Introduction
An introduction to the class will be our first day together. The syllabus will be handed out and gone over. The class structure and material that we will be covering this summer will be discussed as well as quizzes and a final project. Students will be given a handout with information for the sticky note project. Details can be found on that handout. Silent Seat Beach Ball will be played with various questions on the beach ball that will be answered by students. At the end of class students will develop a poster board with classroom rules and expectations they see fit for our time together.
The Romantics: Jane Eyre and Les Miserables
(Ms. Basgall will not be in attendance these dates)
Students will be reminded of the sticky note handout. Each day of our program there will be the first 20 minutes devoted to silent reading. It is pertinent that students have their own book that they have chosen to read. While reading they are required to produce 5 sticky notes per chapter. Details can be found on the handout.
Romanticism: Jane Eyre and Les Miserables
Assignment #1: Jane Eyre: The story of a small, plain-faced, intelligent, and passionate English orphan. Students will watch the movie and complete an assignment to go along with the movie.
Assignment #2: Les Miserables: Compare and Contrast the relationships between Cosette and Marius to that of Jane Eyre and Rochester using the Venn Diagram. (The Venn Diagram handout is on the Assignment #2 link and the Les Mis handout is on the Les Miserables link)
These assignments will be due July 2nd.
Students will be reminded of the sticky note handout. Each day of our program there will be the first 20 minutes devoted to silent reading. It is pertinent that students have their own book that they have chosen to read. While reading they are required to produce 5 sticky notes per chapter. Details can be found on the handout.
Romanticism: Jane Eyre and Les Miserables
Assignment #1: Jane Eyre: The story of a small, plain-faced, intelligent, and passionate English orphan. Students will watch the movie and complete an assignment to go along with the movie.
Assignment #2: Les Miserables: Compare and Contrast the relationships between Cosette and Marius to that of Jane Eyre and Rochester using the Venn Diagram. (The Venn Diagram handout is on the Assignment #2 link and the Les Mis handout is on the Les Miserables link)
These assignments will be due July 2nd.
The Romantics
To begin our Romantic unit together, students will explore areas of the literary period. We will develop major concepts that are focused on during this time. After this lesson students will gain a foundation of what the literary period entails and the results of literature created during this time. Our focus of today's lesson will be to define Romanticism, to look into statements relating to this literary period, as well as characteristics that define this style of writing. Students will then read a poem by William Wordsworth and apply their knowledge of romantic themes and characteristics just learned in groups. Once the groups are completed we will discuss as a whole class what discoveries were made. The Raft of Medusa by Théodore Géricault will be analyzed according to the characteristics gone over at the beginning of the lesson. For homework students will need to answer the questions pertaining to diction, characterization, imagery, symbolism, tone, plot, and theme.
The Scarlet Letter (Not for 2014)
Students will begin to explore the Romantic period by focusing on various influential authors and writers during this time. Writes will include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville. Stories focused on will be The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, The Raven and Tell Tale Heart by Poe, and Moby Dick by Melville. These stories are universally known and relate to the romantic period in several ways. Focus questions of the mini-unit will be mostly of internal conflicts. Questions such as how do internal conflicts affect the actions of a character? How do you effectively compare/contrast two pieces of literature? and how are the beliefs of the Romantics still relevant today? Each day will be focused on a different popular poet of the Romantic time.
Satire
Students will be introduced to the satire concept during this mini-unit. We will define what satire is, what characteristics make up satire and various techniques. Throughout this mini-unit students will explore various examples of satire and apply the characteristics they have learned about to the examples. Satire can be found in popular culture today such as television shows, advertisements, movies, and various other media outlets. Examples of satire shows include SNL, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Daily Show, Jimmy Fallon, Shrek, etc. In order to distinguish what students have learned from the mini-unit they will create a collage based off of one satirical topic. They will need to provide a brief explanation of the satirical topic they are focusing on on the back of the collage.
THe Harlem Renaissance (Not applicable to 2014)
During this mini-unit students will focus on The Harlem Renaissance. Questions of focus include how did members of the Harlem Renaissance attempt to persevere to overcome injustice? What did the themes of the Harlem Renaissance say about American society at the time? Why did the Harlem Renaissance occur? How did authors of this time use literary elements to communicate their messages? With these questions in mind we will explore the time period of the 1920's as well as famous writers, painters, and musicians. We will focus on Zora Neal Hurston and her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. This book examines gender and race issues through the eyes of a mixed race woman in the south. We will watch a portion of the movie based on this novel and discuss what we can analyze from the movie and the issues presented during the Harlem Renaissance time period.
Harlem Renaissance Introduction Video
Zora Neale Hurston Focus Video
Langston Hughes Bio Video
Harlem Renaissance Introduction Video
Zora Neale Hurston Focus Video
Langston Hughes Bio Video
The Modernists: The Great Gatsby
To begin the unit we will discuss literary modernism and watch videos of short biographies of two major authors during this time, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The two novels that we will examine include Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea, and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Our overall theme for this mini-unit if The American Dream and how it is applied to these two novels written by authors who partook in this time era. Students will also take time to work together in groups analyzing information regarding The American Dream. We will view a video pertaining viewpoints of people's thoughts on the words American Dream. Students will develop their own ideas and thoughts regarding The American Dream and how that theme is portrayed through our close reading texts we are analyzing.
The American Dream Video
The Old Man and The Sea Stop Motion Video
F. Scott Fitzgerald Video
Ernest Hemingway Video
The American Dream Video
The Old Man and The Sea Stop Motion Video
F. Scott Fitzgerald Video
Ernest Hemingway Video
Book Presentation
(Due July 28th) We will be presenting our book reports to the class. I am setting aside only 3-4 minutes per person to present their book. Remember this can be in any genre that you choose but you must have a visual aid. You will need to talk about a quote that stood out to you (and cite that quote correctly: "The quote that I believe relates to me or stood out to me the most would be on page 43 when Bob says..."). You will also need to talk about critical thinking that occurred during your reading as well as any other sticky notes that you would like to bring up. This is more about your reading process and advertising the book. I do want you to summarize the book but that can't be your whole entire presentation. This is where the sticky notes provide purpose.
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Final Presentations
(Due July 31st) During our final week together students will be putting together a final project based off of one of the mini-units we have explored in class together. This could be a project related to Macbeth, Survival, The Holocaust, WWII, or The Crucible.
(Due July 30th) Another side project that students have been working on throughout the program will be their book presentation. They will need to be able to talk about a book they have read and be able to cite specific sentences from their novel to support their ideas and arguments. This ability will strengthen students areas of argumentation and providing evidence for their thoughts. They will need to create a visual as well.
Have a great summer!
(Due July 30th) Another side project that students have been working on throughout the program will be their book presentation. They will need to be able to talk about a book they have read and be able to cite specific sentences from their novel to support their ideas and arguments. This ability will strengthen students areas of argumentation and providing evidence for their thoughts. They will need to create a visual as well.
Have a great summer!