Webquest: "Flowers for Algernon"

I had this all ready to go for you, and I forgot to post it!
Here's it is, at long last.

It's due Wed., Jan. 2, 2013.

Please don't glue the worksheet into your journal. I'll be collecting it.


Important note: If the video says: "Flash out of Date": right click on it,  and click on "run this time."
Also, the worksheet takes a minute to load, so be patient.

FIRST:

Download and print this worksheet. Try the link if you can't print it directly from this page.
https://www.box.com/s/r48ipngikeqi5if2w9ih


NEXT: 
Follow the directions on the worksheet.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS:
Email me. I won't have have email access from 12/16-12/18, though.





1. What's a Rorschach Test?
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-is-the-Rorschach-Test?&id=2892189

2. Take a Rorschach Test.
http://www.thematzats.com/algernon/rorschach.html


3. History of Intelligence Testing:
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologicaltesting/a/int-history.htm


4. What does an IQ Test measure?
http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/what-an-iq-test-measure

Watch this video: "Understanding the Brain: Genius"
(This is the same video on the link page.)



5. Take a 10 second IQ Test:



6. Read more about IQ Testing:
http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/intelligenceTests.shtml

7. Stroop Testing:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/words.html

Week of Dec. 10-14

Due Tuesday, Dec. 11	-Speeches
Due Wed., Dec. 12	-Speeches -FD of "Flowers for Algernon" piece -(RD in JE #32 left and right)
Due Thurs., Dec. 13	-Speeches -TBA
Due Friday, Dec. 14	-TBA

Journal #3 Table of Contents & Journal Check List

Journal #3 Check List:

• Is each item where it's supposed to be according to the table of contents?
• Is my table of contents neat and complete?
• Is each page titled?
• Is my table of contents EXACTLY like the one below?
• Is every assignment complete?
• Is every single page  numbered (1L/1R, 2L/2R, etc).?
• Did I make corrections and edits in a bright color?
• Does my journal reflect pride of ownership? In other words, am I proud of the work I've done in my journal?

JE #	Left	Right
21	List of 10: Shirley Jackson	SSS
22	-Tri #1 Self-Eval. Letter Info -RD Letter	RD cont'd
23	Drawing: "The Lottery"	Per. 1: BrainPop Quiz Per. 2: (5) How not to give a speech...
24	-"Lottery" Q's (page of questions) -Underneath: Your A's	A's
25	Blank for Now	Book Day Sheet (must be complete on both sides)
26	Tri #1 Crossword (Review)	Clues
27	-Tribute Speech/Essay Info -Your Prewriting	Free Write
28	RD Tribute Essay/Speech	cont'd
29	-Peer Editing: Tribute Essay/Speech	CP/CX worksheet
30	LLA, pg. 40, 6-9, complete sentences	LLA, pg. 54, 6-13, complete sentences

Week of Dec. 3-7

HW for this week:

Due Tuesday, Dec. 4	LLA, pg. 40, 6-9, complete sentences (JE #30/Left) LLA, pg. 54, 6-13, complete sentences (JE #30/Right)
Due Wednesday, Dec. 5	JOURNAL GRADING  (JE #21-30)
Due Thursday, Dec. 6	TBA
Due Friday, Dec. 7	Speeches begin/Hand in FD essay. It's ok if your FD  essay is different that your speech; you may have made modifications.

Kim's Advice:

1. Memorize your speech.
 --If you memorize it and don't need your speech or cards at all = 5 pts. EC
 --It's perfectly ok to have your speech or cards, though.
 --Have speech @ 14-16 font/double spaced/one side only.
 --It's ok to track on the page with your index finger so you keep your place.

 2. Before you begin your speech, take a breath. Walk with purpose. Don't rush; shoulders back. 

3. The two most important lines are your opening and closing line. 

4. When you finish, step back from the music stand and say, "Thank you." Fake it if you don't feel like it. Keep your head up!

 5. Use your nervousness as positive energy. 

6. Excellence requires risk: At home, practice jumping, hula hooping, etc. because it makes you take a risk. Once you've done that, you'll be more comfortable when you give the actual speech. 

