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Fareinheit 451 Vocab

• Tatters – (noun) a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag. Shreds of something.
• Minstrel
• Flue
• Refracted
• Whiffed
• Immense
• Imperceptibly
• Mausoleum
• Murmur
• Tallow
• Pulverized
• Stratum
• Melancholy
• Quivered
• Proboscis
• Multifaceted
• Trajectory
• Cacophony
• Intuitively
• Profusion
• Insidious
• Juggernaut
• Valise
• Pyre

Recite a poem in class

I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand
singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or
at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of
the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows,
robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

I, Too, Sing America

by Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, 'Eat in the kitchen,' Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America.

America

by Robert Creeley

America, you ode for reality! Give back the people you took. Let the sun shine again on the four corners of the world you thought of first but do not own, or keep like a convenience. People are your own word, you invented that locus and term. Here, you said and say, is where we are. Give back what we are, these people you made, us, and nowhere but you to be.

On Being Brought from Africa to America
by Phillis Wheatley
'Twas mercy brought me from my

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Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
'Their colour is a diabolic die.'
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.

Exquisite Politics

by Denise Duhamel and Maureen Seaton

The perfect voter has a smile but no eyes, maybe not even a nose or hair on his or her toes, maybe not even a single sperm cell, ovum, little paramecium. Politics is a slug copulating in a Poughkeepsie garden. Politics is a grain of rice stuck in the mouth of a king. I voted for a clump of cells, anything to believe in, true as rain, sure as red wheat. I carried my ballots around like smokes, pondered big questions, resources and need, stars and planets, prehistoric languages. I sat on Alice's mushroom in Central Park, smoked longingly in the direction of the mayor's mansion. Someday I won't politic anymore, my big heart will stop loving America and I'll leave her as easy as a marriage, splitting our assets, hoping to get the advantage before the other side yells: Wow! America, Vespucci's first name and home of free and brave, Te amo.

12th Grade ELA
Screwtape Letters Discussion Q's

Screwtape Letters Discussion Questions

1. Much of the appeal The Screwtape Letters derives from Lewis's startlingly original reversal: telling a story about Christian faith not from a Christian point-of-view but from the perspective of a devil trying to secure the damnation of one's man's soul. Why is this strategy so effective? What does it allow Lewis to accomplish that would have been impossible in a more straightforward approach?
2. In the first of Screwtape's letters, he instructs Wormwood not to attempt to win the patient's soul through argument, but rather by fixing his attention on 'the stream of immediate sense experiences' (p. 2). Why is immersion in the particulars of 'real life' fertile ground for temptation? Why is argument a risky strategy for devils to employ? Where else do you find this opposition between the particular and the universal-between materialism and spiritual faith-in The Screwtape Letters?
3. While Screwtape allows that war is 'entertaining' and provides 'legitimate and pleasing refreshment for our myriads of toiling workers,' (p. 18) he fears that 'if we are not careful, we shall see thousands turning in this tribulation to the Enemy, while tens of thousands who do not go so far will nevertheless have their attentions diverted from themselves to causes which they believe to be higher than the self' (p. 19). Why would war have this effect? How does war alter human consciousness in a way unfavorable to temptation? How would you relate Lewis's own experience in WWI, which apparently confirmed his youthful atheism, to his position in The Screwtape Letters?
4. In describing the differences in how God and the Devil view men, Screwtape says: 'We want cattle who can finally become food; He wants servants who can finally become sons' (p. 30). What is it about God's relationship to man that Screwtape finds so unfathomable?
5. Why is Screwtape so pleased when the patient becomes friends with a group of people who are 'rich, smart, superficially intellectual, and brightly skeptical about everything in the world'? (p. 37). What influence does Screwtape hope they will have on him? Why should their 'flippancy' build up an 'armor-plating' against God? In what ways does Lewis merge theology and social satire in this and other passages throughout The Screwtape Letters?
6. Screwtape assures Wormwood that although some ancient writers, such as Boethius, might reveal powerful secrets to humans, they have been rendered powerless by 'the Historical Point of View,' which regards such writers not as sources of truth but merely as objects of scholarly speculation. 'To regard the ancient writer as a possible source of knowledge-to anticipate that what he said could possibly modify your thoughts or your behavior-this would be regarded as unutterably simple-minded' (p. 108). Why would Screwtape delight in this situation? How would he turn it to his advantage? How does this view of reading parallel post-modern approaches to literature? Where else does Screwtape encourage Wormwood to persuade humans that truth is irrelevant?
7. Lewis exhibits throughout his writings an uncanny sense of human nature and a style capable of brilliant aphorism: 'Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury' (p. 81); ; 'Gratitude looks toward the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead' (p. 58), to cite just two examples. Where else in The Screwtape Letters do you find universal statements about human nature? Do these statements accurately reflect not just a Christian ethos but the workings of human psychology more generally?
8. The sub-plot of The Screwtape Letters turns on Screwtape's relationship with his nephew Wormwood, the apprentice tempter and demonic understudy in charge of carrying out Screwtape's instructions. How do Screwtape and Wormwood regard each other? How does their relationship change over the course of the book? In what ways does their relationship offer an inverted reflection of God's relationship to man? What is Lewis suggesting by having the story end with Screwtape preparing to devour a member of his own family?
9. In discussing time, change, and pleasure, Screwtape asserts that 'just as we pick out and exaggerate the pleasure of eating to produce gluttony, so we pick out this natural pleasantness of change and twist it into a demand for absolute novelty' (p. 98). Why is the demand for novelty necessarily destructive? What natural balance does such a demand disrupt? In what areas do you find this insistence on change, or overvaluation of the new, operating today?
10. Love is an important theme in The Screwtape Letters. Describing the human idea of love and marriage, Screwtape tells Wormwood: 'They regard the intention of loyalty to a partnership for mutual help, for the preservation of chastity, and for the transmission of life as something lower than a storm of emotion' (p. 72). Screwtape is also confounded by God's love for man, which he grants as real but irrational. What is Lewis saying, in the book as a whole, about human and divine love?
11. Over the course of The Screwtape Letters, the state of the patient's soul fluctuates as he experiences a conversion, doubt, dangerous friendships, war, love, and finally, in death, oneness with God. What major strategies does Screwtape use to tempt the patient into the Devil's camp? Why do these temptations fail? In what ways can the patient be seen as an everyman?
12. In spite the patient's triumph over temptation, his glorious entrance to Heaven-'the degradation of it!-that this thing of earth and slime could stand upright and converse with spirits' (p.122)-Screwtape does not lose faith in his own cause. Why do you think Lewis chose to end the book in this ambiguous light? Why is Screwtape sustained by 'the conviction that our Realism, our rejection (in the face of all temptations) of all silly nonsense and claptrap, must win in the end'? (p. 124). What warning is implied in the book's ending? In what ways does The Screwtape Letters speak to contemporary moral and spiritual issues both within and outside of the Christian Church?

