3/2/15

Absent Friday?Go to JMHS and find my

page

Look for Friday’s lesson:

Print out the documents by following directions – you need

them for tomorrow

Row Work- Due FridayRow 2

Give an overview of what was

happening in the United

States during the 1930s-

10 bulleted facts

Row 3

Give an overview of what was

happening in the United

States during 1960s-

10 bulleted facts

March 2-6Monday: Row work assigned//Work with a small group partner on symbolism within your novel to see how symbolism adds to your understanding of the novel

Tues.-Thurs.: Work on proving your novel is a bildungsroman in the library lab [ paper ]- due Friday

Friday: Row work assigned due// Paper due// Introduction to & checking out To Kill a Mockingbird

MONDAY, MARCH 2

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As you work today,

use this last

opportunity to talk with

your partner and

group about ideas

for WHY your novel

is a “Coming of Age” story

Activity Five – 45 minutes

SYMBOLISM

Choose and sit with a partner who is a member of your lit group – OR work aloneNO GROUPS OF MORE THAN TWO. Period.

Supplies you EACH need:

Paper, 1 sheet each

Pencil

Your book

Supplies you can share:

Markers, colored pencils

Rulers

Cell phones are allowed for websites which will help you analyze the symbols.

Shmoop.com or Sparknotes.com or Google Search

Follow directions: 1. Put your name, hour and 3/2/15 in the upper left corner. 2. Divide your blank sheet of paper in the following manner: First, FOLD IT into thirds…

3. …then draw in the middle lines:

Follow directions:

Write the TITLE of the novel at the TOP of Box #1

Symbol #1

15 minute

s

DIRECTIONS Select a prominent symbol in your story from my choices on the next slide :

A. Neatly sketch it out and color it.

B. In a sentence, explain where it appears in the story.

C. In a sentence, explain why it’s an important symbol in the story.

D. In a sentence, explain how the symbol helps the reader better understand the story Be prepared to chat with me about your symbolism work.

Symbolism

Tom Sawyer: white picket fence,

Indians & robbers/ Robin Hood/

pirates & soldiers, and TREASURE

13 Reasons: blue nail polish, Hannah’s scar, the dollar “find your soul mate,” cassette tapes

Part-Time Indian: Oscar, KFC, geometry book

Soldier: the minuet, Martin Luther’s protest, “shuttlecocks,” the pen, diary, Israeli flag, her military #

Catcher: red cap, museum, carousel, ducks

A. Sketch it out

B. In a sentence, explain where it appears in the story.

C. In a sentence, explain why it’s an important symbol in the story

D. In a sentence, explain how the symbol helps the reader better understand the story

Choose a new symbol:

Write the AUTHOR’S name at the TOP of Box #2

Symbol #2

15 minute

s

Tom Sawyer: white picket fence,

Indians & robbers/ Robin Hood/

pirates & soldiers, and TREASURE

13 Reasons: blue nail polish, Hannah’s scar, the dollar “find your soul mate,” cassette tapes

Part-Time Indian: Oscar, KFC, geometry book

Soldier: the minuet, Martin Luther’s protest, “shuttlecocks,” the pen, diary, Israeli flag, her military #

Catcher: red cap, museum, carousel, ducks

A. Sketch it out

B. In a sentence, explain where it appears in the story.

C. In a sentence, explain why it’s an important symbol in the story

D. In a sentence, explain how the symbol helps the reader better understand the story

Choose a new symbol:

Write the main character’s name at the top of Box #3

Symbol #3

15 minute

s

Tom Sawyer: white picket fence,

Indians & robbers/ Robin Hood/

pirates & soldiers, and TREASURE

13 Reasons: blue nail polish, Hannah’s scar, the dollar “find your soul mate,” cassette tapes

Part-Time Indian: Oscar, KFC, geometry book

Soldier: the minuet, Martin Luther’s protest, “shuttlecocks,” the pen, diary, Israeli flag, her military #

Catcher: red cap, museum, carousel, ducks

A. Sketch it out

B. In a sentence, explain where it appears in the story.

C. In a sentence, explain why it’s an important symbol in the story

D. In a sentence, explain how the symbol helps the reader better understand the story

Meet me in the

LIBRARY LAB

the next 3 days

3/3/15

LIBRARY COMPUTER

LAB

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

3/4/15

LIBRARYCOMPUTER

LAB

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

3/5/15

LIBRARY COMPUTE

R LAB

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH

You must have

someone edit your paper before you turn it in Friday.

3/6/15

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Reminder: Your

bildungsroman paper is due by

3:05 today.

SHIFTING GEARS: BILDUNGSROMAN #2

ALL-CLASS NOVEL

Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird

… an American literary classic

Again: What is a bildungsroman?

…a coming of age story….

In this story, that’s “Scout.”

She grows up, losing childlike innocence as the story progresses.

Please take notes in your notebook:

The quotes over the next few

days are from various

characters in the novel or the author: think

about them and what Harper

Lee’s message is:

Harper Lee: Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Wins the Pulitzer Prize in

literature in 1961, one year

after publication of her novel

and…

…receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Pres. G.W. Bush in 2007.

Quick Facts:• Published by Harper Lee in 1960• Has some basis in her real life• Deals with morals and values, social injustice & racial inequality in the US • “Southern Gothic” novel AND a bildungsroman• Was originally entitled Atticus• Took 2.5 years to write

“Gothic” refers to lit in the 1700-1800s

which may include…• the supernatural • unusual phenomena • horror and romance • strong art/architectural references

• strong emotions.

“Southern Gothic” Novel:

“Southern Gothic” means

the novel is reminiscent of a gothic novel,

but has “flavors” of the

South in its setting,

characters, attitudes and

beliefs.

Theme: the overall

guiding idea, subject of a

work of literature

Imagery: words and phrases of

the author which create “images” in the reader’s

mind

Symbol/Symbolism: In literature, something which

stands for something else. Ex.: dove = peace

raven = death

Decades in the United States1930s- story

setting

1960s - novel

written• Stock Market crash of 1929

causes decade-long financial crisis• 1930-’36: Dust Bowl• FDR becomes president in 1932-

1945• Inventions: the RCA record

player, frozen foods, Scotch Tape, the chocolate chip cookie, radar, and Kodachrome

• Mail is flown over the Atlantic Ocean, Hindenburg explodes

• Major films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves & The Wizard of Oz

• Nazis invade Poland in Sept. of 1939 to start WWII

• Separate racial

• JFK elected president= ‘60• JFK and the Cuban Missile

Crisis= ’61 • MLK’s “I Have a Dream”

speech= ‘63• Assassination of JFK = ’63• Pres. Johnson signs the Civil

Rights Act of 1964• Voting Rights Act of 1965• Assassination of MLK= ’68• Vietnam conflict & antiwar

demonstrations = 1959-’75• Several earthquakes [global],

Hurricane Camille, and many airplane crashes

• Counter culture/soc. Revolt• Women’s rights

Please head down to the text book room and check out

* To Kill a

Mockingbird

Assignment: In class next Week:

- Begin reading chapters 1-2-3- Work on the study guides - Row work this week

Thursday:

- Small group work and discussions on TKM- Study guides for chapters 1-3 due

Due Friday:

- Chapters 1-3 read- Quiz on chapters 1-3

Brainstorm:

What are some things

that children

must do or accept, cope

with in order to

mature and move

toward adulthood?

Author: Harper Lee