7. WWW of Public Speaking: Who? Why? Why now? 

8. Shoes matter. Wear "attitude" shoes.

 9. If you tend to play with your hair, put it back or up.

Examples of Public Speaking

Learn from this speaker how NOT to give a speech.
Do give her credit for having the courage to try, though!

Week of 11/12

HW =

Due Wednesday, 11/14	--PBL's --Crossword: Trimester #1 Test Review      Print it out if you can. If not, write the      answers on a piece of paper. Scroll down; it      may take a minute to load.      Do as much as you can; finish at least half      of the puzzle if you'd like credit.   --Notes on the Crossword: 15 & 16 across are the same answer. 41 across: "An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work that the author assumes the reader understands (ex.: "Is there no balm in Gilead?")
Due Thursday, 11/15	TBA*
Friday, 11/16	Test: Short Stories

 * to be announced

Other important dates:

• Wednesday,  Nov. 28 =  FD of Tribute Speech due
• Monday, Dec. 3          =  Presentations of Tribute Speech due

English 8A: Trimester #1 Test Review:

• Crossword = JE #26/left
• Clues         = JE #26/right

"The Lottery": Vocab and Questions

Be ready to discuss Lottery Q's in class tomorrow!

Lottery Questions are below. Scroll wayyyyy down. You can print them out from here.

Corrections for questions:

• Directions: Should say (except #11)
• Question #11: Should say: "You can do some research, but before you do, write what you THINK these items and names might symbolize."

Vocab:

Yes, you are responsible for the POS on the test on Friday.

I purposely left off the parts of speech on the vocab. We need to work together on POS because many of you are still unclear about how POS work in the greater grammar universe. Tomorrow,
we'll address the issue.

I found a new site for flash cards that has many more games you can play with the words:
http://www.studystack.com/flashcards-1083231

“The Lottery” was published at a time when America was scrambling for conformity. Following World War II, the general public wanted to leave behind the horrors of war and genocide. They craved comfort, normalcy, and old-fashioned values. Jackson’s story was a cutting commentary on the dangers of blind obedience to tradition, and she threw it, like a grenade, into a complacent post-war society.

                                                      --Dan Saltzman




"The Lottery"
by Shirley Jackson

A reading of the story by A.M. Holmes:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/11/17/081117on_audio_homes

More about Shirley Jackson and her impetus for writing the story:
http://northbennington.org/jackson.html
http://www.utne.com/Literature/Revisiting-Lottery-Shirley-Jackson.aspx#ixzz2B2McDli1

An interview with Shirley Jackson:
http://www.wiredforbooks.org/mp3/JudyOppenheimer1988.mp3

More about contemporary reactions to the story:

From Wikipedia:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery

Readers

Many readers demanded an explanation of the situation described in the story, and a month after the initial publication, Shirley Jackson responded in the San Francisco Chronicle (July 22, 1948):

Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.

The New Yorker kept no records of the phone calls, but letters addressed to Jackson were forwarded to her. That summer she regularly took home 10 to 12 forwarded letters each day. She also received weekly packages from The New Yorker containing letters and questions addressed to the magazine or editor Harold Ross, plus carbon copies of the magazine's responses mailed to letter writers.

Curiously, there are three main themes which dominate the letters of that first summer—three themes which might be identified as bewilderment, speculation and plain old-fashioned abuse. In the years since then, during which the story has been anthologized, dramatized, televised, and even—in one completely mystifying transformation—made into a ballet, the tenor of letters I receive has changed. I am addressed more politely, as a rule, and the letters largely confine themselves to questions like what does this story mean? The general tone of the early letters, however, was a kind of wide-eyed, shocked innocence. People at first were not so much concerned with what the story meant; what they wanted to know was where these lotteries were held, and whether they could go there and watch.^[4]

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HW for Week of 10/29

Due Tuesday, 10/30	Journal #2 for grading Make sure to finish 50 New… and crossword puzzle (JE #20/left and right) Table of Contents is on 10/25 post.
Due Wednesday, 10/31	List of 10: 10 Fabulous Facts about Shirley Jackson (author of "The Lottery")
Due Thursday, 11/1	None
Due Friday, 11/2	FD of Self-Eval Letter

Journal Grading

Grading for Journal #2 will be early next week.

