Final Exam Review

Macbeth Review

Characters to know: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Duncan, Banquo, Malcolm, Macduff
Content:
§ How does Duncan reward Macbeth for his valor?
§ What prophecies do the witches make regarding Macbeth and Banquo?
§ The former Thane of Cawdor had been what?
§ What do the witches hail Macbeth as?
§ What does Lady Macbeth try to convince her husband?
§ Why does Macbeth plot Banquo's murder?
§ What is the major factor leading to Macbeth’s downfall?
§ What does Lady Macbeth mean by: “I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.”
§ Why can't Lady Macbeth kill King Duncan?
§ What is Macbeth like as king?
§ What do Duncan’s sons do after he is murdered?
§ How does Malcolm’s army use Birnam Wood?
§ What is Macbeth’s tragic flaw?
§ Who kills Macbeth?
§ Who is an ancestor of James I?

Brave New World Review

§ What is one aim of the state in Brave New World?
§ What was the first book that John read as a child?
§ After moving to the lighthouse, what does John do that attracts reporters?
§ What motivates John’s suicide?
§ Why is Bernard Marx frustrated?

§ How is Lenina different?
§ What does soma do to people?
§ What or who is the people’s famous ‘god’?
§ Where does John the Savage go to live by himself?
§ What is the purpose of death conditioning?
§ Why is Bernard deported?
§ How did John cause a riot?
§ Why was Huxley not granted U.S. citizenship?
§ What is The Doors of Perception?
§ What is significant about the day Huxley died?

Vocabulary

• avarice
• beguile
• chastise
• flout
• impede
  

MLA, Plagiarism

How are the following formatted/identify the following:
Article title
Author
Date accessed
Date of publication
Publication title

Be able to identify correct parenthetical citations.

Brave New World Test and Key

Brave New World Test. On your scantron, mark the letter of the best answer.

1. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
(A) The Podansky Process
(B) The Trotsky Process
(C) The Bokanovsky Process
(D) Centrifugal Bumble-puppy
2. The term for birth in the Hatchery is
(A) Social predestination
(B) Uncorking
(C) Hatching
(D) Decanting
3. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
(A) By preventing the children from ever seeing books or flowers
(B) By using hypnopaedia to teach them that books and flowers are worthless
(C) By spanking the children when they approach books or flowers
(D) By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
4. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
(A) Because she thinks Lenina is lonely
(B) Because “every one belongs to every one else”
(C) Because she thinks Henry Foster is treating Lenina poorly
(D) Because she thinks Bernard Marx is attractive
5. How does the Solidarity Service end?
(A) With an orgy
(B) With singing and large doses of soma
(C) With a sermon from the Community Songster
(D) With a series of hypnopaedic lessons
6. What is one aim of the state in Brave New World?
(A) Frustration
(B) Ease
(C) Stability
(D) Intelligence
7. How is promiscuity regarded in Brave New World?
(A) It is dirty and meant only for Epsilons.
(B) It is encouraged by the state.
(C) There is no such thing.
(D) It is against the law.
8. What is totalitarianism?
(A) Control of people over each other
(B) A form of government in which there is no leader
(C) Pure anarchy
(D) Absolute control by the state
9. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
(A) New Mexico
(B) Nevada
(C) Texas
(D) Arizona
10. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
(A) She is horrified
(B) She is fascinated
(C) She is sympathetic
(D) She ignores it
11. Which one of the following World State sayings has to do with soma?
(A) “Everyone is happy now”
(B) “Progress is lovely”
(C) “A gramme is better than a damn”
(D) “Never put off till to-morrow the fun you can have to- day”
12. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
(A) Because she slept with their husbands
(B) Because she did not speak their language
(C) Because she was from the Other Place
(D) Because she insulted them
13. What was the first book that John read as a child?
(A) Milton's Paradise Lost
(B) The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
(C) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(D) Orwell's 1984
14. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
(A) He criticized the World State
(B) He wrote poetry
(C) He visited a Savage Reservation
(D) He conducted scientific experiments
15. Mustapha Mond says that “You can't have a lasting civilization without . . .”
(A) “plenty of pleasant vices.”
(B) “stability and happiness.”
(C) “soma.”
(D) “pre-natal conditioning.”
16. After retreating to the lighthouse, what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
(A) He cries for his mother
(B) He calls Lenina's name
(C) He whips himself
(D) He plants a garden
17. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
(A) Linda's death
(B) His unrequited love for Lenina
(C) His disillusionment with the “brave new world”
(D) His participation in a soma-driven orgy
18. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and
(A) Soma
(B) Stability and strength
(C) Machinery and medicine and happiness
(D) Technology and progress


