unit15startingoverat85.ppt

StartingOverat85byLawrenceGrobelExtensivereadingUnit15Book1LearningobjectivesInthisunityouwill:learnaboutthelifeexperienceofJamesMichenerlearnfromJamesMichener'soptimisticandselflessspirittakeatestonfastreadingUnitoverviewPre-readingdiscussionBackgroundinformationTextanalysisPost-readingdiscussionNotestothetextExercisesPre-readingdiscussionWhatdoyouthinkoftheage85?Haveyouthoughtaboutwhatyouwouldbedoingwhenyouwere85?HowmuchdoyouknowaboutJamesMichener?BackgroundinformationLawrenceGrobelLawrenceGrobelisafreelancewriterwhohaswritten25booksandfornumerousnationalmagazinesandnewspapers,includingtheNewYorkTimes,Newsday,RollingStone,EntertainmentWeekly,TheSaturdayEveningPost,,Movieline,HollywoodLife,Autograph,NewZealand’sWorld,“theinterviewer’sinterviewer”.JamesAlbertMichener(1907—1997)Born:February3,1907Doylestown,BucksCounty,Pennsylvania,:October16,1997(aged90)Austin,Texas,:author,philanthropist,teacher,academic,enre:HistoricalfictionJamesAlbertMichener(1907—1997)Notableworks:TalesoftheSouthPacific(1946)Notableawards:1948:PulitzerPrizeforFiction1977:PresidentialMedalofFreedom2008:HonoraryportraitimageonaUnitedStatespostagestampJamesAlbertMichener(1907—1997)JamesAlbertMichenerwasanAmericanauthorofmorethan40books,themajorityofwhichwerefictional,;(1907—1997)Michener'snovelsincludeTalesoftheSouthPacificforwhichhewonthePulitzerPrizeforFictionin1948,Hawaii,TheDrifters,Centennial,TheSource,TheFiresofSpring,Chesapeake,Caribbean,Caravans,Alaska,-fictionworksincludeIberia,abouthistravelsinSpainandPortugal;hismemoirtitledTheWorldIsMyHome,'sfa