Journal Check List:

• Is each item where it's supposed to be according to the table of contents?
• Is my table of contents neat and complete?
• Is each page titled?
• Is my table of contents EXACTLY like the one below?
• Is every assignment complete?
• Is every single page  numbered (1L/1R, 2L/2R, etc.?
• Did I make corrections and edits in a bright color?
• Does my journal reflect pride of ownership? In other words, am I proud of the work I've done in my journal?

Journal #2 Table of Contents (so far...)

JE #11	List of 10: E. A. Poe	Poe Scavenger Hunt
JE #12	"The Raven" worksheet 1-2	"The Raven" worksheet 3-4
JE #13	TTH Comic Strip	TTH Vocab Words Chart
JE #14	Practice Test: TTH Vocab	Blank for now
JE #15	Police Report Info Sheet RD	RD Cont'd
JE #16	"Raven" (whole poem)	--Paraphrase of your stanza --Definitions of difficult words in your stanza
JE #17	"Raven" Copy Change  stanzas)	TQ's Fate, Chance, or Coincidence?
JE #18	RD Movie Poster	Practice Test: MP vocab
JE #19	MP Q's (Please print them out from blog.) MP A's	cont'd
JE #20	50 New Concepts...	Halloween xword puzzle

Extra Credit Challenge

For Extra Credit, try writing a parody of Poe's "Raven."

• Parody =   a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
• You can turn this in at any time. Just make sure it's in FD form.

Here are a few examples to inspire you:

The End of the Raven
by Edgar Allen Poe's cat

On a night quite unenchanting, when the rain was downward slanting,
I awakened to the ranting of the man I catch mice for.
Tipsy and a bit unshaven, in a tone I found quite craven,
Poe was talking to a Raven perched above the chamber door.
"Raven's very tasty," thought I, as I tiptoed o'er the floor,
      "There is nothing I like more."

Soft upon the rug I treaded, calm and careful as I headed
Towards his roost atop that dreaded bust of Pallas I deplore.
While the bard and birdie chattered, I made sure that nothing clattered,
Creaked or snapped or fell or shattered, as I crossed the corridor;
For his house is crammed with trinkets, curios and weird decor --
      Bric-a-brac and junk galore.

Still the Raven never fluttered, standing stock-still as he uttered,
In a voice that shrieked and sputtered, his two cents' worth -
      "Nevermore."

While this dirge the birdbrain kept up, oh, so silently I crept up,
Then I crouched and quickly leapt up, pouncing on the feathered bore.
Soon he was a heap of plumage, and a little blood and gore -
      Only this and not much more.

"Oooo!" my pickled poet cried out, "Pussycat, it's time I dried out!
Never sat I in my hideout talking to a bird before;
How I've wallowed in self-pity, while my gallant, valiant kitty
Put an end to that darned ditty" - then I heard him start to snore.
Back atop the door I clambered, eyed that statue I abhor,
     Jumped - and smashed it on the floor.

--Rob Collins

"Monkey's Paw" Questions, etc.

HW for this week:

Due Tuesday, Oct. 23	FD Movie Poster
Due Wednesday, Oct. 24	Go to blog for MP vocab.
Due Thursday, Oct. 25	MP Thought Q's (from board) MP Story Q's (from blog) Do Story Q's in JE #19/Left & Right.
Friday, Oct. 26	MP Vocab Test/Comprehension Test

"Monkey's Paw" TQ's (ones on the front board in class--JE #17/right)

The wording may be slightly different, but the questions are essentially the same.

1. Do you believe that fate, coincidence, or chance determined the outcome of events in the story? Why?
Explain your answer. 

2. In your life (or life in general), what do you believe determines the course of events? Is it:

• fate
• coincidence
• chance
• a combination of these?
• other?

Why do you believe this?  Give examples to support your opinion.

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"Monkey's Paw" Story Questions:

Do Story Q's in JE #19/Left & Right. Flippy in the Q's on the left; use the left and right side for your answers.

