Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Naguib Mahfouz's "Half a Day"

Monday, August 29, 2016

Students went to the teacher's lounge to eat Koshari (a street food considered a national dish of Egypt) while Mr. Stone read aloud to them Naguib Mahfouz's short story "Half a Day."  Mr. Stone made Koshari to model for the class how a food project could be made to accompany a selection of world literature.  Stone cited as inspiration for his food choice a line from Denys Johnson-Davies translation of Naguib's story which says, "We ate delicious food, took a little nap, and woke up to go on with friendship, and love, play and learning."

Students took a quiz over the story.

Homework:  Study for the summer reading test over Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockinbird.

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