9/29/14
Do Now:
- Take out something to write
with and your STEAL
characterization worksheet.
Homework:
- Gatsby Vocab Due
Tomorrow.
- Read chapter 3 for
Thursday.
- Read chapter 4 for Monday.
- Dialectical Journal for
chapters 3 and 4 due
Sunday 10/5.
Objective:
Students will conduct a close-reading of a passage from chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby
and complete a dialectical journal to analyze, explain, and create a thematic claim
based on the authors use of literary elements.
Agenda:
-
“Did You Read It?” Quiz
Review Characterization Worksheets
Intro Dialectical Journal
Chapter Two Dialectical
- “Think, Pair, Share”
Did You Read It? Quiz
1) Where do Tom and Nick go (ultimately)?
2) Where and why do stop before they get to
their final destination?
3) What does Tom buy Myrtle?
4) Why does Tom get mad at Myrtle?
5) What does Tom do to Myrtle?
STEAL Characterization
Character: Tom Buchanan or Myrtle Wilson
Examples from the text:
(Give quote and page #)
S
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T
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E
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A
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L
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The Great Gatsby
What does it show us? What inferences can you make?
The Great Gatsby
Dialectical Journal Assignment
Chapter # ______
Textual Evidence
Response
Textual evidence comes directly from the book. This
can be a direct quote spoken by a character or a
passage of narration.
This is where you will respond to the text in a thoughtful way. Follow the guiding questions to respond at the three different levels of analysis.
Your passage should include a
literary element(s):
Characterization – What does this passage
reveal about the character?
Setting – How does the setting in this passage
impact the meaning?
Conflict – What problem or issue is revealed?
Theme – What theme or central message is
revealed?
Symbolism – What symbol is revealed and
what does it represent?
Tone – What is the author’s attitude toward the
subject?
Language Use (diction, syntax, imagery) –
How does the language use advance the effect
of the passage?
Each level should be at least 4-5 complete sentences.
Level 1: The Context of the Quote
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Who is speaking?
What is happening in the text at the time of this quote?
What is the literal meaning of the quote?
Level 2: Author’s Tools and Literary Elements
What literary element(s) is/are revealed and how?
Characterization – What does this passage reveal about the character?
Setting – How does the setting in this passage impact the meaning?
Conflict – What problem or issue is revealed?
Theme – What theme or central message is revealed?
Symbolism – What symbol is revealed and what does it represent?
Tone – What is the author’s attitude toward the subject?
Language Use (diction, syntax, imagery) – How does the language use advance the effect of the passage?
What is the significance of these lines?
Include the correct MLA format citation
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What is the author’s intention?
Why is the passage written in such a way?
How is the passage related to the text as a whole?
“ Text” (Author’s last name, page #).
Level 3: Create a thematic claim
Based on the evidence and the information from Levels 1 and 2, create a thematic claim. Then, support it with an argument.
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Is the claim true for the book as a whole?
Is the claim true for the world?
What might be an argument against the claim?
How can you defend the claim?
English 10
Name:
Date:
The Catcher in the Rye
Dialectical Journal Assignment
Chapter # _____
Textual Evidence
Response
Textual evidence comes directly from the book. This
can be a direct quote spoken by a character or a
passage of narration.
This is where you will respond to the text in a thoughtful way. Follow the guiding questions to respond at the three different levels of analysis.
Each level should be at least 4-5 complete sentences.
Level 1: The Context of the Quote
Level 2: Author’s Tools and Literary Elements
Level 3: Create a thematic claim
English 11
Brill
EXAMPLE
Name:
Date:
The Great Gatsby
Dialectical Journal Assignment
Chapter # 1
Textual Evidence
Response
Textual evidence comes directly from the book. This
can be a direct quote spoken by a character or a
passage of narration.
This is where you will respond to the text in a thoughtful way. Follow the guiding questions to respond at the three different levels of analysis.
Each level should be at least 4-8 complete sentences.
Level 1: The Context of the Quote
“I lived at West Egg, the — well, the less
fashionable of the two, though this is a most
superficial tag to express the bizarre and not
a little sinister contrast between them. My
house was at the very tip of the egg, only
fifty yards from the Sound, and squeezed
between two huge places that rented for
twelve or fifteen thousand a season. The one
on my right was a colossal affair by any
standard — it was a factual imitation of
some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a
tower on one side, spanking new under a
thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble
swimming pool, and more than forty acres
of lawn and garden. It was Gatsby’s
mansion. Or, rather, as I didn’t know Mr.
