Seniors, September 8th

We checked out copies of Pride and Prejudice today and closely read the first chapter. In addition to our own dramatic reading of the dialogue between Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet, we compared clips from the 2005 and 1995 versions. We focused especially on characterization and Austen's use of dialogue and narration to establish indirect and direct characterization, respectfully.

I showed you this family tree, which may be helpful as you do your reading this weekend.

Update: I temporarily lost my mind and put Kitty as the youngest; it's Lydia! Thanks to those who read closely and noticed. This is the corrected family tree:

For Monday, you're reading the article from this month's issue of The Sun magazine I handed you titled "The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love" and you'll read through (inclusive of) chapter 13 in the text.

While you read, you're flagging for love and marriage, social class, and letters (actual letters sent between characters, not letters of the alphabet used to construct words and sentences).