MP 1: Satire and Critical View Points
Catch 22 and Candide
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. What is satire?
2. How satire mocks critical views of the world
3. Satire versus philosophy
4. Satirical views representing what is wrong with the world
5. Politics are satirized through literature
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS:
1. How does what we know about the world shape the way we
view ourselves?
2. How do our personal experiences shape our view of others?
3. What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider?
4. Do you believe that things are fated no matter what, or do you
believe your actions can change the course of your life?
5. Have the forces of good and evil changed over time?
6. What are the consequences of examining "all of the shades of
truth"?
7. How does one's perspective shape or alter truth?
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Intro to Course
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Intro get Candide, Catch
22 Explanation of
Syllabus
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Writing Workshop:
College Essay/ memoir
View Sample College
Essays
College Essay Prompts
via web
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Candide Musical
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Scene vs Summary
Wonder Years
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Summer Reading Due
Assign College Essay
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Unit I Pre-assesment in
class writing
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College Essay Due
What is Satire?
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Candide Musical
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What is literary theory?
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Writing Workshop:
College Essay/ memoir
View Sample College
Essays
College Essay Prompts
via web
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what is “world view?”
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Candide Musical
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Poetry Wyatt
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NO SCHOOL
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Poetry Herbert
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Poetry Olson
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Sample Poetry Analysis
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In class poetry essay
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Read “A Letter to Queen
Victoria” and Answer
Questions
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Read “the Prince” and
Answer Questions
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MLA workshop for
outline
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MLA workshop for
outline
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MLA workshop for
outline
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Candide Outline due
Annotated packet due
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Read The Present Status
of Rhetorical Theory and
Answer Questions
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Group Work Catch
Projects
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Group Work Catch
projects
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View Catch 22
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View Catch 22
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View Catch-22
Questions due
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Catch 22 Project
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Catch 22 Project
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Catch 22 Project
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Last Day to Work on
group Project
Individual BLOG due
Sunday at 10PM
30
Catch 22 Timeline
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Group Work Catch
projects
Group BLOG due
Sunday at 10PM
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Catch 22 Project
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Seminar
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Seminar
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Essays Due Unit I Post
assessment
Candide Test, SG
questions, annotated
packet due
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NO SCHOOL
7
NO SCHOOL
19
Candide Musical
31
Timeline completed
8
NO SCHOOL
Memoir/College Essay Assignment
Tales of Childhood--After a time, some of us learn (and some more slowly than others), that life comes down to some
simple things…One way we learn this lesson is by listening to others tell us true stories of their own struggles to come
to a way of understanding. We are fascinated by their mistakes, their humility, their ability to laugh at themselves,
and their slow evolution of perspective. It is sometimes comforting to know that others seem to fail as often and as
oddly as we do. It is comforting, too, to know that others, more articulate than we are, evolve, along with that
mysterious perspective, a profound sense of forgiveness, of both themselves and others. And it is even more
comforting to have such stories told to us with style, the way a writer has found an individual expression of a personal
truth. --Scott Walker
The Task:
Compose ONE focused essay based on your college admission question.
Requirements:
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Be typed, double spaced, 12 pt. font
Be a maximum of 750 words (please include a word count on your final draft)
Contain at least 1 moment of reflection
Fluctuate between scene and summary (we will discuss-look for during Stand By Me)
Show, not tell (use detail! Try to involve the senses)
Have a noticeable distinction between the voice of the narrator and protagonist
Have a title
Pick 1 topic/1 focus/1 moment that shows the reader why you are differ-why you are special
There is only so much space-DO not spend time introducing yourself and talking about where you went to high
school-they can look that up or they already know that
TELL A STORY! Just jump in and tell the story-don’t set it up, don’t give too much background try, “When I was
5 my mother taught me not to talk to strangers….”
Admissions officers are looking for your Focus and for your ability to adapt to situations and come out of
situations withy a broader knowledge of life.
MLA heading
Your name
My Name
English IV
28 October 2009
 Turned into turnitin.com
a. If you forgot-instructions are on my website!