19. Which one of the following is not one of the popular teachings of the World State?
(A) Mending is better than lending.
(B) Cleanliness is next to Fordliness.
(C) A gramme is better than a damn.
(D) Everybody belongs to everyone else.
20. Bernard Marx is frustrated because ...
(A) Lenina refuses to go to the Reservation with him.
(B) he does not fit into the society he lives in.
(C) he refuses to take soma.
(D) All of the above.
21. Lenina is unusual in her society because ...
(A) She keeps seeing the same man for a long time.
(B) She decides to have a baby.
(C) She was born in the Reservation.
(D) She is an Epsilon without a twin.
22. Before leaving for the Reservation,
(A) Lenina finds out that she would be sent to exile.
(B) Bernard finds out that he would be sent to exile.
(C) Mustapha Mond tells Bernard about his visit to the Reservation.
(D) All of the above.
23. What are 'feelies'?
(A) A social dinner gathering
(B) A type of mind altering medicine
(C) A popular form of entertainment
(D) None of the above
24. Bernard's problems stem from the fact that ...
(A) his mental capabilities are not what they should be.
(B) he spent his childhood in the Reservation.
(C) he is physically inferior.
(D) All of the above.
25. Which one of these characters has access to forbidden literature?
(A) Mustapha Mond, the World Controller
(B) The Director
(C) Lenina Crowne
(D) Helmholtz Watson, the lecturer
26. At the end of the book,
(A) John leaves the World State to live in the Reservation.
(B) The Director offers John a job.
(C) John adapts to the life in the World State.
(D) None of the above.
27. What does Bernard find so disturbing about Morgana Rothschild?
(A) her fingernails
(B) her eyebrow
(C) her hair
(D) the way she chants orgy-porgy


28. Who is the antagonist in Brave New World's World State?
(A) Mustapha Mond
(B) John the Savage
(C) Fanny Crowne
(D) Helmholtz Watson
29. What does soma do to people?
(A) makes them want to chew gum
(B) makes them pneumatic
(C) makes them stable
(D) makes them sing orgy-porgy
30. What or who is the people's famous 'god'?
(A) Ford
(B) Jesus
(C) a dog
(D) soma
31. Where is the Reservation located?
(A) Iceland
(B) New Mexico
(C) Greenland
(D) New Zealand
32. Where does John the Savage go to live by himself?
(A) Iceland
(B) a crofters cottage
(C) Greenland
(D) a lighthouse
33. What phrase best describes the protagonists' biggest hope?
(A) to marry Lenina
(B) freedom from oppression
(C) to not have to take soma
(D) to live in Iceland
34. What phrase best describes dystopia?
(A) a state where there is no propaganda
(B) a state where individuality is encouraged
(C) a state in which people are treated to due process
(D) a state that is depriving and oppressive to individuals
35. John believes that people in the World State have made some sacrifices for their kind of happiness. Among these are science and
(A) technology
(B) art
(C) health
(D) security
36. The purpose of death conditioning is to create an attitude of ____________ when people die
(A) sympathy
(B) sorrow
(C) unconcern
(D) joy
37. Bernard is deported because of his desire for
(A) individuality
(B) Lenina
(C) soma
(D) the Contgroller's job
38. The Malpais reservation where John and Linda lived was located in
(A) Arizona
(B) New Mexico
(C) Mexico
(D) Texas
39. Most of the women of the World State were sterile and were known as
(A) freemartins
(B) free spirits
(C) free agents
(D) free lovers

40. John caused a riot when he tried to do away with
(A) hypnopaedia
(B) the feelies
(C) decanting
(D) soma
41. Why was Huxley not granted U.S. citizenship?
(A) He thought it wrong to pay taxes.
(B) He was a Communist and was black listed.
(C) He refused to fight in World War II.
(D) He could not memorize the National Anthem.
42. What is The Doors of Perception?
(A) An entrance into a heavenly place.
(B) A philosophical digression about LSD.
(C) A song by Jim Morrison about Aldous Huxley
(D) A book by Aldous Huxley about experiences with mescaline.
43. What is significant about the day Huxley died?
(A) He died on his birthday, at the same time of his birth.
(B) He died on the day President Kennedy was assassinated.
(C) He died on the day Martin Luther gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
(D) He died on the same day Timothy O’Leary died.


