Follow up Questions and Tasks for September Online Activity

Hi Dear ALL! May I inform you of the following:

1. Please answer my follow-up questions in your comments.
2. During home visits/on-line classes, do not just visit our account once. I may give different activities anytime during the on-line classes.
3. Be honest in your answers. NO copy-pasted answers from the internet; Avoid Plagiarism.

ADDITIONAL TASK:

Give your analysis about the story:

- what does the constant climbing of Yoshitaro symbolize?
- how do you interpret the act of Gisuke and his family to have Yoshitaro be cured by spirit doctors?
- what do you think is the author trying to convey through his story?

Online activity for September 2015

Click the link below for you to read the story. Afterwards, answer the questions that follow and do the tasks which are expected of you to do.

You can use the Wikipedia on the right side of our blog and the a2z dictionary on the lower left part for unfamiliar words you might encounter.

I. BACKGROUND and Overview of the Story:

https://prezi.com/xuw7pscpdgca/madman-on-the-roof/

II. FULL TEXT of the Story:

https://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/publications/kikuchi-madman.pdf

III. QUESTIONS for discussions:

Note: You may also ask questions and/or react to the answers of your classmates. Here, I will see how you do online interaction through on-line exchange of ideas. Remember to apply good manners and netiquettes in the web.

1. In your own words, identify the major events in the drama.

2. What are the traits and qualities of the character that make them different from one another?

3. From your understanding of the characters, how would you describe their relationship with one another?

4. Point out aspects of Japanese life and culture that are shown in the selection. Which of these are similar and different from our Filipino way of life?

IV. WATCH the video clip by clicking the link below. This would show you how the selection is portrayed through role playing. Meet as a class when you return to the seminary and discuss, plan, and delegate roles and responsibilities. You are expected to perform a role play of the story. This time, we will have 1 group only and that means all of you belong to only 1 group. 

https://youtu.be/sacUmaakg3w