English 11 (Period 4, 5) Assignments

Essay Rubric:

11^th Essay Rubric—Response to Literature

 

A The response—

•       demonstrates a thoughtful, comprehensive grasp of the text.

•       accurately and coherently provides specific textual details and examples to support the thesis and main ideas.

•       demonstrates a clear understanding of the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities of the text.

•       provides a variety of sentence types and uses precise, descriptive language.

•       contains few, if any, errors in the conventions of the English language. (Errors are generally first-draft in nature.)

•       clearly demonstrates an awareness of the author’s use of literary and/or stylistic devices.

B The response—

•       demonstrates a comprehensive grasp of the text.

•       accurately and coherently provides general textual details and examples to support the thesis and main ideas.

•       demonstrates a general understanding of the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities of the text.

•       provides a variety of sentence types and uses some descriptive language.

•       may contain some errors in the conventions of the English language. (Errors do not interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.)

•       demonstrates an awareness of the author’s use of literary and/or stylistic devices.

C The response—

•       demonstrates a limited grasp of the text.

•       provides few, if any, textual details and examples to support the thesis and main ideas.

•       demonstrates limited, or no understanding of the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities of the text.

•       provides few, if any, types of sentences and uses basic, predictable language.

•       may contain several errors in the conventions of the English language. (Errors may interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.)

•       may demonstrate an awareness of the author’s use of literary and/or stylistic devices.

D The response—

•       demonstrates minimal grasp of the text.

•       may provide no textual details and examples to support the thesis and main ideas.

•       may demonstrate no understanding of the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities of the text.

•       may provide no sentence variety and uses limited vocabulary.

•       may contain serious errors in the conventions of the English language. (Errors interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.)

•       does not demonstrate awareness of the author’s use of literary and/or stylistic devices.

Gatsby Test Review

 

Characters:

 

Nick Carraway

Jay Gatsby

Tom Buchanan

Daisy Buchanan

Jordan Baker

George Wilson

Myrtle Wilson

Meyer Wolfsheim

The Owl-Eyed Man

Dr. T.J. Eckleburg

 

Vocabulary:

 

Libel

Supercilious

Incredulously

Unobtrusively

Swank

Languid

Sumptuous

Proprietor

Haughtily

Apathetically

 

 

Symbols:

 

The Green Light

Time/clock

Gatsby’s smile

Daisy’s voice

Valley of Ashes

Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg

weather

Choose one prompt for your essay and write a thesis by Tuesday. Essay due on turnintin.com by Friday.

 

The Great Gatsby Essay Prompts

 

Choose one of the following prompts and write a two-page essay. Be sure to include specific details from the text to support your thesis. Final essays must be typed, double spaced and in MLA format. Submit all essays to turnitin.com by Friday, November 8.

 

1. Masks

Most of the characters in the novel put on false fronts in order to conceal their own imperfections. Identify one character who puts on these masks, their motivations for doing this, and the repercussions they suffer because of it. Be sure to use symbols and specific events to support your answer.

2. Females of the 1920’s

The men in the novel use deceit, money, and abuse of power in order to get ahead, while the women are treated like expensive trophies by the men. Identify how one of the female characters in the novel is forced to behave in order to compete in this superficial world. Be sure to use symbols and specific events to support your answer.

3. Symbols and Themes

Choose two symbols from the novel that help to create one of the following themes: Alienation, identity, friendship, or the American Dream.

 

 

Create a turnitin.com account by Friday and add yourself to my class.

How disciplined are you?

Your homework assignment is to write down your daily routine for a week, starting tonight. Be sure include the amount of time that you spend daily doing homework, exercising, playing video games/TV, eating, sleeping, etc.

Chapter 8 questions
1. What does Gatsby tell Nick the night of the accident? Why?
2. How does George Wilson spend the night after the accident?
3. What evidence had Wilson found that his wife was having an affair?
4. What do the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolize to George Wilson? What is significant about this symbol?
5. How does Nick characterize Gatsby’s state of mind before he is killed?

