4th period American literature Journals 11-20 4th period American literature

Journal #11 COPY and respond the following quote:  "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

Journal #12: Washington Irving: Read the information on Washington Irving on page 227. Write down (bullet points are fine): 3 facts 2 connections (you make the connections based on pervious knowledge) 1 important date and why it is important Read the BACKGROUND on page 229. What was going on during Irving’s era that he attempted to criticize in “The Devil and Tom Walker”?

Journal #13 The following is an excerpt from “Mountaineering: Tragedy at the Top of the World”: Beidleman and the 32 other climbers on the upper flanks of Everest that afternoon were unaware of the insidious and brutal storm that, as all the world now knows, was creeping up the mountain. It soon rendered the sky a roiling soup, produced minus-100-degree windchills, and left eight climbers dead, including world-renowned guides Scott Fischer of Seattle and Rob Hall of New Zealand. Eleven other climbers, several with little or no Himalayan experience, spent the night wandering like zombies at 26,000 feet, unable to find their tents. Using this passage, practice using a said lead in, sentence lead in and a blended lead in. Write all 3 in your journals in your journal.

Journal #14: Turn to page 234 Re-read the paragraph starting with “The most current and probable story…” and ends with “…found nothing but a heart and liver tied up in it!” Practice lead-ins again, please. So, create three sentences using a SAID lead-in, a SENTENCE lead-in and a BLENDED lead-in.

Journal #15, part 1: COPY ALL of this down, word for word: 1. For every quote that you include in your paper, YOU MUST cite the author’s last name in parentheses at the end of the sentence where you incorporate the quote! These are called parenthetical citations. Example: In the article, “Mountaineering: Tragedy at the Top of the World,” it says, “Beidleman and the 32 other climbers on the upper flanks of Everest that afternoon were unaware of the insidious and brutal storm that, as all the world now knows, was creeping up the mountain” (Herr). 2. Your parenthetical citations should match the citations on your works cited page.

What is missing, correct, and/or incorrect: Journal #15 continued: What is missing, correct, and/or incorrect: The article states “Eleven other climbers, several with little or no Himalayan experience, spent the night wandering like zombies,” (Herr) “It soon rendered the sky a roiling soup, produced minus-100-degree windchills, and left eight climbers dead” (Herr). Mount Everest is a dangerous location for climbers. “It soon rendered the sky a roiling soup, produced minus-100-degree windchills, and left eight climbers dead.”

Journal #16: copy and complete all of the following… I like/dislike scary movies/books/stories because… What makes a movie/book/story scary is… The scariest movie, book, story I ever read/heard/saw was…because…

Journal #17 Read and consider: “But though Hop Frog, through the distortion of his legs, could move only with great pain and difficulty along a road or floor, the prodigious muscular power which nature seemed to have bestowed upon his arms, by way of compensation for deficiency in the lower limbs, enabled him to perform many feats of wonderful dexterity, where trees or ropes were in question, or anything else to climb. At such exercises he certainly much more resembled a squirrel, or a small monkey, than a frog.” Answer: Define prodigious. Explain how the use of this word enhances the physical description of Hop Frog. Draw a visual of the sentence based off the details provided. Apply: Mimicking the first sentence, with all its dependent clauses, describe yourself.

Take out your journal after you are done handing in your outline. Today: Take out your outline and turn it in to me or Mrs. Roberts. It will be collected, checked off for a grade, and handed back to you by the end of class. Outlines WILL NOT be accepted at any other point during class! Take out your journal after you are done handing in your outline.

Journal #18: Flannery O’Connor Notes Mary Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia on March 25, 1925. Was a devout Catholic (all of her stories have a religious undertone) Suffered from Lupus her entire life Most of her stories are set in the south (Bible belt) Attended Georgia State College for Women and State University of Iowa Died of Lupus on August 3, 1964 (39 years old)

Journal #18: Flannery O’Connor Notes Continued… Characters are flawed (opportunity for grace) Character names are often Ironic and/or religious in nature (ex: Joy Hopewell) Grotesque/Arabesque characters in Southern Gothic literature are different from Gothic characters (like “The Devil and Tom Hardy”/”Hop Frog.” They are more real, than monsters. Thematically, grotesque, religion and violence are most commonly identified in O’Conner’s stories.

Journal #19: Complete for “A Good Man is hard to find” 3 facts 2 questions 1 connection to “The Devil and Tom Walker” AND 1 connection to “Hop Frog”

Journal #20: “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Create a T chart. On one side, label POWER and on the other side CORRUPTION. Under each side, come up with 2 examples from Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man’s Hard to Find” that would support each. At the bottom, explain in your own words who the most corrupt character is in the story and why: the Grandmother or The Misfit. Power Corruption 1. 2. The most corrupt character is…because…