Great Expectation: Study Guide |Coming of Age Name: ___________________ |Date: _____ Pd: ___ Reading Calendar: Monday (10/15) B pp. 1-18 Tuesday (10/16) A pp.19-38 Wednesday (10/17) B pp. 39-59 Thursday (10/18) A pp.60-85 Friday (10/19) B pp.86-111 Saturday (10/20) pp.112-136 Sunday (10/21) pp.137157 Sunday (10/28) pp.292314 Monday (10/22) B pp.158-182 Part 1 Quiz (Ch. 1 to 19|Vocab Ch. 1-15) Monday (10/29) A pp.315-332 Part 2 Quiz (Ch. 20 to 39| Vocab 1631) Monday (11/5) B Tuesday (10/23) A pp.183-202 Part 1 Quiz (Ch. 1 to 19|Vocab Ch. 1-15) Tuesday (10/30) B pp.333-353 Part 2 Quiz (Ch. 20 to 39| Vocab 1631) Tuesday (11/6) School Closed Wednesday (10/24) B pp. 203-227 Thursday (10/25) A pp.228-253 Friday (10/26) B pp.254272 Saturday (10/27) pp.273-291 Wednesday (10/31) A pp.354-366 Thursday (11/1) B pp.367-386 Friday (11/2) A pp.387403 Saturday (11/3) pp.404-428 Sunday (11/4) pp.429451 Wednesday (11/7) School Closed Thursday (11/8) A Friday (11/9) B Saturday (11/10) Sunday (11/11) Part 3 Quiz (Ch. 40 to 59| Vocab Ch. 32-58) Part 3 Quiz (Ch. 40 to 59| Vocab Ch. 32-58) The information and exercises provided in this study guide is to help you in engaging, understanding, thinking, writing, and analyzing the novel, Great Expectations. Essential Questions: What does it mean to be an adult? How do beliefs change as one moves from adolescence to adulthood and/or innocence to experience? In what ways do hardships shape an individual toward adulthood more than joys do? How does knowing the coming-of-age stories of other individuals assist in reflecting on your own transition? Skills: Diction, Details, Literary Devices (see next page) Vocabulary: You will have one or two quizzes on the following vocabulary words. Please start to memorize them. As you read the novel, using post-it notes, you should annotate the text; I will do weekly checks to see if you how engaged you are; you must annotate for: Key plot moments Literary Devices: Simile Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Imagery Irony- verbal, situational, dramatic Sarcasm Oxymoron Idiom Symbolism Alliteration Assonance Consonance Euphemism Understatement Allusion Anaphora See Next Page The following exercises must be typed and submitted physically on the class after we complete the book. Please see the reading calendar for due dates. You should complete these exercise once you have completed that part, since the novel is divided into three parts: Part I: Ch. 1-19 | Part II: Ch. 20-39| Part III: Ch. 40-59 Exercise A (Part I: Ch. 1-19) Diction Analysis Directions: From Ch. 1-19, find five quotes, that are in five different chapters for the purposes of diction analysis (no example of dialect permitted). For all five quotes you must: 1) Type out the quote, underline the word or phrase with diction that is under analysis. Include page number in parenthesis (Not included into your 50 word min. analysis). 2) Answer one of the following questions for each of the five quotes you selected; therefore, each selected quote must be answered by one of the following questions: a. How does the word/phrase (insert word or phrase with diction) contribute to the meaning of the sentence as a whole? [Please provide context in your analysis. You must analyze the word/phrase for denotation and connotation] (50 words min.) b. In your critical view, why did Charles Dickens use the following word/phrase: (insert quote here, underline world/phrase with diction). [Please provide context in your analysis, then explain with reference to the text, why this particular word or phrase was used] (50 words min.) c. In your critical view, evaluate the word/phrase: (insert word or phrase with diction). Is this word/phrase effectively employed by Charles Dickens? If not, what word would you replace it with and why? If yes, what other word would be equally effective? Why? (50 words min.) d. Find a sentence, or a short passage, from Great Expectations, in which you find effective diction that could be incorporated. Re-write this sentence or short passage with effective diction. Then, in 50 words minimum defend your re-placed word choice. Why is your word choice more effective than the original? Why is it critical to this part of the narrative? In other words, what does it add to the meaning. Remember to include the context. See Next Page e. Pretend you are Charles Dickens, and you have to add to the story. Write in the voice of Charles Dickens, and add to one of the chapters (from 1-19), a sentence, or short passage of 25 words minimum. Then, in a minimum of 25 words defend your position as to why it is necessary to include these details with the particular diction you selected to convey and contribute to meaning. Complete the following chart to record your quotes and other necessary information to answer all the questions in Ex. A. Question Exercise (See above for details) Your selected quote. Remember to a include page #. Underline captivating diction. Your selected quote. Remember to b include page #. Underline captivating diction. Your selected quote. Remember to c include page #. Underline captivating diction. Your selected quote lacking effective diction. d Remember to include page #. Underline captivating diction. Where do you think more details needs e to be included? Write in the style of Dickens. Exercise B (Part II: Ch. 20-39) In Part II of Great Expectations, you will now analyze Ch. 20 to 39 for details. Complete the following questions. Each question that asks you to find or select a passage, make sure that it comes from different chapters from Ch. 20 to 39. 1) Find a short passage, approximately less than 50 words long that you find captivating for details. Summarizes this passage. What details in the passage caught your attention and why; specifically analyze and explain how Dickens shows rather than tells. 2) Select a short passage, approximately less than 50 words long, that includes vivid details, again one that shows rather than tells. Type-up the original passage and provide the chapter and page number. Than re-write it such that it only tells. What changes did you notice by making this revision? Did the revisions enhanced the meaning or diminish it? 3) Select another short passage, this time an important one, approximately less than 50 words long, that DOES NOT include vivid details, one that tells rather than shows. Type-up the original passage and provide the chapter and page number. Than re-write it such that it shows, in the style of Dickens— pay careful attention to diction. What changes did you notice by making these revisions? Did the revisions enhance the meaning or diminish it? Why did you select this passage; in other words, why did you find it important? Exercise C (Part III: Ch. 40-59) After having read Part III, it is time to be creative! Select one of the important characters that went through a coming of age experience. Write the name of the character here: _____________________ You will create a literary work of art, a Characterization Face. This exercise should be completed on a poster board, or cardboard. The board should be approximately poster sized 11 inches by 14 inches, but no larger than 20 inches by 30 inches. Left Side of Face - Before loss of innocence, and/or psychological and moral growth __________ Include one significant character quote. __________ Include at least one image relevant to the character (concrete or abstract). __________ Include three adjectives to describe the character. __________ Briefly describe one rising action to the event causing growth in the character. Right Side of Face - After loss of innocence, and/or psychological and moral growth __________ Include one significant character quote. __________ Include at least one image relevant to the character (concrete or abstract). __________ Include three adjectives to describe the character. __________ Briefly describe the climax of the event causing growth in the character. Backside __________ Provide details explaining the significance of two images included on the face (typed!) __________ Name, date, and class period on the back of the final product. Overall __________ Include the title of the novel and author __________ Include the character’s name. __________ Use an attractive color scheme with virtually no white space. __________ All text is legible, dark, and attractive. Final text is not written in pencil. __________ Head is securely glued to reinforced backing. (construction paper, cardstock, or poster board) __________ Head and backing are cut and trimmed neatly. __________ Error free in grammar, mechanics, and spelling. __________ Attention to detail, high quality of work, unfolded without creases and crumples. __________ Quality of work reflects knowledge and understanding of character.
