Wednesday
Today we are going to start The Scarlet Letter.
THEMES:
Nature vs. Human Law
Nature of Evil
Sin vs. Forgiveness or Punishment vs. Forgiveness
Individual vs. Society
Exile
Public Guilt vs. Private Guilt
Civilization vs. Wilderness or Town vs. Woods
Good vs. Evil
Remember that you have to keep a Dialectical Journal.
Scarlet Letter (reading schedule)
10/22 chapters 1-2
10/26 chapters 3-4
10/27 chapter 5
10/28 chapter 6
10/29 chapters 7-8
10/30 chapters 9-10
11/2 chapter 11
11/3 chapter 12
11/4 chapter 13
11/5 chapter 14
11/6 chapter 15
11/9 chapter 16-17
11/10 chapter 18-19
11/11 chapter 20
11/12 chapter 21-22
11/13 chapter 23-24
11/16 Finish Dialectical Journals
11/17 Review for Test
11/18 Test
11/19 - 11/9 Work on Scarlet Letter Essay
11/20 Essay Due
SCARLET LETTER:
LEARNING GOAL: RL9 - read and discuss classical literature of the
19th century. Determine a theme of a text by referring to specifics
from a text.
Objective: Start keeping a dialectical journal. Try to
chose things that reflect a major theme and connect to each other.
Effective students have a habit of taking notes as they read. This
note-taking can several forms: annotation, post it notes, character
lists, idea clusters, and many others. One of the most effective
strategies is called a dialectical journal. The word “dialectical” has
numerous meanings, but the one most pertinent is the “art of critical
examination into the truth of an opinion” or reworded “The art or
practice of arriving at the truth by using conversation involving
question and answer.” As you read, you are forming an opinion about what
you are reading (or at least you are SUPPOSED to be forming an
opinion). That opinion, however, needs to be based on the text – not
just a feeling. Therefore, all of your opinions need to be based on the
text.
The procedure is as follows:
1. I expect you to publish these journal entries on your
blogs nightly and number them as you go.
2. As you read, pay close attention to the text.
3.
Whenever you encounter something of interest (this could be anything
from an interesting turn of phrase to a character note), write down the
word/phrase making sure that you NOTE THE PAGE
NUMBER. If the phrase is especially long just write the first few words,
use an ellipsis, then write the last few words.
4. Underneath your quotation, WRITE YOUR OBSEVRATIONS ABOUT THE TEXT. This is where you need to interact in detail with the
text. Make sure that your observations are THOROUGH, INSIGHTFUL, and
FOCUSED CLEARLY ON THE TEXT.
5. On your BLOGS - 1st give the quotations and underneath it place your observation
Requirements:
1) You will need to complete a MINIMUM of 55 entries if you
wish to be eligible for an “A”. 35 is the minimum for a passing grade.
Make sure you number your entries.
2) A Dialectic journal should be done for every chapter
3) Dialectic journals will be used as part of class discussion and will be randomly collected and graded for homework.
When should you write things down?
• When certain details seem important to you
• When you have an epiphany
• When you learn something significant about a character
• When you recognize a pattern (overlapping images, repetitions of idea, details, etc.)
• When you agree or disagree with something a character says
• When you find an interesting or potentially significant quote.
• When you notice something important or relevant about the writer’s style.
• When you notice effective uses of literary devices.
• When you notice something that makes you think of a question
That
is all there is to it. This way, once you have read your text you will
already have a great set of notes on which to draw when you write your
paper. You also should have gained a great deal of insight about your
particular text.
Grading (based on 55 entries, if you have 45 entries an A= B, B= C, 35 entries A=C)
A—Detailed,
meaningful passages, plot and quote selections; thoughtful
interpretation and commentary about the text; includes comments about
literary elements (like theme, diction, imagery, syntax, symbolism,
etc.) and how these elements contribute to the meaning of the text; asks
thought-provoking, insightful questions; coverage of text is complete
and thorough; journal is neat, organized, numbered and readable.
B—Less
detailed, but good selections; some intelligent commentary about the
text; includes some comments about literary elements (like theme,
diction, imagery, syntax, symbolism, etc.) but less than how these
elements contribute to the meaning of the text; asks some
thought-provoking, insightful questions; coverage of the text is
complete and thorough; journal is neat, organized, numbered and
readable.
C—A few good details about the text; most of the commentary
is vague, unsupported or plot summary/paraphrase; some listing of
literary elements, but perhaps inadequate discussion, but not very
thoroughly; journal is relatively neat.
D—Hardly any good or
meaningful details from the story; notes are plot summary or paraphrase;
few literary elements, virtually no discussion on meaning; no good
questions; limited coverage of text, and/or too short
Some links to previous student dialectical journals:
http://jennyaplit.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-english-patient-dialogue-journals_18.html
http://englishap12.blogspot.com/2011/
http://zoesapenglishliterature.blogspot.com/2013/10/
http://mapienglish11.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-11-07T18:42:00-08:00&max-results=7&start=7&by-date=false
Unit Learning goal: Students will demonstrate
knowledge of nineteenth century foundation works of American Literature by
determining how a theme is developed over the course of text by analyzing
structure, author’s choice of details, and character; and, by writing an
essay on how these elements (or one of them) influences the meaning of the
novel as a whole.
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