Room 333ENGLISH 11-2

Welcome to Ms. Chaga’s English Class! Daily Question (#1): Would you rather be 4’5’’ or

7’7’’? Why?Vocab (#2) ** Will begin tomorrow Syllabus (#3)SSR Project Choices (#4)SSR Project Assignment Sheet (#5)4 Truths and a Lie Letter of Introduction (#6)HOMEWORK: 1. Letter of Introduction due

TOMORROW 2. Syllabus Signature and Binder due FRIDAY 3. SSR choice and signature due FRIDAY 4. Things They Carried Summer Reading Quiz THURSDAY 5. Things They Carried Summer Reading Essay FRIDAY IN-CLASS (Bring your book!!)

4 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: React to the following quotation and explain how dehumanization plays a role in The Things They Carried. “Together we understood what terror was: you're not human anymore. You're a shadow. You slip out of your own skin, like molting, shedding your own history and your own future, leaving behind everything you ever were or wanted to believe in. You know you're about to die. And it's not a movie and you aren't a hero and all you can do is whimper and wait.”

VocabularyTerms for Literary Analysis (#7)HOMEWORK: 1. Syllabus Signature and Binder due FRIDAY

2. SSR Choice and Signature due FRIDAY (book WED) 3. TTTC Quiz TOMORROW (bring a pencil!) 4. TTTC In-Class Essay FRIDAY (You need a copy of the book!)

5 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: Keeping in mind the setting of The Things They Carried , what is the irony in the following passage? “…fresh watermelons and crates of ammunition and sunglasses and woolen sweaters– the resources were stunning– sparklers for the Fourth of July, colored eggs for Easter– it was the great American war chest…” (15).

Vocabulary Short Review/Questions TTTC Quiz American Literature Themes Practice (#8) Closing Question: Which course theme do you think best

relates to TTTC. How and why? HOMEWORK: 1. Syllabus and Binder due TOMORROW 2. IN-

Class Essay TOMORROW ** Bring a copy of The Things They Carried! 3. SSR choice and signature TOMORROW (Book for WED)

6 SEPTEMBER 2012

Question of the Day: Correctly integrate and cite the following quotation in a sentence (I suggest using a smaller portion rather than the whole sentence): “…they carried it on their backs and shoulders—and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and the unknowns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry.” Page 16 (this is NOT the correct way to cite)

Vocab In-Class Essay Take your time, use your books, and follow the directions.

Good luck! You may listen to your IPod during the essay, but remember to keep your time constraints in mind and not distract others.

HOMEWORK: 1. SSR signature and book due WEDNESDAY 2. Remember to bring your TTTC book next week! 3. Have a nice weekend!

7 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: List 5 things (at least 2 abstract) you are currently “carrying.”

VocabularyHow to Gloss (#9)“On the Rainy River” (#10) Reading/Glossing“The Things They Carried” Questions (#11) Closing: Based on the chapter, “TTTC” and

the list you compiled, which list of items was more diffi cult to “carry”? Physical or emotional ones? EXPLAIN.

HOMEWORK: 1. SSR book and signature WED

10 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: What are some ways that Americans mark the anniversary of September 11, 2001? Do you think it is important to do so? Why or why not?

Vocab 9/11 articles (#12) and S.O.A.P.S Speaker Occasion Audience Purpose Speaker(s) 9/11 documentary Closing: How was this documentary diff erent than other

coverage you’ve seen? How might SOAPS aff ect your viewing?

HOMEWORK: 1. SSR books due TOMORROW with signature

11 SEPTEMBER 2012

SSR– 30 minutesDaily Question: What is the diff erence between reading

a book for the plot and reading for interpretation and analysis? (Take a guess!)

VocabReading “The Things They Carried” and Chart (#11)The Steps of Truth (#13)Closing: Why did the author include the diff erent

“weights” in the story (example: 2 pounds, 40 lbs…etc.)? Do you as a reader respond more to these “weights” or to the emotional “weights”? Why?

HOMEWORK: 1. “Ambush” Glossing and Reading Questions (#14) 2. Bring in one magazine that we can use for a project TOMORROW 3. SSR again on FRIDAY!

12 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: Why do you think we try to look beyond a simple plot-summary when talking and thinking about literature?

VocabThe Steps of Truth (#13)“Ambush” and Questions (#14)“The Hollow Men” (#15)Closing: How do individuals justify killing during

wartime when they would not kill during times of peace? What does this tell you about humans’ tendencies toward self-preservation?

HOMEWORK: 1. SSR TOMORROW 2. Bring in your magazine for TOMORROW.

