Heroism, Humanism & Hijinks: Literature in Action - Week 2, Period 5

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"Welcome back," Thursday greeted as she handed out a few sheets of paper. "What you'll find on this paper is an explanation of nursery rhymes and a list of several popular nursery rhymes," she explained. "We'll use these as a warm up. Nursery rhymes are taught to young children to introduce them to reading and understanding narrative. Pick a nursery rhyme from the list. Now I want you to pretend that you're a part of the rhyme. How would you react? What would you do to interfere if you had the chance? You can do this alone or in a group."

At the end of class, Thursday dismissed them, but not before telling them about next week's class. "Next week we're moving into the action part of this class. Please make sure you have read Jane Eyre by then."


[OOC: So sorry about posting this late. I forgot to post it before falling asleep. Also, you the player do not have to read any of the books. I'll provide a brief synopsis and character list.]

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Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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"I might be tempted to call a social worker about the old woman who lived in a shoe with so many kids that she couldn't feed them."

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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Straightforward, simple answer that would be effective. Thursday liked that. "What if it's not literal? The old woman could be a figurehead and the shoe could be a nation. What then?"

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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Molly tilted her head as she thought about it. "It sounds like they need to get a new leader. Maybe they should ask the 'Old Woman' to quit and have a special election to get a new one."

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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"Would you stay and help to arrange that?"

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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Molly frowned in thought again. "Well, if the people needed help getting rid of the bad guy-- err, getting their ineffective leader to agree to quit, I could certainly help with that, but I don't know anything about running a special election. I'd help where I could though."

Re: Nursery Rhymes and You

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Thursday nodded. "Thank you, Molly."