well, two weeks have gone by since our last posting, birthdays (happy 15th Emily!) have come and gone and all is eerily quiet on the DQ Summer front.
so here's something I would never ever say to my students (a long time ago when I was a teacher): if you're having trouble getting started, just skip over the prologue and the sonnets. they are, compared to the actual story, extremely difficult.
as in, if you haven't gotten started (and I hope you've gotten started), skip ahead to Chapter 1 on page 56.
it should be (again, compared to the prologue and the sonnets) downhill skiing (though without trees, rocks or other impediments) from there.
Monday is the first day of summer (I'm talking officially; I know that the first day out of school is much more the first day of summer in the lives of teachers and students), and it's also someone's wedding anniversary, so maybe that'd be a good day to write in, blog, 'fess up if you will, and let everyone know what kind of progress you're making.
DQ Summer, baby!!!
Jack and I have read the first three chapters and this is what has happened in our own words:
ReplyDelete1) Don Quixote has pretty much gone to Hooters and been knighted by the innkeeper.
2) He has identified his love as Dulcinea. She's hot. He is going to protect her. (Awww.)
3) His helmet is stuck on his head. He is having trouble with his task.