11th grade IB/ AP English Winter TENTATIVE Syllabus
Hove/ Hubbell/ Van Norman/Rubin - Student Syllabus-2016-2017
NOTE: You will finish reading Things Fall Apart over break….
If there is a problem JUST reading, and no annotating, over break, please read the novel prior to December 22nd.
Learning Goals:RL. 1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of the text explicitly as well as inferences from the text to determine meaning.
RL. 2: Determine 2 or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of a text.
Learning Goal: SL.2: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media in order to make informed discussions and presentation. Also to evaluate credibility and accuracy of each of the sources.
Week I: WELCOME BACK…
Review uses of Remind, turnitin, and Socrative
This week’s question:
- “How does history affect a novel?”
- “ Can history change a novel?”
Wednesday/Thursday: You should have read all of The Great Gatsby
October 19/20
Questions of the Day: “Why did Fitzgerald write this story?”
“How do the historical references in Gatsby affects its themes?”
New Seating Chart
Hand out the “Jazz Age” Presentation for Power Point
Get into groups for assigned topic.
We will have a workday tomorrow too
Hand out the essay assignment for Great Gatsby - MENU
“What does Jazz Age mean to you?”
Assign students “Jazz” topics and go to library to begin research during the second half of period
And then go to the lab for workday, finishing up on Friday to be presented on Monday
Always follow the 10-20 rule and we expect pictures in this one
ABSENT: You will do # 7 and complete the PPT on your own. Please bring a hard copy of the PPT upon returning to my class.
Reminder: PowerPoint’s:
20 slides total
6-7 slides must be visual and examples
There may be NO MORE than 10 words on each of these slides
Must show a relationship to The Great Gatsby.
Homework: “Jazz Age” Presentation.
Comp assignments- First one is due on the 25th
Topics:
1) Fitzgerald
2) The 1920s- atmosphere: What did it look like, what did you hear, what was the entertainment, lots of visuals in this one- look at the other groups so there is NO overlapping!!!!
3) The women of the 1920s
4) Role of the social classes during the 1920s
5) Symbols in the locations in the story of Gatsby and how they relate to the real world
6) Failure of the American dream in the 1920s and examples
7) Modernism in literature. What does that mean, what does that look like, and who are these authors?
8) Corruption during the 1920s
9) The style during the 1920s
These will be groups of 2 or 3- depending on the class size
Gatsby Comp Assignments:
Comp Assignment for The Great Gatsby
Hove/Van Norman/ Hubbell/ Rubin
2016-2017
Here are the comp assignments menu items for The Great Gatsby.
You will complete one of the three menu items. Each has a different due date, so please be aware of all the dates.
Make sure to write in MLA format, and provide textual evidence throughout all the body paragraphs.
Again just like last quarter, there will be NO LATE ESSAYS ACCEPTED with or without a homework pass. If you are absent on the day it is due, you must have turned it into turnitin.com by midnight of the assigned date. For example, the essay is due December 1. You are absent on December 1. You hand me the essay when you return on December 2. I ask for your turnitin receipt and it needs to say you turned the essay into turnitin.com before midnight on December 1 or it would be late even if you were absent.
Assignment #1 Due Tuesday, October 25
In a well-written 900-1100 word essay, explain how the Great Gatsby is about the construction of Gatsby’s identities. Make sure to support with textual evidence and cite it correctly.
Assignment #2 Due Wednesday/Thursday (0hour Wednesday)
October 26 and 27
In a well written 900-1100 word essay, explain how many of the critics have read The Great Gatsby as more of a commentary on a segment of American society. How does the text convey a position on the United States in the 1920s or covey and opinion on a particular social class? Be specific as you discuss a part of American society in the United States during the Jazz Age in the 1920s. Also when you discuss a social class, be sure your audience is clear on which social class you are discussing. Multiple examples need to support this.
Assignment #3 Due Wednesday/Thursday November 2 /3
And for 0 hour – always due on Wednesday
Write a well-written 900-1100 essay arguing who is the most admirable or the most despicable character in this novel and explain why. Make sure you support your argument with textual support from throughout the text. Make sure to use convincing language and there is a purpose to your essay besides what I just wrote.
Friday October 21:
Students will continue to work on Gatsby ppt. presentations
All groups will begin presentations Monday
Again, if you are absent you will complete your own power point presentation and will be working on group # 7
Week II:
Standards:
1.
