English 11 Ms. Gottlieb Semester 2, GP 4

Monday, 3/18/14 O In class essay O Have your desk clear except O Articles O Socratic seminar notes O Supplementary text graphic organizer O Essay outline O You will have the whole class period to write. O Use a pen only O Write on one side of the paper O If you are thinking look up at the ceiling or down at your paper – NO TALKING OR WHISPERING O Once you are finished and have checked your writing for errors, turn in with the assignment sheet/rubric on top O You may then read quietly

Tuesday, 3/19/13 O Journal: What did you think of the ending? (I have your journals so jot down an answer on a piece of paper/notebook) O Brief discussion of essay: highlight theme and evidence O Discuss book and modernism: THursday O Mentor Writing: My Hometown Writing

Thursday, 3/21/13 O Think and Share: Is it important in our understanding of a story to analyze symbols? How might this contribute to our understanding of themes? Do you like to read literature in terms of symbols? O Symbols and Motifs in The Great Gatsby

O Motif: O a recurring device in literature and drama O Visualizes and dramatizes themes O Symbol: O A sign pointing to the underlying meaning of something O Layers of meaning O Meaning beyond literal

Friday, 3/22/13: 10:15-11:05 O TURN IN CHARACTER ANALYSIS Tracking Form O Hometown writing O Share out and TURN IN BEFORE YOU LEAVE O 10 minutes to work on symbols/motifs: 3 quotes per side – complete for HW O Culminating Project Assignment O Bring in your American Literary Eras Handout (also on Weebly)

Monday, 3/25 O Gatsby Project Examples O Revisit Modernism O “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot O Tomorrow: Harlem Renaissance O “Ms. Cynthie” O Part of period to work on projects

Tuesday, 3/26 O Project note: for themes, note the list on board O Discuss poem: The Hollow Man O Symbols and motifs hw: have out for checking but keep for your projects O Harlem Rennaisance O A little Time for projects O TURN IN PROPOSALS by end of period

Thursday Happy Spring Break! O Missing work… O Continuing the Harlem Renaissance O Get those projects done! O A little treat before you go.

Monday, 4/8 Welcome Back O Journal #23: Describe something you did over break including step by step descriptions: “On Saturday, my husband, my older son and I took a walk around the neighborhood. My younger son was at a friend’s house so we planned to pick him up on our walk. We started out going East down the street because I wanted to say hello to H and L who were helping their dad plant a garden…” O Harlem Renaissance continued O Projects due tomorrow!!! O Gatsby books due tomorrow!!!

Tuesday, 3/9/13 O Journal #24: Free write using as much casual, local language as possible. Write like people talk. O “Miss Cynthie” O Gallery Walk and Presentations #1 O Thursday: We will continue and have a mini Gatsby party. Dress up! Ideas: Wear yellow; wear a head band with feather; wear a suit with a pink tie; wear a fedora; long pearls; a garden party hat. O HW: Read the Zora Neale Hurston text – you will be writing a rhetorical precis on it starting Thurs/Fri

“ Miss Cynthie” by Rudolph Fisher 1. What is the story telling us about status within the African American community? 2. How can this link back to The Great Gatsby, status and Fitzgerald’s own use of satire? 3. What is being satirized in this story? Remember, satire is a criticism of something in society. Be specific! Where do we see this satire in the story? 4. Discuss the use of vernacular in the story (the everyday language of the people in a country or region, as distinct from official or formal language), how is it used to create character and setting? 5. Discuss the “local color” (the focus on specific features of a particular community/area), how does the author use local color? Where is it seen in the story? How does the use of vernacular enhance the local color in the story? What does the use of local color do for you as a reader?

Thursday, 3/11/13 O Late “Miss Cynthie” readers, turn in your questions. O Journal #25: O “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” O Brief discussion – questions? Impressions? O Do/Say Chart O Project presentations O HW: Complete Do/Say Chart including author’s central idea O Identify Logos, Pathos and Ethos for each section. O Do you think Hurston is effective? Why? O Bring a device tomorrow

Friday, 4/12 O Share out do/say with back-channel O Introduce precis: definition O Identify do/say sections of precis O Assign – due monday