12 th Standards

1. 12th Standards 1. Oral Expression and Listening 1. Effective speaking in formal and informal settings requires appropriate use of methods and audience awareness 2. Effective collaborative groups accomplish goals 2. Reading for All Purposes 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies 2. Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills 3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose 2. Ideas, evidence, structure, and style create persuasive, academic, and technical texts for particular audiences and specific purposes 3. Standard English conventions effectively communicate to targeted audiences and purposes 4. Research and Reasoning 1. Independent research designs articulate and defend information, conclusions, and solutions that address specific contexts and purposes 2. Logical arguments distinguish facts from opinions; and evidence defines reasoned judgment

2. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Monday While you wait, read from your choice novel! You’ll need to have finished reading your novel by mid-March.* After spring break, you will turn in an assignment related to your first novel, and you will have to start a new (contemporary) novel after break! Truth is stranger than fiction: 2 Truths, 1 Lie Which one is the lie about Jorge Rojas? • I have a brother. • I’m from California. • I would like to stay in Colorado after high school. HOMEWORK: SELECT & CREATE A FINAL COPY OF ONE OF YOUR CREATIVE IMITATIONS TURN IT BY THURSDAY! Read your choice modern novel! *If you finish it, fill out a half sheet (on top of the filing cabinet) and post it on the bulletin board, then pick up another novel to read.

3. Past, Present, Future Monday • Creative imitation writing & peer feedback due! • Harlem Renaissance and excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God • SELECT & CREATE A FINAL COPY OF ONE OF YOUR CREATIVE IMITATIONS TURN IT BY THURSDAY! • Summative assessment on Modern Short Story – a written analysis • SELECT & CREATE A FINAL COPY OF ONE OF YOUR CREATIVE IMITATIONS TURN IT BY THURSDAY!

4. What is Modern Fiction? Short Stories Monday Standard 2 Reading For All Purposes Objective: you will be able to respond to and analyze an excerpt from the Harlem Renaissance. Relevance: By interpreting text complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting. By reading modern fiction, we examine aspects of ourselves and others and how social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. Essential Question: What is modern fiction? • How do these short stories reflect the the characteristics and themes of modern fiction? • What social or historical events seem to have influenced these works?

5. Instruction: Obtain Monday The Harlem Renaissance http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harlem-renaissance (2:54) • Published in 1937 to critical acclaim, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" secured Zora Neale Hurston's reputation as the most popular African-American woman writer in the United States. This novel tells the story of spirited, independent Janie Crawford, a woman who refuses to give up on love, despite living in a world embittered by prejudice and poverty. In this excerpt, the locals of Eaton, Florida note Janie's return and speculate about her mysterious past. • Preview excerpt for Their Eyes Were Watching God • What do the images in the preview tell you about the story? As a group, infer what you think this story will be about based on the tableau in the preview. Who will the principal characters be? Where will it take place? • Think about the music in the preview. What does the music suggest about the excerpt you're about to read? Does it suggest any specific time period or social class? • At the end of the preview a question is posed: "How much privacy should you have to give up to be a member of a community?" Do we forego certain rights to privacy when we enter into a social group?

6. Instruction: Obtain Monday Quick Facts NAME: Zora Neale Hurston OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Author BIRTH DATE: January 07, 1891 DEATH DATE: January 28, 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH: Notasulga, Alabama PLACE OF DEATH: Fort Pierce, Florida Best Known For Anthropologist and novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance before writing her masterwork, Their Eyes Were Watching God. http://www.biography.com/people/zora-neale-hurston-9347659

7. Instruction: Obtain Monday • Published in 1937 to critical acclaim, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" secured Zora Neale Hurston's reputation as the most popular African-American woman writer in the United States. This novel tells the story of spirited, independent Janie Crawford, a woman who refuses to give up on love, despite living in a world embittered by prejudice and poverty. In this excerpt, the locals of Eaton, Florida note Janie's return and speculate about her mysterious past. • Preview the StudySync excerpt for Their Eyes Were Watching God • What do the images in the preview tell you about the story? As a group, infer what you think this story will be about based on the tableau in the preview. Who will the principal characters be? Where will it take place? • Think about the music in the preview. What does the music suggest about the excerpt you're about to read? Does it suggest any specific time period or social class? • At the end of the preview a question is posed: "How much privacy should you have to give up to be a member of a community?" Do we forego certain rights to privacy when we enter into a social group?