Candide Jigsaw Activity
Many of the events that occur in Candide are based on actual events that Voltaire knew about. In your groups,
research the event you were assigned. You will want to look for the following pieces of information:
1. Who was involved
2. What exactly happened? What was the precursor to the event? What was the aftermath?
3. Where did the event(s) take place?
4. When did the event(s) occur? How long did they last?
5. Why was the event happening?
6. How did Voltaire incorporate the event into Candide? How was the event changed? Why is it significant?
Schedule:
Day 1 and 2: in your group, completing research
Day 3 and 4: 1 person from each group will form a new group and share their event. All students will take notes
Day 5: original groups will come back together and share information, ensuring everyone knows the importance of
events. 1 representative from each group will present their findings to the class
This information will be included in seminar. Please take notes
Grades will be based on a group write up of your event as well as group evaluation
Events:
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Suppression of Jesuit order (1700’s)
Age of enlightenment (1700’s)
Lisbon earthquake (1755)
7 years war (1700’s)
Execution of Admiral John Byng
Candide Outline Assignment ____________________________________________________
Utilizing your knowledge from previous years, your task is to prove and hone your skills as a writer utilizing MLA
formation. You will provide a working thesis statement for the question below and relevant information from both the
text and the literary criticisms you have read and annotated. You are NOT actually writing an essay, but essentially
participating in the writing process in which we will be building upon for the remainder of the year.
How is Leibniz Philosophy portrayed throughout Candide?
You MUST have a minimum of 3 quotes from the text and 3 quotes from the literary criticism, properly cited and
properly narrated into and out of. See Sample outline online for more information.
Must be submitted to turnitin.com in order for the grade to be recorded in Genesis.
Catch 22 Projects _________________________________________________________
Catch 22 is written out of sequence. It is often hard for students to understand the satire because they are busy trying
to figure out the order in which events are happening. Because of this writing technique, you will not be assigned
reading the ENTIRE text, but given chapters to read.
Your task:
1. Each group will be assigned a 5 chapter section.
2. Each group MUST read their 5 chapters and pull out key events (keeping in mind dates and/or time frames
3. Each group will create a PPT or Prezi that outlines the events of their 5 chapters paying attention to characters
and locations (especially mission numbers)
4. Each group will create a quiz that reflects the information they are providing the class with during their
presentation
5. Each group will administer their quiz at the end of their presentation
6. Each group will also add the events of their 5 chapters to the timeline on the board
When you are presenting your 5 chapters you will have the entire period and your presentation MUST take the
entire 47 minutes.
Sample Breakdown:
1-5 minutes: set up/ Do Now for students entering room
6-30 minutes: presentation/activity for class
31-43 minutes: administer quiz
43-47 minutes: collect quizzes and wrap up
Quizzes may be any of the following (or a combination of):
1. Multiple choice
2. True and false
3. Fill in
4. Short answer
Quizzes should not be more than 30 questions and should not be less than 10. Your quiz must be approved of
by the instructor 24 hours prior to your presentation and the instructor will make copies.
YOUR GROUP MUST GRADE THE QUIZZES within 24 hours of giving them!!
Assessment:
Your group will be assessed on the following:
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Knowledge of content from the assigned chapters (50 Points)
Quality of presentation visual (PPT or Prezi) (30 points)
Quality of quiz and turn around for grading (15 points)
Quality of information and timeliness of adding information to class timeline of catch 22 (10 points)
Use of time during presentation (15 points)
Catch 22 Blog Assignment
With your partner your task is to read your documents and create a summary and critical analysis. Your analysis
should also contain 2-4 questions that you and your partner(s) come up with regarding what you have read. They
should either question the text or be leading to a critical interpretation of the text. Your summary and analysis should
be a max of 500 words. You must post your summary and analysis on our blog on Nicenet.org. All group summary
and analysis must be posted by 10pm on Sunday September 30th .
Each person in the class is required to post a response/reply to a minimum of 3 group summaries. Individual
responses should be a minimum of 150 words. The idea is to generate a conversation with your classmates. All
responses are due by 10pm on Sunday October 7th .
Your group will be graded on thoroughness of summary information and ability to analyze information.