13 SEPTEMBER 2012

SSR – 30 minutes (Make sure to complete and hand in your Friday SSR Refl ection (#16)

Daily Question: “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” –Plato What do you think the Greek philosopher Plato meant by this

quotation? Do you agree? Explain. VOCAB IMAGERY: using descriptive words or phrases to evoke physical

reactions and memories. “The Hollow Men” Imagery and Theme Assignment (#17) You wil l have the rest of class today and approximately 45

minutes on Tuesday to fi nish this in-class project. Use your time wisely!

Closing: Which ONE word from “The Hollow Men” is the most important to understand the poem? Why?

HOMEWORK: 1. Vocab quiz on the fi rst 10 words on TUESDAY!2. Enjoy your long weekend!

14 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: Do a “Test for Truth” of your theme for “The Hollow Men” assignment. (The top level of the “Steps of Truth”)

Vocab **New List!Vocab Quiz #1Work on “Hollow Men” Assignment – due by the end of

class TODAY! Closing: Do you think the tone of “The Hollow Men” is

unique to the WWI time period or universal in times of war? Explain.

HOMEWORK: If you haven’t finished your project, hand in TOMORROW!

18 SEPTEMBER 2012

SSR – 30 minutesDaily Question: What is a thesis statement? VocabEssays/ Thesis StatementsThesis Statements (#18)Gloss Keystone Rubric (#19)Closing: Re-write your own thesis statement

to include the information from today. HOMEWORK: Read/Gloss American Dream

Article (#20)

19 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: What is the American Dream? What is YOUR American Dream? Are they the same? Why or why not?

VocabDiscuss American Dream Article (#20)Modernism Notes (#21 Loose leaf Paper)

How do you take notes? Does it work for you? Gatsby Preview and books

What do you do when you first see/start a new book? Closing: Write a thesis statement either using your

article from last night’s homework or the notes on Modernism.

HOMEWORK: 1. SSR Tomorrow!

20 SEPTEMBER 2012

The American dream is diff erent for everyone based on how much money they have, the way they live, and their view of materialistic things.

The negative aspects of World War I led to the disillusionment of much of the American public. This led to people not wanting to sacrifice their own happiness for others, having no emotions and being confused.

SSR– 30 minutes (Refl ection Prompt: Which of the course themes best fi ts your book thus far? Why?)

DAILY QUESTION: What defi nes a person’s social class today?  Would you date or marry someone below you own social class?  What would be your parent’s reaction?  How would you or your parents be diff erent if the person was above your social class?

VocabGatsby Packet (#22)Begin Ch. 1– What are our fi rst impressions of these

characters?CLOSING: List and explain one way you seen Modernism (the

notes from yesterday) in our reading of Gatsby thus far. HOMEWORK: 1. Finish Gatsby Ch. 1 and the packet questions

for MONDAY

21 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: Do you trust Nick Carraway as the narrator of The Great Gatsby? Why or why not? Explain.

Vocab Great Gatsby Anticipation Guide (#23)Finish Ch. 1 and Questions in Packet (#22)HOMEWORK: 1. SSR TOMORROW (as we have off on

Wednesday)

24 SEPTEMBER 2012

SSR – 30 minutesDaily Question: Who lives in East Egg? In West Egg?

What are the similarities/diff erences of these two places? Explain.

Vocab (2 words)The Hidden Rules of Class (#24)Review Ch. 1 and QuestionsBegin Ch. 2 Closing Question: Do you agree with “The Hidden

Rules of Class” Activity? What do you think it means that these rules are “hidden”?

HOMEWORK: NONE– enjoy your day off or your holiday!

25 SEPTEMBER 2012

Daily Question: Brainstorm a list of other words for the word RED. Write at least 3 other words.

Vocabulary Color Connotations in groups – red, orange, yellow, brown,

blue, purple, green, white, gray, black List connotations (the emotional/contextual/cultural meaning

attached to the word; shades and degrees and meaning) Find ONE example of your color in the text so far.

Character Inferences (#25) Gatsby Color Connotations (#26) Chapter 2 Closing: At this point, what COLOR do you associate with

the following characters: Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Myrtle, and George Wilson. Explain WHY.

HOMEWORK: Finish Ch. 2 and questions for TOMORROW

27 SEPTEMBER 2012

SSR– 30 minutes + reflection (Which character in your SSR book do you most like thus far? Explain in 5-7 sentences)

Daily Question: Analyze Nick’s statement: “I think he’d tanked up a good deal at luncheon, and his determination to have my company bordered on violence” (27). To whom is he referring? What might this say about that character? What does this foreshadow in chapter 2?

