Transcript Flowers for Algernon Daily Journal Response Questions

Flowers for Algernon
Daily Journal Response Questions
Preview the Story
IQ Test: noun a psychometric test of
intelligence Intelligence Quotient
Rorschach Test: –noun Psychology. a test for
revealing the underlying personality structure
of an individual by the use of a standard series
of 10 inkblot designs to which the subject
responds by telling what image or emotion
each design evokes.
What Do You See?
Now What Do You See?
Preview Questions
1.
What does mentally challenged mean? Do you know
anyone who is mentally challenged? Explain how
you know them or know of them.
2.
Imagine...you woke up tomorrow and realized you
had become a genius. What would your initial
reaction be? What might the reaction of your family
and friends be?
3.
What drawbacks would there be if you became a
genius overnight?
Journal Entry #1
Progress Report 1 – Progress Report 6
(pgs. 33-37)
• Words to Know (Unfamiliar Words-choose 3)
– Ink Blot
– Fountain Pen
• Summary- 1 paragraph
• Questions of the Day- choose 1 and write 1 paragraph
– Identify the differences between the tests Miss Kinnian gives
Charlie and the Rorschach test.
– How does the author reveal Charlie is a highly motivated
person?
– Based on what I have read today, these are my inferences
about what will happen to Charlie.
Journal Entry #2
Progress Report 5 – April 15
(pgs. 37-42)
• Words to Know (choose these or your own)
– Subconscious
– Conscious
– Potted
• Summary- 1 paragraph
• Questions of the Day- choose 1 & write a paragraph
– What may Charlie’s negative remarks suggest
about the success of his operation?
– Explain what “pulling a Charlie Gordon” is.
– Describe Charlie’s relationship with his co-workers.
Journal Entry #3
April 16 – April 28
(pgs. 43-47)
• Words to Know (choose these or your own)
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Psychology
Plateau
Photostatted
Feeble
• Summary- 1 paragraph
• Questions of the Day-choose 1 and write 1 paragraph
• Describe a time or an event in your life that resulted in you
feeling smarter.
– Why is Charlie’s use of punctuation humorous? Describe Charlie’s
attitude toward learning.
– What changes do you see in Charlie since his intelligence is
increasing? How does he see himself? Others?
– Why do Charlie’s co-workers suddenly seem frightened of him?
Journal Entry #4
April 28 – May 20
(pgs. 48-52)
• Words to Know (choose these or your own)
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Opportunist
Shrew
Sensation
Tangible
Specialization
Absurd
• Summary- 1 paragraph
• Questions of the Day-choose 1 and write 1 paragraph
– Why is Miss Kinnian worried about Charlie?
– Why has Mr. Donegan asked Charlie to leave his job?
Journal Entry #5
May 20 –June 5
(pgs. 53-57)
• Words to Know (choose these or your own)
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Catcalls
Vacant
Vacuous
Naïveté
Illiteracy
• Summary- 1 paragraph
• Questions of the Day-choose 1 and write 1 paragraph
– How do the customers in the diner behave similarly to Charlie’s coworkers?
– Charlie is upset when he realized that he unknowingly laughed at
himself. What does Charlie mean by this? How did he laugh at
himself?
– Has reading this story altered the way you would act in the future if
you witnessed people making fun of a mentally challenged
individual?
– What changes have occurred in Algernon? What do these changes
suggest might happen later in the story?
Journal Entry #6
June 5 – July 28
(pgs. 58-62)
• Words to Know (choose these or your own)
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Regression
Impair
Syndrome
Statistically
Hypothesis
Proportional
Introspective
• Summary- 1 paragraph
• Questions of the Day-choose 1 and write 1 paragraph
– Charlie says he will “fight it” (pg. 58). What is he fighting and what does this
tell you about Charlie’s character?
– How do you know that Charlie’s condition has worsened since his last
progress report?
– Why is Charlie moving away from New York? What do you think will happen
to Charlie?
– Why do you think Charlie put flowers on Algernon’s grave?
– Now that we have completed the story, do you feel this experiment should
have been done on a human being? Explain.