Summative Test Details

Summative Test: Thursday, September 20th

Format:

1. Literary Terms: Define in a complete sentence

2. Significant Details: Use specific details from essays/Gatsby to identify significance in complete sentences

3. Short Answer: Answer plot questions regarding essays and Gatsby

Topics:

1. Literary Terms:

1. plot
2. setting
3. speaker/narrator
4. audience
5. characterization: direct & indirect
6. flat character
7. round character
8. personification
9. point-of-view
10. motif
11. symbol
12. irony: verbal, situational, dramatic
13.  theme
14. mood
15. diction
16. tone
17. conflict
18. epiphany
19. foreshadowing
20. imagery
21. paradox

2. Essays (from The Writers Presence):

1. Cofer, “Silent Dancing” (68)
2. Carver, “My Father’s Life” (60)
3. Tan, “Mother Tongue” (232)
4. Sedaris, “Me Talk Pretty One Day” (212)
5. Staples, “Just Walk On By” (217)
6. Kothari, “If You Are What You Eat...” (132)
7. Mengestu, “Home At Last” (170)

3. The Great Gatsby (Ch. 1-6)

Link for Kothari Essay

Read Geeta Kothari's "If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?" here:
http://winzeler.weebly.com/uploads/8/5/4/4/8544379/if_you_are_what_you_eat.pdf


(Still searching the web for a link to the Mengestu essay...)

Assignment for Kothari & Mengestu Essays

Both Geeta Kothari's essay "If You Are What You Eat, Then What Am I?" and Dinaw Mengestu's "Home At Last" use explanations and anecdotes concerning food to explore how what we eat can establish and shape cultural identity. 

In a response of 150-200 words, compare how food is used by these authors to examine the predicament of feeling stuck between two cultures. Use specific examples from each essay to explain how what we eat is connected to the external and internal struggle for acceptance.

Gatsby Project

Hey guys,

Don't forget that if you misplace your hard copy of the Gatsby project, you can always find a link to a PDF version in the links to your right (click on the image to enlarge it).

SR

Resources for Great Gatsby BETTER than CliffsNotes!

By the end of this week we'll be two-thirds the way through The Great Gatsby--wooo! But for those of you who like a little help as you're reading along (or majorly need a review), here are a few resources that provide some food for thought (WARNING! Contain some spoilers!):

Reading Chapter 1 Critically:

Discussing Metaphors in Chapter 2:

Newsreel-style Recap of Chapter 3:

Detailed Reenactment of Chapter 4 (if only you'd had this for your quiz last Friday!):

And for those of you who are too lazy to read even SparkNotes, I give you..... SparkNotes on video!

Samples of Great Gatsby Video Projects

Should you select the YouTube video option for your Great Gatsby project, here are some excellent examples of what you have to contend with out there on the interwebs:

1. Daisy's Lullaby
Featuring such smooth lines as “These Eggs are scrambled / You’re full of lies. / Oh, these love triangles / Under T.J.’s eyes.”

2. The Great Gatsby Rap (The Valley Of Ashes)
Nice summary of Gatsby's destructive obsession with Daisy. Favorite line: “How much do I hate being rich? Zero.”  

3. Great Gatsby Rap Video
A great introspective piece on the American Dream: “The prettiest people do the ugliest things.” Indeed!

4. Who Am I? Call Me Jay Gatsby
Definitely the catchiest option I found. Laughed super-hard at them rolling around atop a Ford (And doesn't the guy playing Tom look like Tupac?): “My name is Jay Gatsby, and I’m reppin’ West Egg.” Heck yeah, old sport.

5. Great Gatsby Rap Battle 

Decent modern interpretation of the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby: "I stick to makin' money, you stick to playin' polo." (Ends kind of abruptly, though.)  

6. Hook Me Up With Daisy

And possibly the scariest video tribute I found comes from these guys who, with their bizarre growling, prove that nothing is safe from the pop culture maelstrom that is “Call Me Maybe.”

....Let's hope yours can beat that one, at least. 

MLA Format for Your First Paper

Here's a great site that lays out all the basic guidelines for MLA straightforwardly. It also has an example first page in MLA format, for those of you visually inclined:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Remember: Instead of an actual title, you should quote the college essay prompt you selected, as seen below (thank you, Carbo!):