Match the person on the left with his description on the right.
44. Thomas More
45. George Orwell
46. Sigmund Freud
47. Henry Ford
48. Jonathan Swift
(A) Wrote Gulliver’s Travels
(B) Psychologist
(C) Wrote Utopia
(D) Wrote 1984
(E) Known for the assembly line

KEY

1. c
2. d
3. d
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. d
9. a
10. a
11. c
12. a
13. c
14. d
15. b
16. c
17. d
18. b
19. a
20. b
21. a
22. b
23. c
24. c
25. a
26. d
27. b
28. a
29. c
30. a
31. b
32. d
33. b
34. d
35. b
36. c
37. a
38. b
39. a
40. d
41. c
42. d
43. b
44. c
45. d
46. b
47. e
48. a
    

Macbeth Videos

BBC's Animated Macbeth
Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Chapter 12-16 Additional Study Questions

What could Huxley not do because of the disease that affected his eye?
Why was Huxley not granted U.S. citizenship?
What is The Doors of Perception?
What is significant about the day Huxley died?
What is totalitarianism?
Where do we get the word utopia?
Who was Jonathan Swift?
Who is Freud?
How is promiscuity regarded in Brave New World?
What is one aim of the state in Brave New World?
What does Bernard promise will happen at his party?
Why is Bernard humiliated?
What does Bernard do after he is humiliated?
How do Helmholtz and John get along?
What play does John read to Helmholtz?
What happens when Lenina undresses in front of John?
Who calls John?
Why is John upset?
How does the nurse feel when John is upset about Linda?
What does John do to Linda before she dies?
What does John do to the boy after Linda dies?
How does Linda die?
What does John try to keep the Delta children from doing?
How does Lenina feel about John?
Who joins John?
According to Mustapha Mond, what is the basis for the stability in his society?
How does Mond say he will punish Bernard and Helmholtz?
How does Bernard react to Mustapha Mond’s plan for him?
How does Helmholtz react to Mustapha Mond’s plan for him?
What does Helmholtz want to do when he gets to this place?
What do we learn about Mustapha Mond in Chapter 16?

Homework Journal

Journal: Are Linda and John better off in the civilized world than they were in the Reservation? Why/why not? 5 sentence minimum.

You may e-mail your journal answer to Mrs. Woodliff or leave it as a comment to this blog entry. If you leave a comment, do NOT leave your full name.
Leave your class period and initials after your post. (For example: 1JD for “1st period, Jane Doe” or 4SB for "4th period, Sam Brown")

WordWebs

Vocabulary Word Webs = 50 points of Quiz Grade

• Each group will create a Word Web in which all or most of the 21 vocabulary words are connected.
• Compile the relationships between words that everyone in your group has made so far.
• Each word, triad, or dyad should have a picture to go with it. Extra points for including at word for each picture AND each relationship. (The more pictures, the more points!)
• Pictures should be neat and creative. Poorly drawn images will not be given credit!
• Use one of the large sheets of paper under Mrs. Woodliff’s desk when creating your word web (or use your own poster board).

Mini-Examples. Use one or all of these example when creating your web.

20 & 21 April 2009

4th period:
Independent Reading: Read over Chapter 5 & 6 questions; read the chapters; answer the questions.

Expect a quiz on Wednesday.

Group questions: Groups were given the opportunity to post their questions to woodliff4th.blogspot.com/.

1st period:

Make a cinquain or graphic organizer for 4 of the 11 vocabulary words defined so far.

Independent Reading: Read over Chapter 5 & 6 questions; read the chapters; answer the questions.

Expect a quiz on Thursday.

Group questions: If you group still has not posted questions to http://woodliff1st.blogspot.com/, you still have an opportunity. Get this done by the end of the day (April 21)

April 16, 17: BNW Day 2

• Journal: "Conditioning"
  If you had been conditioned to be who you are today, explain how it would have been done:
  A. Physical conditioning before you were "decanted" (Write about at least one thing that pleases your senses and one thing that doesn’t.)
  B. Psychological conditioning after you were "decanted" (Write about at least one interest/hobby and at least one thing you dislike doing/something you’re not interested in.)