Gatsby read pgs. 154-160 (beginning of ch. 8)

Themes: Find a quote and explain how it supports each theme.
Alienation
At one party, Nick observes, “People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away” (p. 37). Soon afterward, Tom breaks his lover’s nose. Does Fitzgerald use parties to highlight his characters’ failures to relate to one another? Do Gatsby’s parties reflect genuine celebration or a kind of mourning?
Friendship
Nick is the only person, aside from Gatsby’s father, who attends the funeral. What kind of friendship do Nick and Gatsby have? What does Nick derive from this friendship? Is it true friendship, or does Nick simply pity Gatsby his “romantic readiness”?
Identity
In Chapter 7, we learn of Gatsby’s origins as James Gatz of North Dakota. In the novel, Gatsby has become his alter ego, leaving James Gatz behind as he travels the world as Dan Cody’s steward. Was Gatsby doomed to tragedy as long as he disguised his Midwestern origins in favor of a more extravagant, fictional biography? Is Nick judging Gatsby for these imaginative exploits or admiring
this skill?

Gatsby ch. 7 questions


1.Why does Gatsby stop giving parties?
2. When does Tom first realize that Daisy loves Gastby?
3. How does Gatsby characterize Daisy’s voice? What do you think he means by this?
4. Why is Myrtle Wilson upset when she sees Tom and Jordan?
5. Why does George Wilson lock Myrtle in the bedroom?
6. Why does Gatsby lose Daisy during the confrontation at the Plaza? Could he have done anything to win her, do you think? If he could have, why doesn’t he?
7. Why does Tom insist that Daisy go home with Gatsby? What do you think this tells us about Tom’s character and his relationship with Daisy?
8.What indications are there at the end of the chapter that Tom and Daisy are going to stay together despite his philandering and her love for Gatsby?

Gatsby--read pgs. 110-118 by Monday.

Gatsby ch. 6 questions

2. When does James Gatz change his name and why?
3. How is the comparison of Gatsby with Christ (“he was a son of God…and he must be about his Father’s business” pg. 104) ironic? If the comparison with Christ were to continue through the book, what would happen to Gatsby?
4. Tom, Mr. Sloan, and a young lady visit and invite Gatsby to come to dinner with them. What does Gatsby’s response tell us about his social sensitivity? What connection, if any, do you think this scene might have with Gatsby’s love of Daisy?
5. What is Gatsby’s view of the past? When Nick says that Gatsby “wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy,” what do you think he means?
6. At the end of the chapter, Nick describes Gatsby kissing Daisy in Louisville five years before. What is Gatsby giving up when he kisses her? Why?

Gatsby read pg. 103-109 (ch. 6)

Vocab quiz and reading check for Gatsby ch. 4-5

Elongating
Tactlessly
Estatic
Distraught
Obstinate
Vestige
Dishelveled
Corrugated
Colossal
Nebulous

Gatsby ch. 5 questions


1. What does Gatsby offer Nick in return for Nick’s cooperation in inviting Daisy to his house?
2. What is the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy like initially?
3. How are Daisy and Gatsby different when Nick returns to the house after half an hour?
4. What is Gatsby’s dialogue like in this chapter? Give specific examples for support.
5. Why do you think Daisy sobs when Gatsby shows her his shirts?
6. In this chapter, Gatsby’s dream seems to be fulfilled. What indications are there, though, that reality cannot satisfy his dream?

Gatsby ch. 4 questions


1.     What does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?
2.    What accomplishments of Meyer Wolfsheim’s does Gatsby describe to Nick? How does Nick react?
3.    According to Jordan, what did Daisy do on her wedding day? Why?
4.    Why does Gatsby want to have tea with Daisy in Nick’s house? Why doesn’t Gatsby ask Nick for this favor himself?
5.    What does Tom do when he and Daisy return from their honeymoon?

Finish reading Gatsby ch. 4

Gatsby ch. 3 questions

ANSWER EACH QUESTION USING COMPLETE SENTENCES. USE QUOTES TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER WHEN POSSIBLE.
1. Describe the two ways in which Nick differs from the other guests at Gatsby’s party.
2. What does Nick think of Gatsby when he first meets him?
3. Describe the events and atmosphere of the party.
4. What does the owl-eyed man in the library find extraordinary about Gatsby’s library?
5. What does Nick learn about Jordan Baker after he has spent some time with her?

