Final Dystopian Journal Due Friday
Discuss one of the five dystopian museum exhibition areas.
1.
The
author’s warning
2. The
corruption of morals or values
3. The
structure of the society
4. Cultural
Connection
5. Stylistic
devices
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Dystopian Journal 2
English teachers love to use the term "significance". What is the significance of the passage, character book... but rarely do we explain how to address a question that asks you to find "significance".
How can a passage be significant? Look for some of the following:
Characters: key characterization, moments of conflict, or moments which resolve conflicts
Setting: Description of setting
Style: Motifs, symbols, structure, contrasts or oppositions...
Themes
What to do: Choose a passage that is no longer than a page. In the opening paragraph, describe your passage and identify the page(s) in which it can be found. After the paragraph describing your paragraph, identify why the passage is significant to the novel. For each significant point, state significant follow with a colon, identify the specific aspect (characterization, setting, technique...), follow with a short explanation.
Due: Wednesday
Your assignment: Identify a significant passage from your novel and explain why it is significant.
How can a passage be significant? Look for some of the following:
Characters: key characterization, moments of conflict, or moments which resolve conflicts
Setting: Description of setting
Style: Motifs, symbols, structure, contrasts or oppositions...
Themes
What to do: Choose a passage that is no longer than a page. In the opening paragraph, describe your passage and identify the page(s) in which it can be found. After the paragraph describing your paragraph, identify why the passage is significant to the novel. For each significant point, state significant follow with a colon, identify the specific aspect (characterization, setting, technique...), follow with a short explanation.
Due: Wednesday
Friday, October 28, 2011
Dystopian Journal 1
Dystopian journals should be between 200-300 words (about a typed page). They should have quotations and analysis, but need not be as formal as your essays.
For the first journal, I want you to examine the subtleties of the author's style via a commentary.
Read the first page or chapter of your dystopian novel. Choose a short passage (a paragraph or part of one) and write a commentary on the paragraph. Treat this commentary as you would an on-demand piece. Starting at the top and working your way through to the last sentence. Don't forget to focus on the techniques present in the passage.
For the first journal, I want you to examine the subtleties of the author's style via a commentary.
Read the first page or chapter of your dystopian novel. Choose a short passage (a paragraph or part of one) and write a commentary on the paragraph. Treat this commentary as you would an on-demand piece. Starting at the top and working your way through to the last sentence. Don't forget to focus on the techniques present in the passage.
Friday, October 7, 2011
The Stranger Journal 6
Reading: Finish the novel by Tuesday
Journal: Create a Stranger "found" poem
Here is what you do:
As you read the chapter, pull between 10-20 interesting words, lines, images, phrases, etc. Choose your top favorites and arrange them in a poetic way to suggest something about a character or a theme. As you arrange the lines, you may repeat some, you need not place the lines in chronological order, and you may remove insignificant words that don't alter the meaning. You cannot add words, and you cannot change the context. The number of lines, structure and purpose is up to you.
Have fun with it.
Journal: Create a Stranger "found" poem
Here is what you do:
As you read the chapter, pull between 10-20 interesting words, lines, images, phrases, etc. Choose your top favorites and arrange them in a poetic way to suggest something about a character or a theme. As you arrange the lines, you may repeat some, you need not place the lines in chronological order, and you may remove insignificant words that don't alter the meaning. You cannot add words, and you cannot change the context. The number of lines, structure and purpose is up to you.
Have fun with it.
The Stranger Journal 5
Reading Chapter 3 and 4
Journal: Examine the stylistic changes between part I and II. Consider changes in the sentence structure, word choice, and images. What do these changes suggest about Meursault -be specific. And/ or consider how minor characters change. What type of characters appear in part II that didn't appear in part I? Why? Why and for what period of time do some characters appear in Part II? And/or the change in the setting. How does Meursault describe the setting? How does it impact him? How have the motifs surrounding the setting changed?
Journal: Examine the stylistic changes between part I and II. Consider changes in the sentence structure, word choice, and images. What do these changes suggest about Meursault -be specific. And/ or consider how minor characters change. What type of characters appear in part II that didn't appear in part I? Why? Why and for what period of time do some characters appear in Part II? And/or the change in the setting. How does Meursault describe the setting? How does it impact him? How have the motifs surrounding the setting changed?
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Stranger Posters and Tonight's Reading
Reading: NONE
Group project answers to your Questions:
Yes, it is due tomorrow. You will have a little bit of time to work on it in class. Yes, you can read your analysis. Yes, you should color-code the analysis as we previously practiced with Eyes.
It sounds like coming up with a thesis was difficult for most of the groups, which is good because it means that you're considering all of the aspects of Camus' argument.
For tonight, those of you in tomorrow's discussion please prepare your notes. Everyone else, should be continuing to clarify your ideas on the group project.
We'll chat tomorrow.
Townzen
Group project answers to your Questions:
Yes, it is due tomorrow. You will have a little bit of time to work on it in class. Yes, you can read your analysis. Yes, you should color-code the analysis as we previously practiced with Eyes.
It sounds like coming up with a thesis was difficult for most of the groups, which is good because it means that you're considering all of the aspects of Camus' argument.
For tonight, those of you in tomorrow's discussion please prepare your notes. Everyone else, should be continuing to clarify your ideas on the group project.
We'll chat tomorrow.
Townzen
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Stranger Journal 4
Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Part II
Journal:
Take tonight's journal to contemplate and write about the topic your group chose for tomorrow's activity. Ideally you would start gathering information from tonight's reading and then consider how the topic links to other points in the book. No matter where you start or finish, pull quotations that seem to apply to your topic and discuss how the quotation might apply in your writing. Try to pull quotations that offer different views on your subject.
Good luck.
Journal:
Take tonight's journal to contemplate and write about the topic your group chose for tomorrow's activity. Ideally you would start gathering information from tonight's reading and then consider how the topic links to other points in the book. No matter where you start or finish, pull quotations that seem to apply to your topic and discuss how the quotation might apply in your writing. Try to pull quotations that offer different views on your subject.
Good luck.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Stranger Journal 3
Read Chapter 4-6
Journal: The title of the novel in French is L'Étranger. As you know, translations can be tricky. Words carry a variety of meanings, both connotative and denotative, that the translator must choose between to best portray the author's text. With this being said, there are three different titles for the novel: The Stranger, The Outsider, and The Foreigner. Each carries a slightly different meaning and focus. After considering the connotations of the the title, write a journal that examines how the title connects to the text.
Also, keep working on the cultural connections and the motifs. Feel free to change motifs or stop following a motif if it no longer interests you.
Journal: The title of the novel in French is L'Étranger. As you know, translations can be tricky. Words carry a variety of meanings, both connotative and denotative, that the translator must choose between to best portray the author's text. With this being said, there are three different titles for the novel: The Stranger, The Outsider, and The Foreigner. Each carries a slightly different meaning and focus. After considering the connotations of the the title, write a journal that examines how the title connects to the text.
Also, keep working on the cultural connections and the motifs. Feel free to change motifs or stop following a motif if it no longer interests you.
Stranger Journal 2
Reading Chapter 3
Journal: Choose two to three minor characters and examine their importance in the novel. How do they affect Meursault, what theme(s) do they support, how do they function in the novel.
Also, please continue to track interesting patterns in the novel and the cultural connections.
Journal: Choose two to three minor characters and examine their importance in the novel. How do they affect Meursault, what theme(s) do they support, how do they function in the novel.
Also, please continue to track interesting patterns in the novel and the cultural connections.
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