TEST REVIEW: FEBRUARY 9/10

Test Review February 9 & 10

If you missed on the test review days, I distributed the readings for the test in class and gave your classmates 30 minutes to read, analyze, and make notes on them. We played a Bingo game to review the terms and practice recognizing them. I would highly suggest that you do more than just read these selections before the test. You should read them for comprehension first. After that, apply the skills that we've studied throughout this unit to the selection to the texts.

REMEMBER TO BRING ANY INCOMPLETE WORK AND/OR EXTRA CREDIT ON TEST DAY! DOING MISSING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS IS GREAT TEST REVIEW.

Elements of Realism: Rejection of the Romantic hero, detailed depiction of ordinary characters, emphasis on characters inn realistic events, emphasis on characters from cities and lower classes, avoidance of the exotic, sensational, and overly dramatic, use of everyday speech patterns to reveal class distinctions, focus of the ethical struggles and social issues of real-life situations.

Literary terms: author purpose (persuade, inform, entertain), point of view, metaphor, situational irony, verbal irony, satire (parody, false praise), motivation

Elements of Naturalism: The Brute Within, Survival of the Fittest, Plot of Decline, Objective Observations of Human Behavior, Human Behavior is Controlled by Heredity and Environment

TEST TIPS

The best advice I can give you to prepare you for your test is to WORK HARD on the readings that I will give you for your test.  One of the readings is an example of Naturalism and the other is an example of satire.

You should read them for comprehension first. After that, apply the skills that we've studied throughout this unit to the selection to the texts.

If you have trouble with one of the terms, such as point of view. PRACTICE identifying point of view. Go back and flip through some of the selections and look for third person limited, third person omniscient, and third person objective.

Review your skills and apply them to these selections.

The readings for the test are underneath "Read More," but you may also see me for your copy.

Unit 4: Lesson 7: Kate Chopin and Motivation

On February 7/8, we discussed Kate Chopin, Motivation, and read "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin.


Your final literary term for this unit is motivation (the reason why characters act or behave the way that they do. When you analyze motivation, you must take in account the historical/social context of the work would influence character behavior. You are looking for the underlying thoughts, feelings, and emotions that lead to a character's behavior.


Homework: Complete any missing homework assignments and/or extra credit. The final day you have to turn these in is test day. After test day, you will receive a zero. There are no exceptions to this rule. 


You should also begin doing some pre-research on your research paper topic. Think of an era prior to 1960 that appeals to you and something of that time period that interests you and start forming your topic.


World War II would be way too broad, but a specific battle of the war or even a new weapon that was introduced during the war would work. If you're interested in movies, maybe you could research the movies/industry during the 1940s. If you love fashion, you could research clothing, hair, and make-up trends of the era and how they've influenced styles today. This is a historical research paper, but you can definitely cater to your own interests when writing/researching. Music, movies, sports, weapons, politics, fashion, television, literature, cars....... the possibilities are endless.

TEST DAY

The test for the Realism Unit will be on February 13 (Gold One) and February 14 (Black Four).


We will review for the test on February 9 (Gold One) and February 10 (Black Four).


If you have chosen to do a project, it will be due on your class test date.


All extra credit, quizzes, and missing homework assignments from this unit must be turned in before or on test day. 

Jack London's Original "To Build A Fire"

London published an earlier and radically different version of "To Build a Fire" in 1902. It is also considerably shorter!


For extra credit, read the original version and write me an objective summary. 


Also, answer the following question:


In your opinion, which version  is a more effective example of the philosophies of Naturalism?


Click here for the text of the original version of "To Build a Fire"

Unit 4: Lesson 6: Jack London, To Build a Fire, and Naturalism

On Friday (Gold One) and Monday (Black Four), we discussed and took notes on Naturalism and Jack London.

From this lesson, you will be tested over the elements of Naturalism. You need to know not only what the elements are, but how they are used to convey a message or theme.


Homework:  ZERO, other than the in class worksheet. However, you're welcome to complete the extra credit. 

To analyze the elements of Naturalism within a story, we watched the film adaptation of Jack London's "To Build a Fire." The movie is much too long to post here, so you will need to schedule a time to watch it during IRP. If you cannot schedule a time to watch the movie, you will need to read the text version of "To Build a Fire" in your book or listen to an audio version to complete the worksheet. The worksheet asks you to identify specific moments from the story that display a certain element of Naturalism at work. 

Here's the audio book. It's 40 MINUTES LONG. whoa.

I've included the worksheet under "Read More" or you can see me for a copy.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!

Turn on your TV, put in a movie, or watch a Youtube video and watch some satire!

Write me a short (paragraph) summary about what you watched. Tell me what idea/person/concept the  satirized and how they did it (specific examples of irony).

February 1/2

We will spend all of February 1 (Gold One) and February 2 (Black 4) in the lab or the library writing your satire pieces.

If you have not finished your Satire Prewriting Guide and "The Lowest Animal" questions, you must do so before you can start writing your piece.