HW DUE TUES. 3/21:
1) In OGE, first carefully read George Orwell's personal reflective essay, "Shooting an Elephant" (pp. 531-38)
2) Then, for JOURNAL #9 AT HOME AFTER YOU READ, respond on paper (written/typed, 150-200 words) to BOTH QUESTIONS #2 and #3 at the END OF THE TEXT
**IMPORTANT NOTE: BE READY TO SHOW ME YOU'VE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THIS JOURNAL, HAVE IT WITH YOU/PRINTED, AND HAVE YOUR RESPONSES READY TO SHARE!!
**IMPORTANT NOTE: BE READY TO SHOW ME YOU'VE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THIS JOURNAL, HAVE IT WITH YOU/PRINTED, AND HAVE YOUR RESPONSES READY TO SHARE!!
****KEY POINT FROM ORWELL's REACTION/AT THE HEART OF THIS ESSAY:
"AMBIVALENCE;" COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO DEFINE THIS TERM, and APPLY IT TO ORWELL's ESSAY
2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.
**1) REMINDER FOR TUES. 3/21:
**2) HW/MAJOR ASSIGNMENT DUE TUES. 3/21:
THIS LONG WEEKEND after our class discussions and finishing The Road, COMPLETE the MAJOR assignment explained here:
2) THE OCEAN as a 'life force archetype' "AMBIVALENCE;" COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO DEFINE THIS TERM, and APPLY IT TO ORWELL's ESSAY
2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.
**1) REMINDER FOR TUES. 3/21:
In the 2nd FLOOR COMPUTER LAB, you will complete your AMERICAN LIT./COMP. EOC '3% CHECKPOINT' on USATESTPREP
**this first checkpoint is WRITING PRACTICE-BASED ONLY, so you will receive more instructions and guidance tomorrow before you begin
**I will also have your USATESTPREP account login info available for you!
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THIS LONG WEEKEND after our class discussions and finishing The Road, COMPLETE the MAJOR assignment explained here:
THE ROAD ARCHETYPES [SYMBOLS] ANALYSIS-EVALUATION 'MINI-ANNOTATIONS' ASSIGNMENT
FIRST, using **post-it notes/**note cards/paper (**offered in class if needed), PURPOSEFULLY jot down NOTES/ANNOTATIONS/COMMENTS/OBSERVATIONS FROM THE TEXT ABOUT A MINUMUM OF FIVE of the EIGHT topics/ARCHETYPES listed below (in blue)
**Here also are LINKS to TWO in-depth references RE: ARCHETYPES, including the definition and various common archetypes in literature (*I HIGHLY recommend you take a look at BOTH these references/use them to guide you...BUT, you DO NOT have to 'exactly follow' the descriptions on either reference!!):
ARCHETYPES: Definition and Common Literary Examples
ARCHETYPES Reference Sheet
1) THE ROAD as a 'journey archetype' **Here also are LINKS to TWO in-depth references RE: ARCHETYPES, including the definition and various common archetypes in literature (*I HIGHLY recommend you take a look at BOTH these references/use them to guide you...BUT, you DO NOT have to 'exactly follow' the descriptions on either reference!!):
ARCHETYPES: Definition and Common Literary Examples
ARCHETYPES Reference Sheet
- both +/- symbolic meaning for SURVIVAL
- its 'frequency' of 'the road' being mentioned ( #
THEM FOR EXTRA CREDIT!!!) **found throughout the ENTIRE novel as it is mentioned at the start of each section
- its +/- symbolic/archetypal nature in the story vs. universally
- vastness of the ocean/the tide's turning = time
- **pp. 215-287 (**and pp. 222 as ANTITHESIS of the ocean's usual 'life-force'**)
- gray as a medium between black and white
- the wasted/burnt barrenness of the world around them; "cauterized" (14)
- *even the man's dreams in color turn to "ash" in waking (21); what does this suggest??
- **found throughout the ENTIRE novel
- the man/father vs. the boy
- the necessary and moral roles they each play in their own survival
- **pp. 1-6; pp. 62-66; pp. 105-115
- *the [perhaps] reversal/shift of roles as the story progresses and the LIGHT that surrounds the boy (*pp. 258-59; 267-70)
- the 'good guys' vs. 'the bad guys' imagery
- *numerous mentions of "carrying the fire" throughout the ENTIRE novel as representative of the human spirit (pp. 83; 103; 283, etc.)
- **also the biblical symbolism that surrounds the boy through fire and light (*pp. 258, **259; 267-70; 277; 280)
- his significance/what he reveals about their world
- Ely's/the father's 'wonder' at the boy his compassion
- Ely's lack of religious piety/belief in God, but view of the boy as perhaps an angel
- **pp. 159-175
- fishing as a biblical symbol of redemption
- **novel's last page (pp. 287) and relation to the man's flashbacks of the 'old world'/the river/fishing (pp. 30; 41-42)
- "Of a thing which cannot be put back" (287)
- COLORS [other than gray] (**yellow, red, black, white, etc.); their symbolism/**# times mentioned for EXTRA CREDIT
- TIME (**stopped clocks, faded paint, worn roads, the seasons, etc.)
- THE BRASS SEXTANT (**pp. 225-26)
- THE 'OTHER' LITTLE BOY (**implications, imagery; pp. 84-87; 216-17)
**FOR EXAMPLE, if while reading pp. 189, you feel that section illustrates/is an example of #4 ABOVE (THE MAN as the 'PROTECTOR ARCHETYPE'), use a POST-IT NOTE/CARD/etc. (or two) to mark that specific page/paragraph, and WRITE DOWN ON THE NOTE/CARD YOUR NOTES, ANALYSIS, REASONING behind this symbol based on the text
NEXT, when all is said and done, the MINIMUM #NUMBER# of post-its/note cards you should have for this assignment for The Road is FIVE (for the FIVE [5] topics above).
****FINALLY: MY evaluation of/your GRADE on this assignment?
It will be based on your EFFORT, your COMPLETION, your THOROUGHNESS of YOUR ANALYSIS NOTES PLUS YOUR OWN EVALUATION OF EACH ARCHETYPE:
**LESS THAN FIVE/FIVE POORLY-COMPLETED POST-ITS/CARDS = 'F'
**5-6 'crappy/in-a-hurry,' sparsely-done " " " = 'C/C+,' AT BEST
**7-10 (or more!) neat/complete/detailed " " " = 'B+/A+-RANGE, ACCORDINGLY!!
WHY AM I DOING THIS ASSIGNMENT, you ask??
**TBA IN CLASS for part of your THE ROAD EXAM, you will respond to a text-based ANALYSIS-plus-EVALUATION (Yes, that's right: EVALUATION!!!) QUESTION/PROMPT RE: some aspect/symbol/*archetype/theme from The Road
**ALSO,
PLEASE NOTE: For this response above, you will be able to use your
POST-IT's/NOTE CARDS and your own thoughts/observations in this response
ALONGSIDE "evidence from this part of the text," so make your
POST-IT's/NOTE CARDS helpful; make this assignment COUNT (#).
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