102.3. Some things to keep in mind

"She couldn't find the right words" by Migraine Chick licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 Generic.
Today was an exhausting day,actually i like wednesdays maybe it's come to me like that because of my illness. That's why I want to share my notes and keep some things in my mind by facing it here again and again.I understand that we try to cover a lot of things in order to take the advantage of block lessons. We had talked about the format of the seminar presentations on monday,after a quick review of that we've learned about summary types of a story which should be partially provided/ partially elicited. There are 3 of them: 1.Gap fill 2.Line by line 3.Elicit,then show. I would like to use first one because i think that would keep the audience awake&curious.If i would use the line by line one, i would create a small game out of it, by numerizing the sentences and put them in a wrong order.
After that we learned the criteria for good questions: It should be:
-general enough for everyone to answer
-based on personal experience
-cultural context
-to what extend..?
Again an important thing to memorize for seminar presentations: the sub-themes should be enough apart from each other but also not too general, because you have to analyse each point one by one and the intersections may cause problems in terms of making a good structure.
Our team: the greens (yes we love nature!), will present a short story by William Faulkner called "A Rose for Emily" on 31st of March.
May the force be with us!

102.2. A little trip by train / Stereotypes

"perfect perspective" by Can Aydin licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 Generic.
I've got off the train just three and a half hours ago and I've remembered again how I like to travel by it. Right after my first two classes on friday, I ran to Haydarpasa as if I was running away from something.I knew that I missed my best friend who lives&studies in Eskisehir.How this is gonna relate to the streotypes, you will see.After I've gazed at hundreds of mountains and villages through my window,finally saw the signboard of Eskişehir's station.Ecem and her new boyfriend welcomed me, we walked to her little home(people walk a lot there,isnt that great?).She cooked chicken with Béchamel sauce,i adored it i have to admit.At the table we had a little meeting conversation with her boyfriend who i've met for the first time.I've asked him where he was from .(the answer is antalya,but its not necessary)Ecem told Aytaç that I was from Black Sea and she claimed that I could not come actually from there and said: "People from Black Sea are too religious and you have nothing to do with it." I pretended to be a little angry with her but I didn't think about it so much. Rather then we discussed about the father/mother side of the homeland issues. At the way back (today,no actually on sunday =) I began to read my printouts about Stereotypes,positive or negative? etc. I've realized that dinner on friday night and the way Ecem reacted.Stereotyping is what we&our neighbourhood do nearly everyday.Even my best friend (despite the fact that she is educated)is stereotyping people according to their roots,behaviours,customs etc. As the train got close to Istanbul I've remembered another thing that she said about the drivers of Eskisehir:"I've never seen a car yielding and letting a pedestrian go in front of it for 2 years that I've spent here.Once a car stopped and let me go,I looked at his license plate and it was 34 not 26."