The Left Hand of darkness - journaling activity
For this unit, you will complete 4 sets of journal activities in conjunction with The Left Hand of Darkness. These should be completed at certain checkpoints in the novel when you reach that point, with rolling submission dates.
The sections of the book for which you will complete a journal activity are:
The sections of the book for which you will complete a journal activity are:
- Chapters 1-5
- Chapters 6-11
- Chapters 12-16
- Chapters 17-20
- A spec script/dialogue play with a character, interrogating them about their experience so far in the novel. Alternatively, you could write a scene involving some number of the characters that happens between scenes in the book
- A one page typed free write discussing things you have noticed about the text and questions you have at this point in the novel. Questions and commentary on the themes and symbols of the text will receive top marks, and mere summaries of events or generalities will receive less.
- An art piece, of either a character or location in that section of the book, detailing an experience or thought that stood out to you most in the section of the text.