March Do Nows British Literature

3/1 Do Now

3/4 Do now In chapter 4 Lizzie and Jane talk about meeting the new arrivals at the assembly. Lizzie, who is more blunt than her sister tells Jane “Oh! you are a great deal too apt you know, to like people in general. You never see a fault in any body. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life.” Do you know anyone like Jane? How is her personality wonderful? How could it cause problems for her? Pg. 34 Use with Pride and Prejudice

3/5 Do Now Open journaling time. Write about what ever you want. School appropriate. Pg.36

3/6 Do Now Describe your perfect marriage. What traits does your partner need to have in order for you to have a successful future? Pg. 36

3/7 Do Now Reflect on the idiom “appearances can be deceiving”. Pg. 40 ( PandP character charts should be on 37-38).

3/8 Do Now When you think of a life-time partner, what traits or habits are deal breakers? Avoid listing the obvious moral issues most of us would agree we don’t want in a partner. (opposite of 3/6’s do now). Pg. 40

3/11 Do Now What are some of the rights as an American you value most. Pg. 42

3/15 Do Now “A large income is the best recipe for happiness I have ever heard of.” –Jane Austen Explain why you agree or disagree. Then, write about what may have driven Austen to say something like this. How does it reflect her needs and time period? Is it still true today? To what extent? Pg. 44

3/18 Do Now Write about a time you manipulated the truth (or know someone who did) to make yourself look better. What were/could have been the consequences? What makes people think they won’t get caught, even though most of the time, the truth eventually comes out? Pg. 44

Pg. 44 estinger's (1957) cognitive dissonance theory suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and beliefs in harmony and avoid disharmony (or dissonance). Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces afeeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance etc. For example, when people smoke (behavior) and they know that smoking causes cancer (cognition).

3/19 Do Now Open journaling. Pg. 46

3/20 Do Now How often do you listen to the advice of your friends? Do you give a lot of advice? Why or why not? Write about a time you either gave or received bad advice to/from a friend. What happened? Pg. 46

3/21 Do Now Could you marry someone you don’t love if it meant your family would never want for anything? Do you think you could “learn” to love that person, even if you weren’t attracted to them? Explain… Pg. 48

3/25 Do Now “Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging” Alexander Theroux Do you agree or disagree? Explain… How does snobbery often appear in society (not just high school)? Pg. 48 Snob:  one who tends to rebuff, avoid, or ignore those regarded as inferior b : one who has an offensive air of superiority in matters of knowledge or taste