Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s Science –Fiction “Literature Lounge”

1. Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s Science –Fiction “Literature Lounge” 27 September 2013 Do Now: Continue Cornell notes on a short film by Dr. MichioKaku. Students will be able to: evaluate science-fiction’s sub-genre of dystopia. Homework: Science-Fiction:Utopian Planet Prezi due Monday

2. Planetary Leadership Committee • Create a Virtual Tour via Prezithat illustrates Your Committee’s Utopian Planet. • You may use pictures, illustrations (that you have made). • A Constitution Outlining: • Your System of Government (Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, Totalitarian, etc. • Economic System • Cultural Views • Political, Economic, Cultural • What type of system will exist? • What are the advantages of this system? • What problems do you foresee with this system?

3. Today’s Agenda:1) Complete the Do Now3) Finish Utopian Planet Prezi(due Monday)

4. Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s English 3A“Literature Lounge” 27 September 2013 Do Now: Write your MLA heading at the top of a loose-leaf sheet of paper. Title it: The Jungle Chapters 4-6 Quiz. Students will be able to: analyze the characters, themes, and conflicts of The Jungle Homework: The Jungle Chapters 7-9 w/Cornell Notes due Monday Book Numbers due Monday List 1 Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday

5. Today’s Agenda:1) Review Do Now2) Review Vocabulary List 13) Chapter 3 Review4) CNN Student News?

6. Chapter 4: • In what ways do the troubles involving the purchase of the house help to support Sinclair’s anti-capitalist beliefs? • Find a passage in this chapter illustrating Sinclair’s belief that the capitalist economy fails to take care of the elderly. • Some critics believe that the house Jurgis buys is a symbol for the American Dream. Cite incidents from the story to support or refute this idea. • How does Jurgis behave when he comes home and is told that he may have been swindled by the agent? What might this behavior foreshadow about Jurgis in the action to come? • Chapter 5: • Who are the “pacemakers”? Why do the unions want to stop the practice of “speeding up”? What is Jurgis’ opinion of the unions? • Jurgis is the naif in this story. He is described as being “dismayed” because his fellow workers hate their work. For what reasons does Jurgis, after learning about his father’s new job, begin to understand that the capitalist system he admires is imperfect? • For what reasons are Marija and Jonas’ jobs also a disappointment for Jurgis? • In what ways is Jurgis disillusioned by what he witnesses on the killing floor? • State a theme for this story based on the deceitful activities described in questions 1 through 4. Note: Remember that Jurgis and the others have been forced to participate in these activities or remain unemployed. Also remember that Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose flaws in capitalism. • Chapter 6: • 1. For what reasons does Grandmother Majauszkiene believe that paying for a house is “fooling the company”? • What is the “War Whoop League”? • Grandmother Majauszkiene is described as being a socialist. How does she think the poor people, who are being exploited by the big businesses, will one day get their revenge? • Why must young StanislovasConeonserver lie about his age? • For what reason does Ona decide she must go to work? • Briefly describe Ona’s job and Stanislovas’ job. In what way does Sinclair use both of these jobs as a vehicle to continue his muckraking?

7. Reading Group Questions: The Jungle Chapters 1 & 2 Chapter 1: 1) Describe the following characters: - Ona, Jurgis, Teta, Tamoszius 2) Which one of the characters introduced in Chapter 1 do you think is the protagonist of the story? Support your choice with an excerpt from the chapter establishing his or her importance in the story. 3) What is the setting for this story? Include in your answer the city, approximate time period, and, if possible, neighborhood where the action takes place. 4) Find examples of social injustice in this chapter. Chapter 2: 1) The literary term “in media res” means to begin in the middle of the action. In Chapter 1, Sinclair begins the story by describing Jurgis and Ona’s wedding. Why do you think he begins the novel in this way? 2) In Chapter 2, the story flashes back to Jurgis’ life in Lithuania. This flashback provides the reader with the necessary background information about Jurgis and Ona so that the reader will accept and understand the motivations of the characters in the action to come. Why does Jurgis decide to immigrate to America? 3) When Jurgis and Ona’s family reach Chicago they “were pitiable in their helplessness; above all things they stood in deadly terror of any sort of person in official uniform, and so whenever they saw a policeman they would cross the street and hurry by.” (Pg. 27) Why are Jurgis and the others afraid of the policemen? What theme for this novel does this fear suggest to the reader?

