Agenda 2-12-2015

Juniors - Great GatsbyFreshmen - SHAKESPEARE

Good Morning 2-12-2015Step 1: Please grab your notebook, a copy of The Great Gatsby

Step 2: Start a fresh page, date it and title

it Gatsby Reflection:

What impression does Wolfsheim make on you? Why does it seem strange to see him with Gatsby?

Quotation Mingle

In a few minutes we are going to read an important selection from a book. To help you better understand it I have prepared an investigative “preview” by cutting out 8 sentences of the longer piece.

If you could see all the sentences other people have you might be able to figure out what the whole piece is about.

Try to compare your quote with at least 10 other people’s sentences

Based on what you saw and heard during the mingle,

What do you think the passage is going to be about?

What time and place are depicted?

Any guesses about who wrote this?

Excerpt from the Soldier’s Heart by Paulsen

1. If Charley survived the war – which we cannot tell from the passage – how do you think he would do?

2. Would he be able to go right back to normal life, or do you think he might have had to struggle with his memories?

3. Do you think he might suffer from post traumatic stress disorder? Do you know what that is?

4. After reading definition – Do you think Charley would or would not suffer from this condition? Try to base your prediction on facts in the text.

Here’s how the Mayo Clinic Defines itPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.Many people who go through traumatic events have difficulty adjusting and coping for a while, but they don't have PTSD — with time and good self-care, they usually get better. But if the symptoms get worse or last for months or even years and interfere with your functioning, you may have PTSD.Getting effective treatment after PTSD symptoms develop can be critical to reduce symptoms and improve function.

PTSD

READ AND ANNOTATE YOUR ARTICLEAs you read be sure to stop, think and jot your thoughts in the margin as you go.

After Reading: In your notebook do you think you might suffer from PTSD if you found yourself in such a situation? Be specific as to why or why not, realizing that, of course, we can never predict exactly how we might respond in an unknown situation.

Thinking of our two veterans in GREAT GATSBY what are a few signs that they might be suffering from PTSD?

Groups:

Be Ready to explain to the whole class what the article is about and jot down notes when the other groups present their information.

Chapter Three Close Read  In narrative texts

 

Types of

DICTION

LENSES

Choose words that seem particularly selected by the author, such as:

 Words that evoke (diction choices/connotation): 

∙ Strong emotions∙ Strong images∙ A clear idea

 Words that reveal style: 

∙ Informal or formal tone (overall diction style and syntax – see lit/rhetorical terms + mechanics)

∙ A clear voice∙ Parts of speech∙ Literary devices (see lit/rhetorical devices)

 

 

Types of

[TEXT

EVIDENC

E]

LENSES

 

∙ What characters/people:

say/think/do

∙ Characters’ expressions,

gestures, and

appearance

∙ Relationships

∙ Setting descriptions

∙ Time period

∙ Recurring objects

Great Gatsby Research Project

Due Monday Feb 9th 20153-5 MinutesMust: Answer all the questions or references all the famous people.Must: Try to be interesting because if it is boring to me it is certainly boring to your classmates. Must: Have everyone in your group speak!Must: Have an accurate work cited slide or paper turned in.

• You will take it in April or May of this year. • It is all on the computer• If you passed the HSPE last year then it will not count towards graduation

BUT

• To entice you to try at this test the Students who score proficient or higher on the scoring rubric do not have to take a remedial class in college.

• Also, there is a chance that your SBAC scores will be reported on their transcripts for colleges to see.

SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT CONSORTIUMSBAC

Good Morning/Afternoon 2-12-2015•Step 1: Grab your notebook

•Step 2: Start a fresh page or continue from where you last were date it and label it DO NOW: Shakespeare Poetry

Similes are one type of figurative language. Metaphors are another. Metaphors, like similes, make a comparison between two unlike things. Unlike similes, however, metaphors do not use the words like or as.

She fought like a lion is a simile.She was a lion in battle is a metaphor.

Write three metaphors about something you do outside of school.

Shakespeare and Modern Culture

1 - Romeo the Lothario2 - Romantic Love3 - Gender Roles4 - Ballet & Choreography5 - West Side Story6 - Movie & Song Interpretations7 - Romeo & Juliet Effect8 - Cartoons & Dialogue

Due Tuesday Feb 10th 20153-5 Minutes

Must: Answer all the questions or references all the famous people.Must: Try to be interesting because if it is boring to me it is certainly boring to your classmates. Must: Have everyone in your group speak!Must: Have an accurate work cited slide or paper turned in

Shakespeare and Modern Culture

What was your section about?Who is involved in your section?When/Where do the things mentioned take place?How can you explain it to the class in the most interesting way?Connect it to one more thing outside of the reading?

Shakespeare Uncovered Video

A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Hugh

BonnevilleShakespeare’s Poetic

Forms

How does Shakespeare uses poetic from to instruct the actors on how to play their role in a scene?

You should be able to come up with several elements that Hugh lists in the video.

In the end Mr. Bonneville states that with shifts in form and language Shakespeare is writing his own what?

SHAKESPEAREGRAB an ORANGE Textbook Open to page 982Read pages 982 - 987In Notebooks:1. Compare/contrast England in Shakespeare’s day

to the US today.2. How do you think the presence of a mixed

audience of upper and lower classes at the theater might have affected Shakespeare’s plays?

3. What was the main idea of the section under the head “Shakespeare’s impact on the English Language.”

4. DEFINE: Tragedy, Comic Relief, Foil, Soliloquy & Aside