American Literature
11 December 2017
Objective: To write
narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. (STANDARD
W.3)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by improving their Creative Piece score from CP #3 to CP
#4.
Agenda:
1. Chapter
Expert Presentations (Chapters 22-24) - 15 min
2. Student
Work Time for Creative #4 – 75 min
Assessment: Creative
Piece #4, due at the end of the block
Homework: Divergent Chapters
25-26 p. 316-338
AP
English Literature and Composition
11
December 2017
Student Learning Objective: (1) To
identify the many tools that Dickens uses to create suspense. (2) To
discuss the M.V.P.s (Most Valuable Passages) from Chapters 2-7. (3) To draw parallels between the novel
and “A Modest Proposal.” (STANDARD RL.4)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by making a list with a table partner of Dickens’ numerous
uses of author’s craft in this section of the novel.
Agenda:
- Literary
Device Definitions (Satire and Omniscient Narrator) – 10 min
- Chapter
Presentations of Book the Third, Chapters 2-7 – 30 min
- Chapters
2-3 – Kylie
- Chapters
4-5 – Caitlyn
- Chapters
6-7 - Adianna
- Discuss
“A Modest Proposal” – 10 min
- Introduce
Book the Third, Chapters 8-10 – 5 min
Assessment: Class
Discussion Questions, BTT, Chapters 2-7
1. III, 2: How is
Lorry’s exclamation, “Thank God that no one near and dear to me is in this
dreadful town tonight” (264) ironic?
2. III, 2: How does
the scene with the grindstone considerably heighten the suspense?
3. III, 3: Mr. Lorry
explains Madame Defarge to Lucie: “There are frequent risings in the streets;
and although it is not likely they will ever trouble you, Madame Defarge wishes
to see those whom she has the power to protect at such times, to the end that
she may know them – that she may identify them” (272). Do you think Madame
Defarge will be protecting Lucie and her family? Why or why not?
4. III, 4: In the
past, stressful events would have put Dr. Manette into a relapse. Why
doesn’t he relapse in this very stressful situation/environment?
5. III, 4: Dickens
repeatedly uses personification and imagery to show how violent the revolution
has become: “Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been
before the general gaze from the foundations of the world—the figure of the
sharp female called La Guillotine. . . . it was the best cure for headache, it
infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey… and it was bowed down to and
believed in…. It sheared off heads so many, that it, and the ground it most
polluted, were a rotten red” (Dickens 278). Why does Dickens interrupt
his narration about Charles Darnay with this paragraph (paragraphs)? What
is the effect on the reader when La Guillotine surrounds Charles Darnay?
6. III, 5: What is
coincidental about the wood-sawyer who lives in the vicinity of La Force?
7. III, 5: Dickens
includes the Carmagnole into this chapter of his historical fiction
novel. Why did this dance scare Lucie?
8. III, 5: The
suspense increases at the end of this chapter: “Who could that be with Mr.
Lorry—the owner of the riding-coat upon the chair—who must not be seen?
From whom newly arrived, did he come out, agitated and surprised, to take his
favourite in his arms?” (Dickens 285). With so much foreshadowing
surrounding La Guillotine, how does Dickens introduce this new mysterious
character at the end of the chapter in a way that makes the reader even more
concerned for Charles Darnay’s safety?
9. III, 6: Why does
Dickens summarize the questions asked of Darnay and his responses rather than
write the dialogue? What is the effect on the reader?
10. III, 6: As a discerning reader, do you find
Charles’ exoneration unsatisfying?
11. III, 7: What is foreshadowed in the first two
paragraphs of Chapter 7?
12. III, 7: Predictions?
Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Third Chapters 8-10p. 298-338 (40 pages); Rough
Draft of Personal Narrative pages 5-7 due on Wednesday
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