Initiation

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"Initiation" by Sylvia Plath is a short story about a college sorority's initiation process. The story follows the perspective of Tracy, who is ultimately eliminated from the process. Through Tracy's eyes,

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Slide1“Initiation” by Sylvia Plath

Slide2Activating Prior KnowledgeCOPY THESE QUESTIONS INTO YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ON THE PAGE FOLLOWING YOUR SUMMARIZING CHART :  1.  Why is Tracy eliminated from the initiation process?  2. How does Tracy feel about Millicent being chosen for the sorority?  3. Who is Millicent’s big sister? How would you characterize this big sister?  3. How does Millicent feel about being ‘initiated’?  4. How will the school visually know that Millicent has been chosen to join the sorority?

Slide3Point of View and Diction What are the four points of view?  A.  B.  C.  D.  Describe the diction of this story. Millicent

Slide4Narrative Technique: COPY THIS CHART. By observing this chart, explain the narrative technique.

Slide5Comprehension Questions Con’t 1. Identify Herb Dalton.  2. Identify other rituals of the initiation phrase.  3. What does Tracy mean by “keeping a poker face”?  4. What is the climatic point of the story?

Slide6Conclusion 3. What did Millicent decide to do at the end of the story?  4. What is the meaning behind the last line?  1. What is symbolism?  2. Infer the symbolic meaning of the man on the bus and his ‘breakfast of heather birds. How did this change Millicent?

Slide7Significant moments: the overalltheme.  Close your eyes for 1 minute and imagine the most important moment in the story.  After you have opened your eyes, fold the square sheet of paper that I have given to you in four squares.  In the top left corner, draw a picture of a powerful image from “Initiation”.  In the second box, put the picture into words. Describe what is happening.  In the third box, explain the significance of the image or moment they chose.   In the fourth box, identify and explain the overall theme of the story connecting to their significant moment from the story