Gatsby, it was a mansion inhabited by a
gentleman of that name. My own house was
an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it
had been overlooked, so I had a view of the
water, a partial view of my neighbor’s lawn,
and the consoling proximity of millionaires
— all for eighty dollars a month.
Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of
fashionable East Egg glittered along the
water, and the history of the summer really
begins on the evening I drove over there to
have dinner with the Tom Buchanans. Daisy
was my second cousin once removed, and
I’d known Tom in college. And just after the
war I spent two days with them in Chicago.”
(Gatsby 9-10)
This passage comes very early in the novel and is told by the narrator Nick Carraway. Nick is talking about where he lives on Long
Island. This quote comes right after Nick says that he gave a man directions and no longer feels like a stranger or outsider.
Immediately following this quote Nick visits Tom and Daisy in East Egg.
Level 2: Author’s Tools and Literary Elements
This passage shows how the setting is playing an important role in the novel. Fitzgerald seems to be setting up a contrast between East
Egg and West Egg when he says East Egg is the “less fashionable of the two”. There appears to be a conflict forming between the two
towns based on the source of their wealth and its implied social standing. Fitzgerald also gives a vivid description of Gatsby’s mansion
and compares it to a hotel in Normandy to highlight its beauty and over the top aesthetics of his home. He contrasts the beauty of
Gatsby’s mansion with his more humble home which he describes as a “eyesore”. Fitzgerald uses the characters homes as a means to
characterize them.
Level 3: Create a thematic claim
Fitzgerald uses setting to establish a social conflict between East Egg and West Egg. This conflict is not based on geography but is
founded in the clash between “new money” and “old money”. Fitzgerald also uses the characters homes to reflect the characters that
live in them. Nick is a more humble and reasonable character that has not been polluted by the wealth that his rich neighbors have
been.
Category
Responses
CRITICAL
READER
5
(46-50)
CONNECTED
READER
4
(43-45)
THOUGHTFUL
READER
3
(37-42)
Somewhat detailed
responses
LITERAL
READER
2 (30-36)
Simple, factual
responses that lack detail
LIMITED
READER
1 (<30)
Incomplete or
inadequate
responses
The quotes chosen
appear to be randomly
selected with no real
sense of purpose or
the required response
questions.
Elaborate and insightful
responses
Detailed and meaningful
responses
Quotes
You consistently choose quotes
that allow for deep, meaningful
analysis of each of the required
response questions.
Most quotes allow for
deep, meaningful analysis
of the required response
questions.
Some, but not all, quotes are
relevant in connection with the
response you provide or they
lack a connection to the
required response questions.
Few quotes allow for
meaningful analysis.
Quotes may or may not
connect to the required
response questions.
Analysis
You construct an insightful and
thoughtful interpretation of the
authors use of literary
element(s).
You construct a
thoughtful and accurate
interpretation of the
literary element(s).
You construct an accurate
interpretation of the literary
element(s).
You construct an limited
interpretation of the literary
element(s).
You fail to construct
an interpretation of the
literary element(s).
Connections to the claim are
strong.
Connections to the claim
are evident.
Connections to the claim are
vague or underdeveloped.
Some responses lack sufficient
detail.
Connections to the claim
are limited or insufficient.
Either there are no
connections to the
claim or the ideas are
inaccurate.
Journal Requirements
o
Entries are numbered 1-5
o
Entries span the entire set of
required chapters
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Chapter # and page # provided
for all quotes
o
Entries are in 2 column format
(Quote/Response)
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Responses meet minimum
length
You fulfill all the required
elements of the journal
consistently across all five
entries.
You fulfill most of the
required elements of the
journal across all five
entries.
You attempt to fulfill the
required elements of the
journal, but with some
inconsistencies in content
and/or format.
The journal does not meet a
couple of the requirements
in content and format.
Review project guidelines.
The journal is lacking
in several project
requirements in both
content and format.
Review project
guidelines.
Conventions
The journal has been carefully
proofread and edited. There are
virtually no writing or
mechanical errors!
Although the journal has
been proofread and
edited, there are
occasional writing and/or
mechanical errors.
The journal could still benefit
from some polishing of
grammar and mechanics.
There is little evidence of
the journal having been
proofread or edited for
grammar and mechanics.
The journal should
have been proofread
and edited for
grammar and
mechanics.