Week 5, Semester 2, Work Due February 7th

Weekly Usuals

Reminder: bring your copy of The Great Gatsby next week.

A. SAT Grammar Concept: Trimming Sentences (10 minutes)

Play this preposition game to help identify prepositional phrases.  Keep trying until you win $1,000,000.

B. Poetry wall theme of the week:  Imagist Poetry (30 minutes)

This week you'll read several short poems by early 20th Century Imagist poets. Enjoy their strong images and simplicity.   You'll also watch a video of a longer Imagist poem by T.S. Eliot.  Hang in with it--just try to feel the mood even though the imagery may seem fragmented. The video should help you.

Imagist Poetry 10:00

Imagist Poetry 12:15

C. Poetry Journal (30 minutes)

Week 4 Imagist Poems

Write two poems in the Imagist style.  Look on the wall under "Some Tenets of Imagism" for the basic principles of such poetry.   Basically, you should take a common object or scene (like wheelbarrow and a chicken or a plum in an icebox) and paint a vivid concrete picture of the scene with your words.  Use strong imagery and figurative language. Try to create a mood.  Push yourself to be a little abstract and mysterious, like the poem we read, "Washington Monument at Night." 

Other Work

Read the first chapter of The Great Gatsby

Look carefully for those items assigned to you (major character, minor character, symbolism, theme/thread, and general research topic).  Annotate/mark any significant references.  You should be an expert on those areas in particular.

Answer the following question:

*Who is our narrator?  What can you discern about him from what he says about himself and others.   Describe your initial impression of him and back this up with specifics.

*Look at these maps to help you get your bearings geographically and with regard to character relationships.

Student created map 

Another map

Mini-Research Paper

Here's a recap:

Step One: Find 3 sources you will use to create 3 key-word outlines.  You may use more than 3 sources, but use at least 3. 

            

Remember the key-word outline rules from class (4 lines/ideas max, 3-4 key words per line; symbols and numbers don't count).

Step Two: From those key word outlines, choose two subtopics, one for each paragraph.  For example, if you were writing about the Golden Age of Sports, you might choose to write one paragraph on baseball and one paragraph on the rise of celebrity sports figures.

Step Three: For each subtopic, create a key-work outline that blends ideas from your sources.  Note, all three sources do not have to be used in both outlines, but each outline should pull from at least two sources.

Step Four: Write your two paragraphs.  

Remember that both paragraphs will start with a topic sentence that is general enough to apply to all ideas in that paragraph.  The topic sentence should not be too obvious.  For instance, "Sports changed a lot in the 1920's" is too general.  "In the 1920's baseball became a national American pastime" is better.  

Use MLA format for your paragraphs.  Include at least 3 in-text citations (between the two paragraphs).  Check spelling and grammar.  

NEW ADDITION: Here is a specific cite to guide you in creating your in-text citations:

Purdue OWL In-Text Citations for MLA

Step Six:  Create a "Works Cited" page for your work cited.   You may use a works cited generator for this.  Sometimes the website will even include the citation info at the bottom of the article.

NEW ADDITION: Here is a specific cite to guide you in creating your Works Cited:

Purdue OWL Works Cited Info for MLA

To summarize, you will turn in: (from front to back, stapled)

Paragraph 1 

Paragraph 2

Works Cited Page

Key Word Outlines

Have fun researching your topic--the 1920's is a fascinating time in our nation's history.

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in Metropolitan Magazine, June 1922