8. Activity: Develop Monday Read and Annotate the excerpt (Chapter 1 from Their Eyes Were Watching God) • Write down any questions or reactions to the text • Examine and annotate any passages that are difficult to understand. • Some passages will require re-reading in order to parse their meaning. • The language at times is dense and figurative; likewise, the dialogue is dialect-heavy (what does that mean?) Key Vocabulary • pugnacious (adj.) - Possessing a willingness or desire to confront or argue • drawl (n.) - To speak slowly with elongated vowel sounds • mind (n.) - To take care of or pay attention to something • sodden (n.) - Heavy and saturated with water • resignation (adj.) - The acceptance that something bad is inevitably going to happen • relish (adj.) - The feeling of delight or enjoyment in something

9. Activity: Develop Monday Discuss • Meet in small groups and briefly discuss the responses you had while reading • Discuss the characters that are introduced in this excerpt and their attributes. • Highlight any problem quotes or passages and try to come to an understanding Listen and Discuss • What are some of the different effects of reading the text silently versus hearing it read aloud? • What words does the author use to develop the characters and setting? • Does the audio reading help the listener visualize the speakers? How?

10. Activity: Apply Monday In paragraph 1, Hurston, using metaphor, compares ships at a distance to _______________. individuality the dreams of men death feelings of isolation According to Hurston in paragraphs 1 and 2, one difference between men and women is _______________. men may spend their lives chasing dreams that never come women are more irrational and impulsive men are better at attaining their goals women have trouble forgetting the things they want to forget At the story's beginning, the woman, Janie, has just _________________. returned from far away buried a loved one who suddenly died both a and b neither a nor b We can infer that the "sitters" described in paragraph 4 are probably _________________. day laborers very wealthy too old to work taking care of children Which of the following words best describes the attitude of the women of the group towards Janie? jealous disdainful nosy all of the above

11. Activity: Apply Monday Phoeby Watson is _________________. a wealthy aristocrat Janie's best friend the leader of the group critical of Janie Which of the following is NOT true about Janie? She is roughly forty years old. The men find her physically attractive. She stops to speak with the "sitters" for a while. She hasn't been seen by the group in a long time. Hurston narrates, "The porch couldn't talk for looking." In this sentence the porch refers to _____________. the people sitting there watching the place where they sit Phoeby Watson Janie Starks Tea Cake is ______________. a love interest of Janie's much older than Janie a member of the "sitters" Janie's father The speaker in paragraph 6 is _________________. Phoeby Watson Pearl Stone Lulu Moss the entire group on the porch

12. What is Modern Fiction? Short Stories Monday Standard 2 Reading For All Purposes Objective: you will be able to respond to and analyze an excerpt from the Harlem Renaissance. Relevance: By interpreting text complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting. By reading modern fiction, we examine aspects of ourselves and others and how social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. Essential Question: What is modern fiction? • How do these short stories reflect the the characteristics and themes of modern fiction? • What social or historical events seem to have influenced these works?

13. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Tuesday While you wait, read from your choice novel! You’ll need to have finished reading your novel by mid-March.* Next week, you will have an assignment related to your first novel, and you will have to start a new (contemporary) novel after break! Truth is stranger than fiction: 2 Truths, 1 Lie Which is the lie about Lonny? • I love playing basketball. • I love to read books upon books. • I love to look good and dress nice. Homework: If you have not already done so, • Organize your handouts and notes in preparation for the Quarter 3 final this week! • FINAL Creative Imitation due THURSDAY!