Gatsby--read through pg. 72.

Study vocab for ch. 2 quiz Wednesday

1. solemn
2. sauntered
3. sumptuous
4. proprietor
5. regal
6. haughtily
7. apathetically
8. disdain
9. ambiguously
10. simultaneously

Finish reading ch. 2 of The Great Gatsby

Gatsby--finish reading ch. 1 to pg. 27.
Find 4 character traits each for Tom and Daisy with evidence.

Vocab quiz Wednesday:

Ch. 1 Vocab.


1. LEVITY (5) humor or frivolity; the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking in respect.

2. CONTOUR (9) An outline or shape of something.

3. WISTFULLY (10) Something longed for; longingly

4. SUPERCILIOUS (11) Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

5. EFFEMINATE (11) A man having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman

6. SWANK (11) Very fashionable or elegant; grand

7. FRACTIOUSNESS (11) Inclined to make trouble; unruly

8. PATERNAL (11) Fatherly

9. PUNGENT (12) A strong odor; or to the point; sharp

10. IRREVELANT (13) Unnecessary, not needed or important

Read Gatsby to pg. 10.

Bring your tablet (ipad) if you have one.

Test Review questions due Monday.


Try to write 4 elements of Native American Literature from memory.
Find examples of each element in “Sky Tree” and “Coyote”
3. What is the theme of each myth?
How does Rowlandson’s tone show her perspective of the Native Americans? Use specific examples to support your answer.
How do Edwards and Henry use logos and pathos to persuade their listeners? What are they trying to persuade them of? Find specific examples.
6. Find examples of images of fear and metaphors/similes in Edwards’ sermon.
7. Using #8 from your hw, find another counterclaim that Paine uses in his writing. Be sure to study the vocab.
Read through the aphorisms on pg. 74. Make sure you know the meaning of each. Go back over the questions from the end of Franklin’s autobiography.

Complete questions 6, 7, 8, 11 on pg. 92 in your text. ("The Crisis" by Thomas Paine.)
Study for test on Monday.

You will be tested on the following texts:

"The Sun Still Rises" pg. 23
"Sky" and "Coyote" pg. 24-25
Mary Rowlandson handout
Edwards' "From Sinners..." pg. 46-48
Franklin's Autobiography pg. 67-71
Henry's speech pg. 81-83
Thomas Paine's "The Crisis" pg. 87-91

Read Paine's "The Crisis" pgs. 87-89 by tomorrow. Find specific examples that he used to convince the colonists to fight the British. Examples might inlcude:

Concrete evidence
Facts and Stats
Loaded words
Figures of speech
his personal experience

Study for vocab quiz tomorrow. Words on page 86 in textbook.

tyranny (n)
consolation (n)
celestial (adj)
impious (adj)
ravage (n)
relinquished (v)
pretense (n)
dominion (n)
eloquence (n)
perserverance (n)

Finish aphorism thesis and one t.s. with specific example.

Watch a speech (political or other) and find one specific example of each: ethos, pathos, and logos.

Complete essay thesis and 2 body paragraphs.

Planning page for essay with thesis statement due at beginning of class.

Read Jonathan Edwards from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" p. 43-8.

Choose ONE of the following options:

1. Draw 5 powerful images that use fear. Be sure to label them with words from the text.
OR
2. Write 5 powerful images that use fear and explain how they were intended to affect the listener. Use sensory detail in your explanation.

In class: read pg. 23 and answer questions 1-3 on pg. 26.
Thesis practice pg. 24 "The Sky Tree"
Homework:
Read p. 25 "Coyote Finishes his Work"
Be prepared to discuss in class.

Read Mary Rowlandson h/o--The first and second remove.

Write an original metaphor, simile, and example of personification.
Then, answer the question: what is the theme of your life at this point in time?

Literary Terms Definitions


Figure of speech
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Symbol
Irony

Tone
Mood
Theme
Motif
Setting
Imagery