Jonathan Swift Teacher Prep Work

a)
Questions:
1. Is he really a giant or is he the normal size one?
2. How did he end up in this village?
3. How does the rule of breaking the eggs relates to the story?
4. Is this store focusing on the two empire "Tramecksan" and "Slamecksan"?

"But his present Majesty’s grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers. Whereupon the Emperor his father published an edict, commanding all his subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller end of their eggs. The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us there have been six rebellions raised on that account; wherein one Emperor lost his life, and another his crown." pg.658

I chose this excerpt to explain why the breaking of the eggs led to the rebel. This passage shows that the people can't stand the lame rules that was set up by the king. This lead to the downfall of the kings.

The prediction that I made was that the kings were being nice to him so that he would work for them. They find that the giant can protect them. In return, the giant decide to not interfere with the party. He only decide to protect the Emperor's people and states from all invaders with his life.

b)
Working in these small teachers group help me see the things that I miss when I was reading it. In the group, classmates point out some of the things that I didn't realize. There were also questions that never came to me until one of the classmates brought it up. What makes it hard was that each of us have our own perspective therefore it's difficult.

c)
Yes I would try to approach it differently. I want to gather everyone's thought and put it together to make up new questions that everyone agree on. Then hopefully we will be able to develop a good method in teaching the class.