VocabGatsby FilmClosing Question: Would you rather have all the

money you would ever need or have the ability to fly? Explain.

HOMEWORK: 1. Ch. 3 and questions due MONDAY (there might be a few questions on the vocab quiz…) 2. Vocab quiz MONDAY

28 SEPTEMBER 2012

Vocabulary Quiz #2Daily Question: List your favorite male and female

names (one of each). Example: Anthony and Reagan VocabularyReview Ch. 3Connotations (#27)Begin Ch. 4Closing: What do you notice about the diff erence in

people’s names from West and East Egg? (Example: West Egg= Schwartze, Da Fontano, McCarty, O’Donovan vs. East Egg = Voltaire, Chrystie, Beaver, Stonewall Jackson Abrams)

HOMEWORK: 1. Finish Ch. 4 and questions for TOMORROW

1 OCTOBER 2012

“fi ve crates of oranges and lemons…enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby’s enormous garden…spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold…a whole pit full of oboes and trombones and saxophones…fl oating rounds of cocktails permeate the the garden outside…” (43-44)

“They conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks” (45)

RUMORS? “It was one of those rare smiles with a quantity of eternal

reassurance in it…it understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would l ike to believe in yourself and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey. Precisely at that moment it vanished---and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd” (53)

“Wonder’ff tell me where there’s a gas’l ine station?” (60) “I am careful.” “No, you’re not.” “Well, other people are,” she said

l ightly…they’ll keep out of my way…it takes two to make an accident” (63).

CHAPTER 3 REVIEW

Daily Question: Re-read the fi rst 3 pages of Ch. 4 (“From East Egg, then, came the Chester Beckers and the Leeches…”) Analyze Fitzgerald’s use of names as characterization. What is he saying about these people?

VocabConnotation Page (#27)Finish Ch. 4 Individual Work Time Ch. 5, Characterization (#25),

Color Connotations (#26)Closing: Find and record a passage that tells you

something about Nick’s character. Explain. HOMEWORK: Ch. 5 and questions for TOMORROW

2 OCTOBER 2012

Daily Question: Fay, Daisy’s maiden name, means “fairy, pixie, or sprite.” What symbolism might the name Daisy Fay hold in light of what Jordan tells Nick in chapter 4?

VocabCheck/Review Ch. 4 questionsCharacter Inferences (#25)Using your row’s assigned character, fi nd and record a

passage that shows further character development. (Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Gatsby) Explain and be prepared to share.

Begin Ch. 5Closing: What can we infer about Daisy from Jordan’s

comment on page 79: “And Daisy ought to have something in her life”?

HOMEWORK: 1. Finish p. #25 Character Inferences

3 OCTOBER 2012

Daily Question: Why do you think Fitzgerald chose to have Jordan narrate the events on p. 74—77? Explain.

Vocabulary Review character inferences (#25) and check Ch. 4

questions (make-up)Ch. 5MAYBE Gatsby FilmClosing: What does Nick mean on p. 96 when he says

“No amount of fi re or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart”?

HOMEWORK: Finish Ch. 5 Questions for TOMORROW

4 OCTOBER 2012

SSR– 30 minutes + 5 minute reflection: “Find an example of figurative language from your SSR book. Explain WHY the author used this type of figurative language and what meaning they were hoping to get across to the reader (Ex: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Allusion…etc.)

Daily Question: Is Gatsby or Nick the protagonist? Why? Explain.

VocabGatsby FilmClosing Question: What does the fi lm do well in

conveying Fitzgerald’s original story? What could be improved? Explain.

5 OCTOBER 2012

Daily Question: Is wealth at the root of all social confl ict in this book or is it something else? If something else, explain.

VocabCh. 6No closing question

8 OCTOBER 2012

Daily Question: List the speaker, context, and importance of the following quotation from chapter 6– “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can! (110)”

VocabReview Ch. 6Begin Ch. 7Perspective of Truth – (#26)Closing: Interpret the metaphor, “Her voice is

full of money.”HOMEWORK: Finish Ch. 7 for TOMORROW

9 OCTOBER 2012

SSR Daily Question: Re-read the following passage from the fi nal page

of Ch. 7 (145): “They weren’t happy, and neither of them had touched the chicken or the ale—and yet they weren’t unhappy either. There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture, and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.” Explain the context and signifi cance of this passage. Who is Nick talking ABOUT? What does it mean that they might be “conspiring” together?

Vocab Ch. 7 Perspectives on “Truth” (#28) Film Closing: From which character’s point of view would you rather

read the entire novel? Nick’s? Gatsby’s? Daisy’s? Tom’s? Why? How does this character’s perception of truth change YOUR perception?