14. Past, Present, Future Tuesday • Harlem Renaissance and excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God • Continue excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God • SELECT & CREATE A FINAL COPY OF ONE OF YOUR CREATIVE IMITATIONS TURN IT BY THURSDAY! • Summative assessment on Modern Short Story – a written analysis • SELECT & CREATE A FINAL COPY OF ONE OF YOUR CREATIVE IMITATIONS TURN IT BY THURSDAY!

15. What is Modern Fiction? Short StoriesTuesday Standard 2 Reading for All Purposes Objective: you will be able analyze the Their Eyes Were Watching God excerpt and apply what you know about Modernism (the Harlem Renaissance) to the excerpt. Relevance: By interpreting text complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting. By reading modern fiction, we examine aspects of ourselves and others and how social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. Essential Question: What is modern fiction? • How do these short stories reflect the characteristics and themes of modern fiction? • What social or historical events seem to have influenced these works?

16. Harlem Renaissance & Zora Neale Hurston • http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=112027 • http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=193645 • http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=187130

17. Activity: Develop Tuesday Watch SyncTVWatch. • Focus: Pay special attention to the portion of the episode from 2:45-3:30, as students discuss how Janie and the group are represented. Think about how Hurston characterizes the group versus how she characterizes Janie. Is the group a character? How does Janie stand out from the rest? How does Hurston make this distinction? • Focus: From 4:12-5:25 the students engage in a spirited debate about the right to privacy as a member of a community. Consider their opposing sides. Do we surrender privacy as members of a community? What is a fair amount of privacy to surrender? What is too much? • Focus: Watch the portion of the episode from 7:00-7:45 as the students discuss individuality and community. Do we instinctually seek out communities and strive to belong, as Liam insists? Or is striving to be a part of a community, as Spencer suggests, a fool's errand? Or is this simply a false distinction? Consider the different viewpoints.

18. Activity: Apply Tuesday Discuss What new thoughts do they have after hearing the students' discussion? In small groups (3-4 students), discuss some of the following questions: • How does the group view Janie upon her return? What kinds of things do they say about her? Why do they come to this consensus about her? Do you think the things they say about her are warranted, or unjust? • One of the major themes of Their Eyes Were Watching God, as discussed in the SyncTV episode, is the individual vs. the collective. How does Hurston explore this theme in the excerpt? What has Janie done to break out of the collective? Do any other characters show signs of individualism? Cite specific examples from the excerpt. • The narration in the excerpt is figurative and distinct; the dialogue is colloquial and dialect-heavy. Why do you think Hurston's voice is so different from the voice(s) of her characters? What bearing does this storytelling choice have on the theme of the individual vs. the collective?

19. Activity: Apply Tuesday Discuss • One of the students in the SyncTV episode mentions the term "groupthink." What does this term denote? What is its significance in relation to this excerpt? How do the characters in this excerpt behave as a group? What do you think causes people to act and think as a group? • Continuing on some of the ideas discussed in the video, what are some of the benefits of organizing in groups? What are some of the detriments? Do the benefits of groups outweigh the detriments, or vice versa? Do we have an innate need to organize in groups, or is the desire to conform to the collective a weakness to be overcome? • Think about the first two paragraphs of the excerpt. Hurston's figurative language may be difficult to pin down, but what is she saying about dreams and men? About truth and women? Why isn't she more explicit about what she's trying to say?

20. Activity: Apply Tuesday Discuss 1. Which of these communities is most like the group on the porch? • Musicians in an orchestra • The audience at a concert • Friends on Facebook • The population of a city 2. The author writes that the porch-sitters felt more powerful and human as a group than they did as individual laborers. In a few sentences, explain why you think this was so. 3. Is gossip healthy or harmful within a group? Think about the text and explain your answer in two or three sentences.

