Submit two (2) of each of the following by Wednesday, December 1. I will pick several and post them to the website that evening. Be prepared to discuss them in class on Thursday., December 2nd. Questions may address any and all aspects of The Pearl.
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTION
Write a question connecting the text to the real world.
Example: When you realize how badly you’ve mistreated someone, how do you go about making things right between you?
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTION
Write a question about the text that will help everyone in the class come to an agreement about events or characters in the text. This question usually has a “correct” answer.
Example: Based on evidence in Chapter Two, how is a pearl made?
OPEN-ENDED QUESTION
Write an insightful question about the text that will require proof and group discussion and “construction of logic” to discover or explore the answer to the question.
Example: How does the pearl change Kino?
UNIVERSAL THEME/ CORE QUESTION
Write a question dealing with a theme(s) of the text that will encourage group discussion about the universality of the text.
Example: After reading Steinbeck’s Pearl, how do you feel cooperation should be balanced with individuality?
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTION
Write a question dealing with HOW an author chose to compose a literary piece. How did the author manipulate point of view, characterization, poetic form, archetypal hero patterns, for example?
Example: In The Pearl, how does Steinbeck use simile and metaphor to show Kino’s loss of humanity when he kills the trackers?
Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Pearl Chapter 4-6 Test Terms and Vocabulary Preview
In addition to having read the second half of Steinbeck's Pearl here are some things you should know before Monday, Nov. 29th.
Literary Terms
Mood/Tone Words
Vocabulary
Mythological Characters
Literary Terms
- Alliteration
- Allusion
- Analogy
- Assertion
- Fable
- Fairy Tale
- Foreshadowing
- Hyperbole
- Legend
- Metaphor
- Myth
- Naturalism (as literary style/trend)
- Onomatopoeia
- Oxymoron
- Parable
- Paradox
- Personification
- Sensory Imagery (Auditory, Gustatory, Olfactory, Tactile, Visual)
- Simile
Mood/Tone Words
- Acceptance
- Anxiety
- Bitterness
- Contemplation
- Frustration
- Joy
- Rage
- Sorrow
- Sweetness
- Tenderness
Vocabulary
- Aspirations
- Dehumanize
- Renege
- Reptilian Brain
Mythological Characters
- Cyclops
- Erymanthian Boar
- Hydra
- Kraken
- Medusa
- Pegasus
- Perseus
Time Is Short. Get to Reading!
For some of you this week has passed by unbelievably fast, and your good intentions to get to a bookstore and/or do some reading have gone the way of Thursday's turkey legs. Please come to class prepared for success on the Pearl chapters 4-6 test.
If you haven't already managed to get a book, you may read it online here (or print it out or use an app like Stanza to transfer the text to your iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. (Any Android/Blackberry users know an app that will allow you to transfer texts to your Book Reader apps?)
Also, Dickens' Christmas Carol can be downloaded for free here. Only the first stave/chapter is due this week.
Look for the test preview later today.
If you haven't already managed to get a book, you may read it online here (or print it out or use an app like Stanza to transfer the text to your iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. (Any Android/Blackberry users know an app that will allow you to transfer texts to your Book Reader apps?)
Also, Dickens' Christmas Carol can be downloaded for free here. Only the first stave/chapter is due this week.
Look for the test preview later today.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Preview: "Dover Beach"
Part way through Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (the book week be reading in the final six weeks of the year), the protagonist reads a poem by Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach.
Here's the full poem read by Angela Lansbury (you may know her as the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast): Listen. (Right click and choose "Save As" to copy to your computer, then move it to your iPod)
There are more classic poems to be listened to and downloaded here.
Here's the full poem read by Angela Lansbury (you may know her as the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast): Listen. (Right click and choose "Save As" to copy to your computer, then move it to your iPod)
There are more classic poems to be listened to and downloaded here.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
"Celebration of Grandfathers" Persuasive Argument Analysis
After reading “Celebration of Grandfathers”…
Summarize Anaya’s CLAIM and provide three (3) pieces of evidence he uses to support his claim. For each piece of evidence, indicate if it is ETHOS-, LOGOS-, or PATHOS-based.
Identify two (2) places where he addresses COUNTERCLAIMs and rewrite them in the “I know that…” “and I agree that…” “…but…” format
In 3-5 sentences conclude and explain why you were or were not persuaded by Anaya’s argument.
Summarize Anaya’s CLAIM and provide three (3) pieces of evidence he uses to support his claim. For each piece of evidence, indicate if it is ETHOS-, LOGOS-, or PATHOS-based.
Identify two (2) places where he addresses COUNTERCLAIMs and rewrite them in the “I know that…” “and I agree that…” “…but…” format
In 3-5 sentences conclude and explain why you were or were not persuaded by Anaya’s argument.
Pearl Chapter One Graphic Organizer
On Friday, November 19, you'll be writing an essay on the following prompt:
In class, graphic organizers to assist in writing the essay were distributed. If you were absent or lost your, download the graphic organizer, again.
Read Chapter One of John Steinbeck’s Pearl. Then, in a well-organized essay, compare and contrast the portrayal of the doctor both before and after the reader actually meets him. Pay particular attention to the diction, the narrator’s attitude toward the doctor, and the overall tone created by the author.
In class, graphic organizers to assist in writing the essay were distributed. If you were absent or lost your, download the graphic organizer, again.
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