HOMEWORK: 1. Finish p. #28 for collection TOMORROW!

10 OCTOBER 2012

SSR– 30 minutes. Prompt: “Compare and contrast your SSR text with The Great Gatsby .”

Daily Question: Re-read the last page of the novel from “Most of the big shore places…” What do you think Nick is saying here about Gatsby’s dream? About the American Dream? What kind of TONE does he have?

Vocab (QUIZ MONDAY)Gatsby End of Book Questions– (#30)Gatsby Film! Closing: Who would YOU cast at the main characters

from Gatsby? (Gatsby, Tom, Nick, Daisy)HOMEWORK: 1. Vocab Quiz MONDAY 2. Gatsby Test

TUESDAY 3. Gatsby packet due TUESDAY

12 OCTOBER 2012

SSR – 30 minutes (finish Gatsby packet by the end of SSR)

Daily Question: What constitutes a true friendship? Explain.

NO Vocab– we’ll return to it with new sheets tomorrow!

Of Mice and Men packet (#32)“To a Mouse” Robert Burns Poem (#33)Ch. 1Closing: Having read the poem and part of the fi rst

chapter, what do you think of the title? Explain. HOMEWORK: 1. Finish Ch. 1 paragraph (NOT

questions) for TOMORROW

17 OCTOBER 2012

Daily Question: Describe your favorite character (from either a book, movie, TV show or play) in detail.

VocabularyChapter 2Descriptive Writing (#32)Characterization (#33) (Lennie, George, Candy,

Curley, Crooks, Slim, Curley’s Wife)OMAM Character Sheet (#34)Understanding Character (#35)Closing: Choose one of the questions on your

“Understanding Character” sheet and answer for one of the main characters in OMAM

HOMEWORK: Ch. 2 paragraph for TOMORROW

18 OCTOBER 2012

SSR– 30 minutes (Choose one character from your novel to describe in detail.)

REMINDER– SSR Midterm Essay is on FRIDAY, Nov. 2 n d! Daily Question: Choose one of the following: Sad, Angry,

Bored, Happy. Now, DESCRIBE a person who is feeling that emotion. Do NOT use the word in your description.

NO Vocab– make sure you have the fi ve words from this week. Review. Ch. 1 and 2 paragraphs/chapters Characterization (#34) OMAM Characterization Sheet (#36) (Lennie, George, Candy,

Curley, Crooks, Slim, Curley’s Wife) Descriptive Writing (#37) Closing: (“Fun Friday” Question)If you could only own one

thing for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Explain.

HOMEWORK: 1. Finish #37 for MONDAY

19 OCTOBER 2012

Daily Question: Describe Lennie and George’s American Dream. Use at least 3 details.

VocabSharing of Descriptive ParagraphsReview Gatsby TestRead Ch. 3Chapter 3 paragraphs/ Characterization (#36)Closing: How does Lennie and George’s

dream compare and contrast to Gatsby’s dream? Explain.

HOMEWORK: 1. Finish Ch. 3 paragraph/Characterization (#36)

22 OCTOBER 2012

Daily Question: Integrate the following two quotations into a coherent statement— (I suggest a portion rather than the whole sentence!!)

“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.” –JFK

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.” –Einstein

Vocab Finish Ch. 3 Integrating Quotations #38 Group Work on Ch. 3 Discussion Questions Closing: Write a sentence integrating a quote from chapter 3. HOMEWORK: 1. SSR Tomorrow! 2. Continue work on

Characterization (due FRIDAY)

23 OCTOBER 2012

SSR– 30 minutes (don’t forget; your SSR book needs to be fi nished by NEXT FRI, Nov. 2 nd! Midterm Essay will be on that day!)

Daily Question: What do you think JFK meant in this quote? Do you agree with him? Is “crisis” diff erent than “confl ict”?

VocabularyBegin Ch. 4Confl icts (looseleaf) #37 /Confl icts Charades Your Group’s Task: TEACH the class YOUR confl ict by fi nding

TWO examples from the book and then creating one “real life” example. Also, fi ll out TWO note cards with real life scenarios for confl ict charades.

Confl ict CharadesClosing Question: Which type of confl ict plays the largest

role in OMAM? Why? HOMEWORK: 1. Finish Ch. 4 and complete paragraph for

TOMORROW!

24 OCTOBER 2012

When John F. Kennedy spoke of humanity’s problems being “man-made,” he also noted that “no problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.” In order for human beings to continue to improve, they must also be aware of Einstein’s comment that “the important thing is not to stop questioning.”

QUOTATION EXAMPLE