Update: I encourage you to read the Japanese translation of The Magician’s Nephew:

魔術師のおい―ナルニア国ものがたり〈6〉 (岩波少年文庫)

Dear Writing Strategies students,

1. October 1st was our first class. As most students had  bought the textbook, we began reading the story. We read pages 1-4
2. We watched the first part of a movie about the love story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Gresham. The movie is called “Shadowlands” in English and 「永遠（とわ）の愛に生きて Shadowlands」 in Japanese. You can read more about it in Japanese here.
   1. We watched up to where Joy Gresham and her son Douglas come to C.S. Lewis’ home in Oxford for Christmas.
3. Use the Internet to help you find images that will help you understand the story that we are reading. For example, what is an Eton collar?
4. Homework:
   1. Visit this blog and leave a comment (sign up for the feed if you want)
   2. Read chapter 1 (at least to page 10)
   3. Who and when was
      1. Sherlock Holmes? (日本語で読みたい方は日本語のＷｉｋipediaへどうぞ）
      2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? (日本語で読みたい方は日本語のＷｉｋipediaへどうぞ）. Conan Doyle lived in my hometown from 1907 until his death in July 1930, in a house called Windlesham.
      3. the Bastables?

I will give you study guides for this semester’s text. I’m looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

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