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of
primary and secondary sources, connecting insights
gained from specific details to an understanding of
the text as a whole. (11-12.RH.1)
2.
Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same
historical event or issue by assessing the authors’
claims, reasoning, and evidence. (11-12.RH.6)
3.Resent information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and
distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative
or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development,
substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal
and informal tasks. (11-12.SL.4)
4. 11 W. 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and
style is appropriate to task, have a purpose, and clear audience.
Learning Goal: RL 3: Analyze complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how specific ideas interact and develop within the text.
Question of the Day: “What was Fitzgerald’s purpose for writing this story?”
Monday, October 24:
Students will present ppt. presentations beginning with group #1
Other students are required to take notes in their spiral
Tuesday, October 25: Comp #1 due today
Finish all presentations
Lecture: Great Gatsby novel Chapters 1-5. Get notes if you were not here today
Activity for Gatsby: (Begin this and continue tomorrow)
Quote Hunt:Students will get with their NEW writing partner for 2nd quarter.
I will assign each group (multiple groups same topic) a topic
from GATSBY, and the group will find at least one significant quote,
write it using 3 “S”, from each of the nine chapters.
ABSENT: You will do this quote hunt at home and you will choose six of these areas to find quotes for. This is due upon returning to my class.
Topics for Quote hunt:
1)Explain how the novel does or does not demonstrate the death of the American Dream. Is the main theme of Gatsby indeed “the withering American Dream”? What does the novel offer about American identity? (Reference the characteristics of the American Dream within the body of your paper.)
2. Explain how the novel demonstrates the characteristics of modernism.
3. Discuss whether or not Gatsby is a romantic hero in the modern era.
4. Discuss how the novel exemplifies the dehumanizing/corrupting nature of wealth (consider examining characters, plot, symbols, etc.). Consider doing a Marxist interpretation. Or, more generally, explain the theme of the corruption of people and society through an examination of characters in the novel who are corrupt.
5. Describe Fitzgerald’s satirical portrait of modern society using Gatsby’s parties as support.
6. Compare and contrast the homes of characters (consider Nick, Gatsby, Tom, and George/Myrtle Wilson). How does each home to (is a symbol for) its owner/renter (how does each home reflect the personality of its renter/owner)? Consider comparing and contrasting the characters, also focusing on their attitudes/ beliefs/values.
7. Compare and contrast the major female characters in the novel: Daisy, Jordan, and Myrtle. How does each act towards men? What are their motivations/goals/interests/values? How are they treated by men (including the narrator/author)?
9. Show how Fitzgerald uses clothing (and the changing of costumes) to tell the reader more about the characters and/or express theme(s). Consider discussing colors, fabrics, etc.
10. Do a close reading of a passage of your choosing, explaining the passage in light of the entire novel. *Note: the passage must be approved by me first!
Example: In reference to Tom and Daisy, Nick remarks, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy; they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made” (180-181). Explain this passage in light of the entire novel.
11. Discuss Fitzgerald’s use of symbolism (this is a large topic that must be significantly narrowed – such as focusing on one symbol and analyzing it in detail - with a specific thesis). How does it function in the novel (consider discussing how it relates to theme, communicates information about characters, develops the plot, etc.)? Possible symbols to discuss include: colors, eyes of T.J. Eckleburg, clothing, cars, the green light, biblical allusions (God, Jesus, grail), characters’ houses, weather, water, music, celestial bodies (moon, stars, planets), nature’s bounty (flowers, shrubs, trees, fruit), etc.
12. Trace the development of the narrator, Nick Carraway – how does he change, and how are these changes significant (how do they relate to the themes of the novel)?
13. Discuss how an aspect of 1920s society appears to change throughout the novel.
14. Is what Gatsby feels for Daisy love, obsession, affection, or accumulation/objectification? What is Fitzgerald’s message here? Consider discussing whether or not Gatsby can really love, given his characteristics.
15. Who is the real person: Jay Gatsby or Jimmy Gatz? Does he become “the Platonic conception of himself”? What does that mean? Is it a peculiarly American phenomenon?
16. Discuss how The Great Gatsby is the quintessential American novel. What does it have to offer about the American identity and the American Dream?
17. Morally ambiguous characters—characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good—are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a character from the novel that is morally ambiguous and write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his/her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole.
18. Discuss the novel’s theme that the American Dream is corrupted by the desire for wealth. What does the novel and its theme offer about the American identity?
19. Discuss the novel’s theme that outward appearances can be deceptive. What does the novel and its theme offer about the American identity?