21. Activity: Apply Monday Discuss Prompt 1: • Analyze the text for ways in which the community is made into one entity. Do you believe that a community needs to know an individual’s personal business in order for that person to gain acceptance? Use examples from the text as well as examples from your own experiences and observations. Prompt 2: • Analyze the first paragraph about ships at a distance. What do the ships represent? How do you see the meaning of the first paragraph playing itself out in the rest of the text? Evidence for your assertions should come from the text. Prompt 3: • In what ways does this work represent or reflect the Harlem Renaissance? • How is this excerpt an example of a modernist novel? Consider the author’s background, the historical and/or social context on the work, the writing style and its modernist characteristics, and modernist themes?

22. What is Modern Fiction? Short StoriesTuesday Standard 2 Reading for All Purposes Objective: you will be able analyze the Their Eyes Were Watching God excerpt and apply what you know about Modernism (the Harlem Renaissance) to the excerpt. Relevance: By interpreting text complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting. By reading modern fiction, we examine aspects of ourselves and others and how social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. Essential Question: What is modern fiction? • How do these short stories reflect the characteristics and themes of modern fiction? • What social or historical events seem to have influenced these works?

23. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Thursday While you wait, read from your choice novel! You’ll need to have finished reading your novel by mid-March.* After spring break, you will turn in an assignment related to your first novel, and you will have to start a new (contemporary) novel after break! Your final creative imitation is due right now! Turn it in to the front desk! After break, you will be expected to share it orally with the class… more on that later! • Come prepared tomorrow with copies of short stories, notes, etc. for tomorrow’s summative assessment! • Review the handouts on writing a multi-paragraph response to literature.

24. Past, Present, Future Thursday • Excerpt from Zoran Neal Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God • Preparation from Modernist Summative Assessment – Small group • Modernist Summative Assessment – Individual & in-class

25. What is Modern Fiction? Short StoriesThursday Standard 1 Oral Communication & Listening Standard 4 Research and Reasoning Objective: you will be able to work with others to summarize for the class how a particular work represents modern fiction. Relevance: By interpreting text complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting. By reading modern fiction, we examine aspects of ourselves and others and how social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. Essential Question: What is modern fiction? • How do these short stories reflect the characteristics and themes of modern fiction? • What social or historical events seem to have influenced these works?

26. Short Stories & Novel Excerpts • “Ordeal by Cheque” • “The Lottery” • “A Good Man is Hard to Find” • “Cat in the Rain” • The Great Gatsby • A I Lay Dying • Their Eyes Were Watching God

27. Pull Out All Your Social/Historical Sources & Notes! The Norton Anthology of American Literature 1914 – 1945 Overview http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/naal7/contents/D/welcome.asp Between 1914 and 1945, the United States engaged in two world wars and emerged as a modern nation and a major world power. American involvement in World War I was brief (1917–19) and left many yearning for the isolation of previous years. Yet despite some exclusionary immigration measures in the 1920s after a “Red Scare” of suspicion about foreign control over labor union activities, progress toward a more mobile and international perspective seemed unstoppable. A generation of American expatriates enjoyed European life thanks to a newly favorable currency exchange rate. African American soldiers and officers …

28. All Your ModFic Characteristics Sources & Notes! Modern Fiction: Lecture notes sheet Name: ____________________________ What quote by the poet Ezra Pound became the mantra for modern Literature: In this class, we are going to define “modern literature” as: Social/Historical changes that influenced the development of modern literature The mass destruction, death, and __________________________________ brought on by the terrible wars and genocides of the 20th century…. Some Characteristics of Modern Fiction Concept of the anti-hero/heroine. Use of _______________________________________ narrative perspectives. Use of ___________________________________ narrators…. Some Themes in Modern Fiction… __________________________________________________________________________________ Assessment Criteria for …. _____ 3 or more narrators/perspectives _____ interior dialogue/stream of consciousness _____ dialogue that includes dialect and/or colloquialisms _____ reveals a theme of “human heart in conflict with self” (Faulkner, Noble Prize Speech)…. __________________________________________________________________________________ Basic Qualities of Minimalist Fiction