8. Reading Reading Group Questions: The Jungle Chapters 2 & 3 Chapter 2 (Cont’d): • The term naifis used in literature to describe a naïve character who in the course of the story becomes wise to the ways of the world. What evidence is there in this chapter that Jurgis is an example of this classic literary type? Chapter 3: • What happens to strengthen Jurgis’ belief in the American Dream? • Read the description of the killing of the hogs in this chapter. In what ways is this description an allegory for the lives of unskilled laborers in the stockyards, and, in the author’s view, for America at this time in history?

9. New terms in chapter 1 • acziavimas– a Lithuanian wedding custom in which the men take turns dancing with the • bride and leaving money in a hat at the conclusion of each dance altitudinous – relating to heightsbadinage – playful, teasing talkcortege – a train of attendants, a procession • incommode – to bother, inconvenienceincongruous – lacking harmony or agreement, incompatible lugubrious – sad or mournfulperforce – through necessityprecipitately – hastily or rashlypromiscuous – consisting of different elements mixed together seraphically– in a heavenly wayveselija– Lithuanian wedding

10. Vocabulary List 1 • eccentric (adj.) 11. supercilious (adj.) • elusive (adj.) 12. supersede (v.) • eminent (adj.) 13. amorphous (adj.) • exorbitant (adj.) 14. anarchy (n.) • expound (v.) 15. anomaly (n.) • extricate (v.) 16. atheist (n.) • extrovert (n.) 17. unfettered (adj.) • abdicate (v.) 18. unfounded (adj.) • aberration (n.) 19. unparalleled (adj.) • abhor (v.) 20. unremitting (adj.)

11. eccentric • adj. off-center; weird; odd; peculiar

12. elusive • adj. out of reach; hard to catch; evasive

13. eminent • adj. outstanding; prominent; notable

14. exorbitant • adj. out of orbit; unreasonable

15. expound • v. to explain in great detail

16. extricate • v. to free from an entanglement or difficulty

17. extrovert • n. a person with an outgoing personality

18. abdicate • v. to give up or resign, especially from a position of power.

19. aberration • n. a departure from what is typical or normal

20. abhor • v. to intensely dislike

21. supercilious • adj. arrogant, haughty, thinking one is above others

22. supersede • v. to take the place of; to surpass

23. amorphous • adj. without a clearly defined shape or form

24. anarchy • n. a state of disorder; the absence of authority

25. anomaly • n. something that deviates from what is standard; not normal

26. atheist • n. a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or gods

27. unfettered • adj. freed from restraints

28. unfounded • adj. having no foundation or basis in fact

29. unparalleled • adj. exceptional; having no equal

30. unremitting • adj. never relaxing or slackening

31. Literary Terms • in medias res – beginning in the middle • Allegory - a story that represents abstract ideas or moral qualities.

32. WHEN TWO PARTS OF A SENTENCE CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN AND ARE SEPARATED BY A COMMA, IT IS CALLED A COMMA SPLICE. • ; • Create two sentences that use a semi-colon.

33. The Week in Review (Classwork) • Why is prewriting crucial for effective writing? • When prewriting for a persuasive task, what are the first two steps? • What is a thesis statement? • What is the formula for a thesis statement? • Why is writing effectively important? • In terms of grammar, what are the purposes of articles and adverbs? • What occurred at a U.S. Navy yard on 9/16/13? • Name two places where severe weather has devastated communities.

34. Announcement: If you share a document on GoogleDrive(formerly Google Docs) with a teacher, don’t forget to grant them permission to open the file!You email must include: Your Full NamePeriodTitle (Subject of the email).

35. Do Now: Parts of Speech 1 • n. = noun – a person, place or thing • (example?) • v. = verb – the action, state, or occurrence in a sentence • adj. = adjective – a word used to describe a noun • adv. = adverb – describes an verb • art. = article – specifies a particular item or object.

36. Vocabulary List 1 • eccentric (adj.) 11. supercilious (adj.) • elusive (adj.) 12. supersede (v.) • eminent (adj.) 13. amorphous (adj.) • exorbitant (adj.) 14. anarchy (n.) • expound (v.) 15. anomaly (n.) • extricate (v.) 16. atheist (n.) • extrovert (n.) 17. unfettered (adj.) • abdicate (v.) 18. unfounded (adj.) • aberration (n.) 19. unparalleled (adj.) • abhor (v.) 20. unremitting (adj.)

37. CNN Student News • Part I: Interpretation: Write down five things you learn from CNN Student News. • Part II: Reflection: Choose one story from the above five and explain how it may affect your life. (No more than two or three sentences).