20. Create a topic of your own or alter one of the above topics. *You must have this topic approved by your teacher before you begin working on your essay.
Students will finish quotes tomorrow and share
Homework: Comp #2 due block day
Wednesday/ThursdayComp #2 due today
October 26/27:
Finish the quote hunt assignment
Share
Activity #2: Silent Discussion
Paper today- not post-it notes. Use the questions from red book.
Finish lecture on the book while students take notes
Then …
RAPID FIRE!!! (on all the notes from the beginning)
(1)If you are absent, You need to find one quote for each of these and do not forget the 3 “S” method with all your quotes:
1. Trace the development of the narrator, Nick Carraway – how does he change, and how are these changes significant (how do they relate to the themes of the novel)?
2. Discuss how an aspect of 1920s society appears to change throughout the novel.
3. Is what Gatsby feels for Daisy love, obsession, affection, or accumulation/objectification? What is Fitzgerald’s message here? Consider discussing whether or not Gatsby can really love, given his characteristics.
4. Who is the real person: Jay Gatsby or Jimmy Gatz? Does he become “the Platonic conception of himself”? What does that mean? Is it a peculiarly American phenomenon?
5. Discuss how The Great Gatsby is the quintessential American novel. What does it have to offer about the American identity and the American Dream?
6 Morally ambiguous characters—characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good—are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a character from the novel that is morally ambiguous and write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his/her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole.
7. Discuss the novel’s theme that the American Dream is corrupted by the desire for wealth. What does the novel and its theme offer about the American identity?
8 Discuss the novel’s theme that outward appearances can be deceptive. What does the novel and its theme offer about the American identity?
9. Create a topic of your own or alter one of the above topics. *You must have this topic approved by your teacher before you begin working on your essay.
You are responsible for all lecture notes by the next day
Friday October 28:
Phone pop quiz today
Remember Monday is the final exam for Gatsby
Activity:
Students will get into small groups of three or four (put in groups with
Gatsby Group Names – like Flappers etc…)
Each group will be assigned two of these questions to answer and present
The groups will obviously overlap in the questions
Questions:
(1)What is Fitzgerald’s point to writing The Great Gatsby? When we read books, as readers, we usually come away from the experience a little richer, having given more thought to a particular aspect of life. What do you think Fitzgerald intended us to gain from reading this novel?
(2)Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in 1925, besides the year it was written,
what else makes this novel a classic?
(3)What does the quote, Her voice is full of money” truly mean?
(4)When Nick walked away leaving Gatsby outside of Daisy’s house after the accident he said, “So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight.” Why is that quote so significant to the story?
(5)Describe Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy.
(6)Evaluate F. Scott Fitzgerald’s style of writing.
(7)How does Fitzgerald use the minor characters in this novel?
(8)Who is responsible for Gatsby’s death? Explain your answer
If you are absent: Write a one-page essay on one of the eight questions listed above. Be sure to identify the question at the top of your paper and it is due tomorrow
Homework: Rhetorical journals due starting this coming up block day
Week III:
Learning Goal: RL 3: Analyze complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how specific ideas interact and develop within the text.
Question of the Day: “What was Fitzgerald’s purpose for writing this story?”
Monday, October 31:
Final Exam: AP style
Possible essay question.
Homework: Last comp due tomorrow and don’t forget extra credit pillow due tomorrow.
There WILL NOT be ANY PILLOWS taken for late credit …
Tuesday, November 1:
Rhetorical Journals start up again tomorrow
Present pillow assignments today
Look at Great Depression pictures- from Dorthea Lange Write short story using (3)-
Slides to create a short story and the story is due January 30.
This slide show is on my website if you need to see it again…
If you are absent, view the pictures on line and then type up a 900- 1100 word
Short story about the Great Depression centered around three of these pictures.
Go to Library- Turn in Gatsby and check out Grapes of Wrath
Wednesday/Thursday Comp #3 due today
Rhetorical Journal due today
Handout our Fallacies
Split into groups of (4) Each group will complete a “task” in preparation for an argumentative writing.
Tasks:
Group #1 will complete the worksheet identifying fallacies
Group #2 Will create their own fallacies – They must complete at least three fallacies
Group #3 Will provide a solution about Danny- This can be found in smaller AP notebook page 18
Group #4 Will complete “recognizing connotation looking at Susan B Anthony Speech
Group #5 Write an original AD – This one is on page 27 in same notebook