• Reading schedule calendar was handed out. Chapters assigned on one day are expected to be finished the following class day. If you are absent, there is no excuse for not reading.
• Students worked in groups to answer as many pre-reading questions as they can using PowerPoints in folders. Click here for questions and instructions can be found here.
• Vocabulary, next 4 words
  Kiva – n. a large chamber, often wholly or partly underground, in a Pueblo Indian village, used for religious ceremonies and other purposes. Origin: Hopi kíva (ki- house + unidentified element
  Malignant – adj. Bad; disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect
  Manifest – v. To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal
  Moribund - adj. in a dying state; near death.; on the verge of extinction or termination.; not progressing or advancing; stagnant:
• Vocabulary: Word Relationships
  Steps to taken when finding logical relationships.
  First, find logical relationships between 2. Example 1) Burgeon & carapace: legs & head of a turtle come out of its shell like buds sprout from a plant. Example 2) Decanted & Incarnadine: wine (red wine, pour wine)
  Then, try to add a 3rd word to these pairs. The result: Burgeon & carapace – Things come out – add fulminate, to explode with a loud noise; detonate. to cause to explode
  What do these 3 have in common?
  Now, do (A) and (B) on vocabulary handout.
  Create at least 3 pairs in part A and 1 triad in part B
• Chapter 3: Read study quesitons; read Chapter 3 aloud; finish for homework.

HOMEWORK: Finish chapter 3, read chapter 4. Be prepared for a quiz over Chapters 3 & 4. 1st period: 8 questions due as a blog post by 11:59pm April 17; 4th period: 8 questions due as a blog post by 11:59 April 20

Pre-Reading PowerPoint Questions: April 16, 17

Brave New World Pre-Reading PowerPoint Questions: Group Work.
Work with members of your caste to answer as many of these questions as you can using the PowerPoint in your folder.

Aldous Huxley
1. What did Huxley’s parents do for a living?
2. Why might Huxley’s ancestry have “brought down on him a weight of intellectual authority and a momentum of moral obligations?
3. What could Huxley not do because of the disease that affected his eyes?
4. How did Huxley know so much about science?
5. How did his eye disease influence who Huxley was to become?
6. What were some tragedies he experienced?
7. Why was Huxley not granted U.S. citizenship?
8. What are Huxley’s novels about?
9. Describe Huxley’s experience with hallucinogenic drugs.
10. Who is Jim Morrison and what is his connection to Huxley?
11. What is The Doors of Perception?
12. What is significant about the day Huxley died?
13. What other book contains similar themes as Brave New World? Who wrote this book?
14. How did Huxley and the author of this book know each other before their books were published?
15. What historical events happened around the time Brave New World was published?
16. What were the last few years of Huxley’s life like?

Terms, Literary Elements, Connections to Literature
17. What is a utopia?
18. What is a dystopia?
19. What is totalitarianism?
20. What point of view is Brave New World written in?
21. What are the themes of Brave New World? (in your own words)
22. Where do we get the word utopia?
23. Who is Sir Thomas More?
24. Who was Jonathan Swift? What is his link to More? To utopia?
25. What is the setting(s) of Brave New World? (time and place)

Brave New World
26. What is soma? What is its function?
27. Do we have a modern soma? Explain.
28. What are “feelies”?
29. What is “orgy-porgy”?
30. Who is Freud? What is his significance in Brave New World?
31. What is a Malthusian Belt?
32. What is a freemartin?
33. Describe the Alphas.
34. Betas.
35. Gammas.
36. Deltas.
37. Epsilons.
38. What is the result of the caste system?
39. How is promiscuity regarded in Brave New World?
40. Who is the director of the D.H.C.?
41. What is the aim of the state in Brave New World?
42. What is life like in the society of Brave New World? What is the quality of life?
43. How & why is the society of Brave New World a peaceful society?
44. Who is the savage & what does he believe?
45. How are the savage’s beliefs different from those of Mustapha Mond?
46. How is Brave New World more applicable today than in 1932 when it was published?
47. How is Brave New World a warning?

