Today we had a bit of a juggle at the beginning of class. You handed in your thesis outlines (most of you). We all wrote the grammar quiz and those students who didn't hand in their chapter notes yesterday wrote the Gulliver's Travels quiz today.
After that was finished, we turned to a study of Part II - Voyage to Brobdingnag. We looked at how Part II is a complete reversal of Part 1, including Gulliver being ridiculously pompous about his mighty Kingdom, just as the King's advisor had been with him. I then had you get into groups and compare what Gulliver is actually saying to the King versus what is really being said to the King. You could use the king's response to Gulliver to help you to understand what Gulliver is not aware he is saying.
We'll continue with this comparison tomorrow.
