Intermediate ESL Book Club - Cannery Row
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ESL Book Club will read Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. This book club is best for intermediate English learners. Students will read at home each week. Then you will meet as a group once a week to talk about the story, learn new vocabulary, and practice conversation. Book club will be led by Fernando Lopez. Meeting dates: September 3, 10, 17, 24; October 1 Meeting time: Thursdays, 10:30am - 12:00n Where: Literacy Table Registration is open now! Book club is limited to 10 participants. Books will be provided for registered participants to keep. Please consider your schedule and do not register if you will miss more than one meeting. Cannery Row: First published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is—both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. John Steinbeck draws on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, and interweaves their stories in this world where only the fittest survive—creating what is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In Cannery Row, John Steinbeck returns to the setting of Tortilla Flat to create another evocative portrait of life as it is lived by those who unabashedly put the highest value on the intangibles—human warmth, camaraderie, and love.