April 14 & 15: Brave New World Day 1

• Students began Brave New World today.
• Chapter reading assignments can be found on the calendars at the top of individual blog sites. Chapters assigned on a specific day are expected to be finished before the next class. Quizzes can be expected.
• Students were put into groups according to the caste system found in Brave New World: Alpha-Plus, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. (There are actually only 5 castes, but "plus" and "minus" are parts of those casts. I have used the Alpha-Plus so the class will have 6 smaller groups instead of 5 larger ones)
• Group Folders:
  *On the outside, write your caste name (Alpha, etc.) and class period.
  *On the inside, write your names
  *There is a glossary of terms and 2 copies of a PowerPoint in your folder. You will add additional handouts to the folder that your group will share. If you want copies, you will have to make them yourselves.
  *As you read today’s PowerPoints and the book, jot down characteristics of your “caste.”
  *You will eventually decorate the folder to symbolize your caste.
• Pre-Reading assignment using PowerPoints inside the folders (each caste has a different PowerPoint). (1st period should choose someone from their group to post their 8 questions as a comment to this post. Due Friday, 11:59pm)
  *Highlight information about
  *Events in the author’s life that might have influenced his works
  *Themes of Brave New World
  *Information you, as a group, deem important to know before reading.
  *Answer as many of the pre-reading questions on the handout as you can at this point.
  *Create one question that begins with each of the following
  *Who, what, when, where
  *Create two questions that begin with each of the following
  *Why, how
• Students read Chapter 1 aloud in class.
• Vocabulary Assignment: Define the first 7 words (give multiple definitions when possible) Links to definitions are posted in this entry.
  **Find a logical relationship between at least 3 words.
  **For example: Putrefy means to rot or decay; acrid means sharp or biting to the taste or smell; rank means highly offensive and disgusting. These 3 words all have something to do with "yuckiness."

HOMEWORK:

Vocabulary, Read Chapter 2.

Vocabulary 1-7

• Define the first 7 words (Give multiple definitions when possible. Links to definitions are below.)
• Find a logical relationship between at least 3 words.
• For example: Putrefy means to rot or decay; acrid means sharp or biting to the taste or smell; rank means highly offensive and disgusting. These 3 words all have something to do with _________________________ .
  
  burgeon
  
  carapace
  
  chronic
  
  decanted
  
  fulminate
  
  hypnopaedia
  
  fulminate

Romantic Poetry Project

DUE: 1st period on April 1. 4th period on April 2. No part of this project will be accepted after spring break!

PART 1: Romantic Poet and Romantic Poetry Analysis. (1st Quiz Grade)
Instructions:

• Choose one (or two) of the following Romantic Poets: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats.
• Find and read a biography of the poet. Fill out the poet information in the “Poet Fact Sheet” PowerPoint found on the Y-Drive “Romantic Poetry” folder. Find a picture of the poet, and insert it on the second slide. (You may not use Wikipedia for the biography or picture.) On the third slide, create an MLA formatted bibliography for the source(s) used.
• Find, print, and read 2 poems by that poet. (If you choose 2 poets, choose one poem by each.) Analyze each poem for the specific literary elements on the analysis sheet. Then analyze it for characteristics of Romantic poetry. Fill in the chart accordingly. (Not all squares will be filled in, but the majority should be.)
• Find or create at least 3 images for each poem. If you find the images on the Internet, you must create a bibliography for them. Present the images creatively on an 8x11 piece of paper.

PART 2: Peep Diorama (2nd Quiz Grade)

Information: The Washington Post is currently sponsoring its third annual “Peeps Diorama Contest.” Peeps are those disgustingly sweet bunnies and chicks that make their way onto grocers’ shelves shortly after the stale Valentines are discarded. You will follow the rules of The Washington Post’s competition. You may do this assignment individually or in pairs.

Instructions:

• You will be randomly assigned a scene from “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. You will find (online) and read a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
• Create a diorama to illustrate the assigned scene from “Kubla Khan” and creatively incorporate an event from Coleridge’s life into that scene. (You may not choose the story we read in class about how Coleridge came to write “Kubla Khan.”)
• Diorama MUST be in a shoebox or comparably sized box (12x5x7).
• The diorama must be decorated to create the “setting” for the scene of the poem.
• An event from Coleridge’s life must be creatively incorporated into the diorama.
• ALL characters must be played by PEEPS (bunnies or chicks).
• Title must include deftly (cleverly) applied PUNS. (A pun is the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. In other words, you need to incorporate the word “peep(s)” into your title.)
• A title for the scene MUST be clearly displayed on the diorama.
• Grading will be based on creativity, effort, and accurate depiction of the event & poem.
• I MUST be able to determine your scene by looking at the diorama.
• Presentations will be no more than 2 minutes. You will explain the specifics of your scene, using quotes from the poem. You will also explain the event in Coleridge’s life that you incorporated into the scene.

