction writer. He is a Spokane Indian and grew up on the Spokane Indian reservation. In this essay, called a Literacy Narrative, he talks about some of his earliest memories of reading and writing.
Click on the title to find the link to "Superman and Me." There are two pages to this, so make sure to print off both pages.
Sherman Alexie is a well-known essayist, poet, non-ficiton, and fiction writer. He is a Spokane Indian and grew up on the Spokane Indian reservation. In this essay, called a Literacy Narrative, he talks about some of his earliest memories of reading and writing.