Unit 4b Lessons

Transcript Unit 4b Lessons

Analysis Essay

In a fully developed essay, compare and contrast the themes and the evidence of time period in The Great Gatsby to those in Their

Eyes Were Watching God.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

 “F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel's success made him famous and let him marry the woman he loved, but he later descended into drinking and his wife had a mental breakdown. Following the unsuccessful Tender is the Night, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood and became a scriptwriter. He died of a heart attack in 1940, at age 44, his final novel only half completed.”—Biography.com

Zora Neale Hurston

 “Hurston became an orphan at nine, a run-away at fourteen, maid and manicurist before she was twenty, and with one dress and a dream—managed to become Zora Neale Hurston, author and anthropologist.” ---Alice Walker

Reading “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” (370-372)

 What Philosophies and beliefs did Hurston share with the Harlem Renaissance?

 In what ways did Hurston follow her own path?

Differences Already?

Do Now:

Define the following Dialect Allusion

“Sweat” (375-383)

 Listen to the story  In groups, develop “rules” for the dialect  See example on page 374  Be prepared to share

What about Allusion

Biblical Allusion Effect on Text

How do Fitzgerald and Hurston compare on reference to God?

EXIT SLIP:

Please List

Do Now

What do you think is the meaning of the title Their Eyes Were Watching God?

How does this compare to the watching eyes in The Great Gatsby?

Books Talk to Each Other

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The Great Gatsby

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms further . . . And one fine morning— “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past.”

How does Hurston talk to Fitzgerald?

 Read the first two paragraphs of Their Eyes Were Watching God  Male Students: Interpret and analyze the first paragraph  Female Students: Interpret and analyze the second paragraph  Explain your paragraph to the other gender

Imagery & Characterization

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Read the rest of chapter 1 and find

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Imagery Indirect Characterization Direct Characterization

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Double Entry Journal

Textual Evidence How it shows the time period

How Character Arguments Work

 Establishing Credibility  Does the writer seem honest?

 Does he respect his audience?

 Is the author likeable?

Do Now: Define

First Person Point of View Third Person Omniscient Point of View Third Person Limited Point of View

What is the Point of View?

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Mother to Son (pp 388-389)

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Comparison

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Compare Nanny’s narration to the poem by Langston Hughes

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Compare Nick’s Narration to Janie’s

Homework

Read Chpts 5, and answer the study questions

Do Now: Define

Literal Interpretive Universal

Types of Questions

Literal Interpretive Universal

What does Joe Starks say when the audience requests that Janie speaks?

Based on Joe Stark’s statements about women, what can the reader infer about Joe’s attitude toward women?

How does society define male and female roles?

Develop your own

 Working with a partner, come up with three questions from chapter 5.

 Share with the whole class!

 Working together with your partner again, read chapter 6  Create a quiz for another group by coming up with three questions for each type of question.

Do Now: Define

Folk Tales

Hurston’s Folk Tale Focus

“She would get together a group of men in a railroad or turpentine camp or in a phosphate mining village, talk informally until they were no longer self-conscience, and then see which could outdo the other with his yarn.” - Benjamin Brawly

p. 396-397

Let’s look at the elements

 Myths, Fairy Tales  Reflection of time and place (dialect)  Exaggerated Characters or situation  Humans coping with the world  Common people as characters  Characters struggling with nature  Validates aspects of culture  Universal and Timeless themes

Let’s tell our own:

   Pick a “Story in a nutshell” or think of your own. Read it (or jot it down) and think about how you could tell this story to:  exaggerate the character or situation  Make it reflect our times now Be prepared to share in our story circle

Do Now:

Sit with a partner for “SAY SOMETHING” and begin reading Chapter 7.

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How are Hurston’s beliefs om the power of the individual reflected in Janie’s character?

p. 400

Finding Elements of Harlem Renaissance

Aspect Example from Chpts 7, 8, 9 Product of the Historical Time Period?

Departure from ideas of the Time Period?

Homework

Read Chpts 8 & 9, and provide examples of the time period for the chart on page 400

Do Now:

Divide yourselves into 2 groups.

Literary Circles

 1 Summarizer  1 historian  1 question maker    Tell us what happened Find evidence of the time period Come up with literal, interpretive and universal Questions  1 note-taker  1 time keeper/facilitator  Record what your group discusses  Keep everyone on track

Chapter 10 Today :

Process

 Determine how you will read the chapter (silently or aloud with jobs 4 & 5 as readers) If you are jobs 1-3, do your job as you read.   When done reading: Job 5 should decide how long 1-2 will share their findings, then set a time for discussing each of Job 3’s questions.