March 25: 4th period

Students finished watching GATTACA.
Students were given the following assignment:
"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
•Read the note on the first page.
•Read the poem – draw images/scene as you read. Read again.
•Analyzing Literature Worksheet – complete this.
•“Xanadu” by Rush – identify imagery in song
–If you work in groups, you still have to complete the work on your own handout.
•Turn in Friday.

We will be in lab 317 on Friday!

Romantic Poetry: March 23, 24

Journal: "Romantic" – Write a paragraph response to the question "What does it mean to call something Romantic?"

Romanticism Notes: coincides with the "age of revolutions" – American, French, Industrial

• Definition: Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the 19th century.
• Romanticism is characterized by the 5 "I"s
  Imagination
  Intuition
  Idealism
  Inspiration
  Individuality
• Imagination was emphasized over "reason."
  This was a backlash against the rationalism characterized by the Neoclassical period or "Age of Reason."
  Imagination was considered necessary for creating all art.
  British writer Samuel Taylor Coleridge called it "intellectual intuition."
• Intuition
  Romantics placed value on "intuition," or feeling and instincts, over reason.
  Emotions were important in Romantic art.
  British Romantic William Wordsworth described poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings."
• Idealism is the concept that we can make the world a better place.
  Idealism refers to any theory that emphasizes the spirit, the mind, or language over matter – thought has a crucial role in making the world the way it is.
  Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, held that the mind forces the world we perceive to take the shape of space-and-time.
• Inspiration
  The Romantic artist, musician, or writer, is an "inspired creator" rather than a "technical master."
  What this means is "going with the moment" or being spontaneous, rather than "getting it precise."
• Individuality
  Romantics celebrated the individual.
  During this time period, Women’s Rights and Abolitionism were taking root as major movements.
  Walt Whitman, a later Romantic writer, would write a poem entitled "Song of Myself": it begins, "I celebrate myself…"
• Origins
  Romanticism began to take root as a movement following the French Revolution.
  The publication of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1792 is considered the beginning of literary Romanticism.
• Basic Concepts of Romanticism
  1.The connection of poetry to the poet
  2.Poetic spontaneity and freedom
  3.The glorification of the commonplace
  4.The supernatural, “strangeness of beauty”Poetic spontaneity and freedom
• 1. Poetry and the Poet
  The poem is completely self-originating, flowing from the poet’s experience
  Poet’s feelings and emotions are of the utmost importance, not subject or audience.
  The poem is an attempt to express the inner-self of the poet, not to critique the outside world.
• 2. Poetic Freedom
  The poem is not something to be crafted over much time.
  "The spontaneous flow of emotions"
  More structural freedom than in the past (however, sonnets and standardized forms are still common)
  Inspiration and capture of a single moment
• 3. Glorification of the Common
  Many of the themes of the romantics are rural, rustic, everyday life
  The common man is lifted up, the simple life is revered.
  This move affirms the individual, who in all urban parts of England was being exploited and mistreated.
• 4. Strangeness in Beauty
  The supernatural or imaginative is often involved (Coleridge)
  Different concepts of beauty
• General Features of Romantic Poetry
  References to nature
  Intimate self-revelations of the poets
  Direct expressions of emotions
  Imagery reflects a careful attention to concrete particulars
  Setting is often the remote past
• Romantics often use visionary images
  Ancient legends
  Dream visions
  Imagined scenes
  Elemental images like fire, water, clouds, forests
• Wordsworth’s theory of poetry:
  Poetry should be about common people and events and should be written in the language of ordinary men and women.
• Historical Context of Romantic Poets
  Remember the context in which they wrote in order to understand their disdain for the new fast-paced modern world. Answer these:
  (A) How might they have been disillusioned by the industrial revolution?
  (B) Why would this cause them to romanticize the past?
  (C) Make a comparison with today. Do you know people who are fed up with the fast-paced life we follow, with the ever-changing technology, etc? Explain.
• "Kubla Khan"by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1st period only, March 24)
  Read Coleridge’s note. Below, write a few sentences summarizing this note.
  (anodyne: pain reliever, opiate or narcotic)
  Close your eyes and listen to the poem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK5EcMxuQzk
  Now draw images from the poem, continue listening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSNpOk7JZAk
  Now read along with the poem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fhhrGCMxm0
  Which of these versions do you prefer? Why?
• Imagery: language that appeals to the senses
  Analyzing Literature Worksheet
  "Xanadu" by Rush – identify imagery in song
  If you work in groups, you still have to complete the work on your own handout.
  Turn in when finished.
• Romantic Poets (4th period only, March 23) (page 621)Take a look at these poets (biographies, poems) and think about which you would like to study closely.
  William Blake (p. 606, we will consider him a Romantic poet)
  William Wordsworth
  Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  Lord Byron (George Gordon)
  Percy Bysshe Shelley
  John Keats