• Click on this link to download and print the questions. The chart is a little different on the printout, but both ask for the same info.

          https://www.dropbox.com/s/sf2f09j46nu7lvq/MPstoryQ%27s.doc

• If that doesn't work, copy and paste them into a word document and hope they come out ok.

1.   Why does the story start with the father and son playing chess? Does the father’s strategy at the chess game tell you anything about his personality? If so, what?


2.   Note any of the characters’ actions you feel are significant on the chart below. What conclusions can you draw about each of the characters from analyzing their actions? 

Character	Important Actions (List at least two)	Conclusion you've drawn about the actions of this character
Mr. White
Mrs. White
Herbert White
Major Morris

3.   Sergeant Major Morris describes the monkey's paw in this way: "It had a spell put on it by an old fakir,…a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. ". What does Morris’ statement mean when you first read it? What does it mean after you have read the entire story? Is his comment significant? If so, why?

 4.   Why does Major Morris throw the monkey's paw onto the fire and why do the Whites react so strongly?

5. What happens to Herbert White?

 6.   What do you think happened at the end of the story? Why does Mr. White beg his wife not to let "it" into the house? What does he mean? What is he afraid of? Who or what was outside of the house?

 7.   What makes Jacobs' style of writing unique? Read the following passage and think about how he puts his words together to create a mood. Underline words or passages that seem important to you.

"…and a horrible fear that his wish would bring his mangled son before him ere he could escape from the room seized upon him , and he caught his breath as he found he had lost the direction of the door. His brow cold with sweat, he felt his way around the table, and groped along the wall until he found himself in the small passage with the unwholesome thing in his hand."


8.   How does Jacobs set the mood and/or tone of the story? How does he build suspense? Think about the way he uses silence as a way to create a mood. What does he describe at the end as the husband and wife lie in bed waiting for their wish to come true?


9. List three questions about the story that are still puzzling you. Think about: character's
    actions, motives, outdated expressions, details, etc. that don't make sense for you.

    List the questions here:

"Monkey's Paw" Vocab

Test on Friday, Oct. 26!
If you see a little gray square next to the cards, right click until you see "Run plug-in this time."
Then they should work for you.

Movie Poster

Movie Poster Instructions

• Do the RD in JE #18/left (save JE #17/right---keep it blank for now).
• FD due in INK and COLOR (no plain pencil) Tuesday, Oct. 23
• Design a movie poster promoting the movie that might be made out of their book. Include:

• The title and author
• A few quotes from the book
• A list of the cast: Which actors would play which characters?
• One or more strong images that foreshadow what's in the plot (without giving away the ending)
• Anything else that you feel would make people want to see the movie

Here are some examples of movie posters from books that became movies:

Due Friday. 10/19:

• "Raven" Copy Change (two stanzas minimum)
• There may be more blanks in stanza one than I had on the smart board.
• Do this in JE #17 left. 
• This link below might help you with the meter. 

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochaic_octameter

1. Keep the rhyme scheme (abcbbb).
2. Optional: Use internal rhyme in lines 1 & 3, as Poe does.
3. Maintain the meter of the original as much as possible:

• Lines 1-2-3 = 16 syllables (trochaic octameter)
• Lines 4-5 = 15 syllables
• Line 6 = 7 syllables
• The very  last word  of stanza 1 should be the same as the very last word in stanza 2.
• Make sure to keep the punctuation consistent.

Once upon a _________ ________, while I pondered _______ and _______, Over many a _________ and________ volume of _______ _______, While I ________, _______ _________, suddenly there came a _________, As of someone  _____ ______, __________ at my ___________ _________r. `'Tis ________   ________,' I ____________, `____________ at my _______ _______ - Only ________, and__________  _________.' Ah, _________ I __________ it was in the_______  ________, And each _______   _______ _______ wrought its _______ upon the ______. Eagerly I ______ the ________; - vainly I had ________ ___ _______ From my ________ surcease of ______ - ________ for the ____ _______ - For the ______ and _______  ________ whom the ______  _____ _______ - ________  ______ _______ ________ .