Individual responses are graded on 1. Amount and 2. Effectiveness (are you responding in a way that is both
academic and that generates new ideas)
Please be respectful to your fellow classmates. Anything inappropriate will be deleted and you will receive a grade of
zero. Do not simply respond that you agree or disagree with someone.
You must join nicenet.org in order to complete this assignment
Go to: http://www.nicenet.org
You will need to create a username and password.
Please make your user name your first name and last initial.
Make your password Sardoni
Period 4/5: The Class Key:
Period 10: The Class Key:
Please make sure you join the right class!!!!
When a group is posting you are making a New Conference Topic
When you are an individual responding, you are going to reply to the topic you read
Annotated packet will contain the following critical essays
1. “Discontinuous Aspect of Voltaire’s Candide”
2. “Formal Experiment and Social Discontent in Joseph Heller’s Catch 22”
These Non-Fiction Pieces. Please complete the questions at the end of each selection as well as read and annotate the
pieces
3. Warfare: An Invention or a Biological Necessity-Margaret Mead
4. Pacifism and The War-George Orwell
Candide Reading Questions
Chapter 1
1. How is Candide initially characterized?
2. How is Pangloss initially characterized?
3. Why is Candide literally kicked out of his home?
Chapter 2
4. Why do the Bulgarians handcuff Candide and lead him away to an army of soldiers?
5. Why is Candide beaten and flogged?
6. Why does the king of Bulgars grant Candide his freedom?
Chapter 3
7. Which villages were destroyed worse, the Abarian villages or the Bulgarian villages?
8. How do the orator and the Anabaptist treat Candide differently?
Chapter 4
9. What is wrong with Pangloss’s health?
10. What news does Pangloss share with his former student?
11. How does Pangloss regain his health?
Chapter 5
12. What do Pangloss and the sailor argue about?
13. What is Pangloss’s attitude about the earthquake?
14. What is the Inquisition? (this will require outside research or prior knowledge)
Chapter 6
15. Why do the people of Lisbon decide to burn people alive?
16. How does Candide begin to question his former tutor?
Chapter 7
17. Which of the other characters does the Old Woman most resemble? Justify your choice with 2 pieces of evidence.
18. How does Candide feel about his life as he waits for the Old Woman's return?
19. What surprise does the Old Woman bring Candide?
Chapter 8
20. Who is Don Issachar?
21. Cunégonde claims "A modest woman may be once violated, but her virtue is greatly strengthened as a result." explain what she means.
22. Describe the agreement between Don Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor.
Chapter 9
23. Why does Candide kill both Don Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor?
24. Identify the line that reveals Candide's abrupt (sudden) change in temperament (personality).
25. In your own words, explain how Pangloss would react (if he were still alive) to the news that Miss Cunégonde's jewels had been stolen.
Chapter 10
26. Why might it be uncomfortable for the Old Woman to ride a horse?
27. Why does Miss Cunégonde laugh when the Old Woman suggests her life story has been more tragic than the young woman's?
Chapter 11
28. How does Voltaire characterize the Old Woman’s upbringing?
29. What is significant about the Old Woman’s parents?
30. Compare the Old Woman’s plight (hardship) with the Moors to Cunégonde’s experience with the Bulgarian invaders
31. How does the Old Woman escape from the Moors?
Chapter 12
32. Do outside research (hint: Google) and explain what a eunuch is.
33. Identify two actions the janissaries take to avoid starvation.
34. The Old Woman contemplates killing herself; how does her outlook on life influence her final decision?
Chapter 13
35. Why does the Old Woman advise Miss Cunégonde to marry the governor?
36. How does the murder of the Grand Inquisitor get traced back to Candide?
Chapter 14
37. Why does Candide begin to cry after he flees?
38. How do Candide and Cacambo come across the Baron’s son?
Chapter 15
39. Retell how the Baron’s son is not dead after all.
40. Why does Candide kill the Baron’s son?
41. What does Candide realize about himself at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 16
42. Candide attempts to redeem himself after killing so many people. What “heroic act” does he perform in order to save the young ladies?
43. How does his “heroic act” backfire?
44. How does Cacambo convince the Oreillons not to kill them?