Survey for Extra Credit

•Take this quia survey to replace a zero (daily grade only). Due by Tuesday, March 10
•Please answer all questions seriously.
•http://www.quia.com/sv/274259.html

Survey

Please take this survey regarding reading a novel as a class.
http://www.quia.com/sv/274259.html

4 March: Dystopia, Wall-e

1st period watched Wall-e and should identify characteristics of a dystopia.

1st period will be working on computers in the classroom on Friday. Rough drafts will be due by the end of the day on Friday.

Note Cards: Feb 18 - 24

Assignment Feb 18 & 19:
Groups took sample note cards and...
•Stacked the cards according to topic.
•Used this information, write a paragraph for each topic.
•You don’t have to use all the cards.
•Don’t forget to put the source number in parentheses after each piece of information.
•Paragraphs were turned in during class.

BE ADVISED:
•Note cards should be finished by the end of class class on Friday, Feb 20 (1st) and Monday, Feb 23 (4th).
•You should begin your outline and drafting next class (outline BEFORE draft)
•If you do not have note cards, I will not accept your rough draft. This is a process. You must follow the steps.
•Remember, your rough draft is a major grade.
•Also, I will not accept a final draft without a rough draft.

Feb 11, 12, 13, 17

Students worked on their annotated bibliographies in class.

Source check - 8 source minimum. Only 4 web-based sources. Finditva.com sources are not considered web-based; I consider them printed material since somewhere in the world, there are journals, magazines, newspapers with these sources in them.

Class instructions:

•Work on your annotated bibliography.
•Number each source.
•Create a bibliographic entry for each source.
•Read each source.
•As you read, highlight parts you know you want to use in your paper, parts that answer your questions!
•Write an annotation for each source. This includes summary, assessment, and reflection. Read yellow sheet for instructions and example.
•Continue draft your annotations today in class.
•Final drafts are to by typed on your own time.

Annotated Bibliography Format:

•Bibliographic entry: MLA format. Double spaced, hanging indent. Entries must be in alphabetical order.
•A space after the entry and the summary. A space between the summary and assessment, between the assessment and reflection.
•A space between the reflection and your next bibliographic entry.
•See example.
•Format sample can be found on the Y-Drive.

Edit the annotated bibliography sample entry: Put parentheses around the publication date (19 Jan 2007).

Feb 5, 6, 9, 10: Internet Research

Students are in the computer lab these days to find sources for their paper.
Other classwork was also assigned.

If you were absent any of these days, you need to check the Y-Drive (Public, Woodliff, English 12, Research folders) for specific instructions.

Instructions for using finditva.com:

•Go to http://finditva.com/
–Go to York Co Public Library in the pull-down menu.
–Password is 23146443123693
•or you can use your library card # if you have one

February 9 & 10: Annotated Bibliography assignment with sample was given. This is due February 18 (odd) & 19 (even)

4 February: 4th period

1) Read “An Interview with Diana Sheets: Reading in the Age of the Internet” (handout). Follow instructions below.
2) Groups created a poster of important information found in the interview for the research process.
3) Generate at least 7 questions for Part 2 and turn in.


Create a Works Cited entry for the interview/article.
Answer the following questions/follow the instructions:
QUESTION 1:
(A) Make a chart of the information Sheets provides in her answer to question 1.
(B) What sources does she cite?
(C) Summarize the 3rd paragraph (“It’s important to keep…”). Give an example from your life that supports what she is saying here. Give an example that refutes what she is saying.
(D) What does it mean when she says that “there is very little vetting occurring on the Internet”?

QUESTION 2:
(A) In your own words, explain how “the Internet is our Wild, Wild West.”
(B) Explain the metaphor using examples.
(C) What kinds of deception might you encounter online? Give examples of these.

QUESTION 3
(A) In your own words, explain what “content scraping” is.
(B) Are you guilty of “content scraping”? If so, how?
(C) What can you do to avoid this?