29. Pull Out All Your Author Sources! ANY notes from videos or slides on the authors… A Writer Is BornWilliam Faulkner was perhaps the greatest American novelist of the twentieth century. The first of four sons, born in 1897 to Maud and Murry Falkner, Faulkner himself added the "u" to his name when he first began to publish fiction. It was a way of setting himself apart from his father. The "u" was a kind of personal rebellion, but a small one….. ___________________________________________________

30. Reflect During Quarter 3, we have read and studied several short stories and novel excerpts of the modern era. Consider the common characteristics that make these short pieces modern fiction. Which story or excerpt best exemplifies these characteristics? Why? Can you identify the following: • Specific characteristics of the writing style that are present in the work and that relate to modern fiction characteristics • Specific social or historical (or biographical) contexts/influences that are present in the work and relate to the modern area • A specific modernist theme and how it is present/revealed in the work

31. Activities: Develop & ApplyWe Do Thursday Purpose: to work with others to summarize for the class how a particular work represents modern fiction. Tasks • Review assigned short story or novel excerpt • Using your notes, SharePoint PPTs & handouts, and reliable internet sites respond to the following: How does the short story or novel excerpt represent Modern Fiction? • When was it written? Where is the story itself set (time, place)? • How do the social and/or historical events of the period influence and/or appear in the work? • What do you know about the author (biography & writing style)? • How does this background or style influence and/or appear in the work? • What do you know about Modern Fiction: common characteristics of style and thematic ideas, central messages? • How do these characteristics or themes appear in the work? Outcome: Be prepared to share your findings with the class using poster paper or a PPT

32. Response to Literature • Handouts (introduction, body paragraphs w/ evidence, conclusion, models) • Questions?

33. What is Modern Fiction? Short StoriesThursday Standard 1 Oral Communication & Listening Standard 4 Research and Reasoning Objective: you will be able to work with others to summarize for the class how a particular work represents modern fiction. Relevance: By interpreting text complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting. By reading modern fiction, we examine aspects of ourselves and others and how social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. Essential Question: What is modern fiction? • How do these short stories reflect the characteristics and themes of modern fiction? • What social or historical events seem to have influenced these works?

34. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Friday Today you are taking your summative on Modern Fiction Short Stories/Excerpt. • You MAY use any notes of your own; you may NOT borrow notes. • You may listen to music, but you may NOT use any other technology. (Dictionaries & thesauri are on the shelf by the east wall) • You may NOT talk to others. • If you have ANY questions, concerns, or needs, see me. • You MUST finish and turn your essay analysis by the end of this period. • If you finish early, turn it in and read your choice novel quietly.

35. Past, Present, Future Friday • Turned in final Creative Imitation! • Preparation from Modernist Summative Assessment – small group • Modernist Summative Assessment – individual & in-class • Choice Modernist Novel Assignment + New Novel

36. What is Modern Fiction? Short StoriesFriday Standard 2 Reading for All Purposes Objective: you will be able to show your understanding of the characteristics of and influences on modern fiction. Relevance: By interpreting text complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting. By reading modern fiction, we examine aspects of ourselves and others and how social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. Essential Question: What is modern fiction? • How do these short stories reflect the characteristics and themes of modern fiction? • What social or historical events seem to have influenced these works?

37. Activities: ApplyYou Do Friday Purpose: to show your understanding of the characteristics of and influences on modern fiction. Prompt: During Quarter 3, we have read and studied several short stories and novel excerpts of the modern era. Consider the common characteristics that make these short pieces modern fiction. Which story or excerpt best exemplifies these characteristics? Write a well-organized, multi-paragraph response that identifies how one of the short stories or excerpts represents modern fiction. Be sure to identify and explain at least 2 of the 3 following ideas: • Specific characteristics of the writing style that are present in the work and that relate to modern fiction characteristics • Specific social or historical (or biographical) contexts/influences that are present or reflected in the work and relate to the modern area • A specific modernist theme and how it is revealed in the work Outcome: a multi-paragraph response turned in by the end of class.