QUESTION 4
(A) In your own words, explain how “autobiography is the least reliable of genres.”
(B) Scenario: You are writing your autobiography. You tell how you recall an incident from your life. A person who was part of the incident recalls it differently. Who is right? Explain how this makes your autobiography unreliable.
(C) What is the difference between a sophisticate reader and a naïve reader when it comes to autobiography?

QUESTION 5
(A) Summarize Sheets’ answer.

QUESTION 7:
(A) Paraphrase the answer to question 7.

QUESTION 8
(A) Why are people not reading primary sources?
(B) How are book reviews used?
(C) Why is it important to form your own judgments?
(D) Define “anemic” and “myopic” as they are used in this answer.
(E) Paraphrase the last sentence “The fact that…”

QUESTION 9
(A) How does Sheets say that journalism is being affected by the Internet?
(B) List a piece of advice Sheets gives in this answer. How can you use this advice?

Feb 3: 1st period

Turn in work assigned on Friday, January 30.

MLA works cited blog entry notes. Instructions for Weblog works cited entries can be found here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/ (scroll down toward the bottom)

Students read 2 blogs and completed the following for each and turned in:

1. Create a works cited entry for each.
2. Read each blog then
   •Summarize each in 2-3 sentences.
   •Assess each by answer the following questions:
   •(a) What makes it a credible source?
   •(b) How might you use this source in a paper?
   •(c) What, specifically, might your paper be about?
   •(d) What is the goal of the blog?
   •(e) Is it biased or objective?
3. For each blog, use a quote in a sentence of your own. Use correct parenthetical citation to cite the source.

Part 2: "What You Want to Find Out" due end of class.
•Put an MLA heading in the top left hand corner of your paper (no need to double-space when handwriting. No need for a header either.)
•Make a list of questions that will help focus your research.
•When finding sources, you will use these questions. Your sources should help you answer the questions.
•Remember: don’t be too general. Your paper is only 1500 words long.

Today's PowerPoint can be found on the y-drive, "Research" folder.

Feb 2: Research Practice

Practice included:
1. using quotes and paraphrases in a paragraph
2. using weblogs as sources, summarizing, assessing, reflecting (annotated bibliography practice). Using quotes from blogs in a sentences and citing them properly.

See PowerPoint "Feb2" on y-drive "Research" folder for specific notes and instructions.

Due today:
1) "French Fries"
2) 2 blog entries

Due Wednesday:
1) Part 1 of I-search (2-4 paragraphs about what you already know about your topic) due beginning of class
2) Part 2 of I-search (generate questions you want to find the answers to) due end of class

January 29: 4th period

Students took notes over paraphrasing and quoting.
Students made sample paraphrase note cards.
Students were given the research paper assignment.

Check google calendar on the left for important dates.

January 28, 30: 1st period

January 28
Students took notes over paraphrasing.
Students practiced paraphrasing.
Students were given the research paper assignment.

Check google calendar on left for important dates.

January 30
Mrs. Woodliff was out today.
Students were given a folder with various handouts.
Students were given instructions to follow that require these handouts.

"The Pot of Basil" January 7 & 8

Journal: Write a paragraph about something that intrigues you.

Decameron quiz

Decameron notes:
4th day: love stories with unhappy endings
Filomena tells the story of Lisabetta and Lorenzo
Macabre story; recalls elements of the plague as described in the introduction

Continue in green packet:

• Read "The Pot of Basil" folk song.
  Skim the poem; underline or highlight unfamiliar words.
  Read the poem. Define words you need to make better sense of the poem.
  Follow instructions at top of page.
• Read "The Pot of Basil" tale. follow instructions in bold.

ASSIGNMENT (due next week)
Read either “The Deceived Girl” or “The Willow Tree” (both folk ballads)
Summarize it (in the margins is fine)
Then, as a group at your tables, write and illustrate a short story as influenced by the poem.
You may sketch your story as a storyboard first, then write it.
Your story must be at least 200 words.
You must have at least 4 illustrations to go with your story.
When writing the story, consider what happens between the stanzas of the poem. (What is missing that you may include in the story?)

Plague Literature: January 5 & 6

Journal: choose 2 of the following to write about. 75 word minimum each:

1.Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
2.Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.
3.Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
4.The cure for grief is motion.

Take notes over PowerPoint on the plague.

Plague Literature packet (green).
Read the introduction to The Decameron. Answer questions 1-17.
Prepare for a quiz next class.