Screwtape Letters Vocab

• Trifle - (noun) a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance.
• Accustomed
• Philosophies
• Doctrines
• Jargon
• Propaganda
• Aberations
• Fuddle
• Indulge
• Sojourn
• Liturgy
• Hitherto
• Laborious
• Vermin
• Inveterate
• Liasions
• Vices
• Condescension
• Expurgated
• Innocuous
• Redemption
• Inherent
• Assumption
• Utterances
• Quarrel
• Piqued
• Idle
• Cynically
• Reverence
• Objectified
• Rhapsody
• Chalice
• Myriads
• Tantalise
• Incessant
• Bereavement
• Notion
• Tribulation
• Hypothetical
• Melodramatic
• Benevolence
• Malice
• Pernicious
• Predominantly
• Complacent
• Coterie
• Conscientious
• Pacifism
• Undulation
• Loathsome
• Ignoble
• Assimilate
• Bawdy
• Blasphemy
• Scoffers
• Opaque
• Incongruity
• Flippancy
• Perpetual
• Niche
• Avarice
• Ambiguous
• Complacency
• Receptivity
• Vicar
• Incredulous
• Lectionary
• Laity
• Genuflecting
• Contemptuous
• Gluttony
• Dossier
• Querulousness
• Unmitigated
• Axiom
• Transcendental
• Jocular
• Zealously
• Insipid
• Hedonist
• Façade
• Austere
• Abysmal

Canterbury Tales - http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/gchaucer/bl-gchau-can-collected.htm

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Pride and Prejudice

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Frankenstein
The Scarlet Letter
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Canterbury Tales Project Ideas

Project Ideas (Choose 1)
Read your character's tale from this link:
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/gchaucer/bl-gchau-can-collected.htm
Then create one of the following for your Canterbury Tales project. This will be a test grade.
Costumes
Create a costume based on one of the characters in Canterbury Tales. For example: create a knight costume out of duct tape or tin foil. Costumes don't have to be life-size. Be creative! Use the description of the pilgrim's from The Canterbury Tales Prologue to help guide you in creating a costume that is realistic and suits the character.
Models
Create a model of something relating to The Canterbury Tales. For example: the grain mills, medieval estates, farms, monasteries, churches, medieval weapons, the Skipper's ship etc.
A Contemporary Pilgrimage
Create a modern tale which mimics the structure and purpose of Chaucer's tale. Write from the point of view of a contemporary traveler, heading for a destination of worship (not necessarily religious) with a group of friends and acquaintances. For your pilgrimage, you must do the following:
1. Assume a persona: a football player, a teacher, a lawyer, a secretary, a person of ill repute, a construction worker, etc. (Perhaps draw upon your own job experiences?)
2. Include a PROLOGUE in which you introduce the circumstances of the journey and the characters involved (no less than three, no more than five).
3. Write a linking prologue plus a tale by at least two of the characters. Employ one of the multiple types of tales used by Chaucer - i.e. fable, exemplum, sermon, romance, etc. These will of course be a great deal shorter than any of Chaucer's tales due to space available.
4. Your tale(s) should have some moral truth, value, or advice to offer.
5. Write in iambic pentameter rhyming couplets, as Geoffrey Chaucer does in The Canterbury Tales' original form. If you cannot maintain this meter and do it with some skill, then avoid this assignment. The most you will score without achieving successful meter is an 80%.
6. Edit your work before writing a final draft. You must use appropriate punctuation and grammar. That this is in verse is not an excuse to abandon mechanical accuracy.
7. Please keep this between three and six typed pages.
You will be graded on: how well you adhere to the stated criteria; imagination and creativity; skill; humor; presentation; mechanical accuracy.
Create a (fake) Facebook page
Create Facebook pages for at least three of the pilgrims - these could be turned in either in electronic form or hard copy. Some possibilities to include: profiles, friends, details, blog entries, favorites, etc. Be sure you capture the essence of the character!
This means you will have to read the stories/tales of at least 3 of the pilgrims!
Create a (fake) Twitter page
Create a fake Twitter account for at least 3 of the pilgrims - these could be turned in either in electronic form or hard copy. You must create at least 5 tweets per pilgrim and the tweets should relate to the character, his/her story, flaws, etc.
This means you will have to read the stories/tales of at least 3 of the pilgrims!
Character Sketches
For those of you with an artistic bent, draw/paint/create portraits of six of the pilgrims. For each portrait, write a paragraph explanation of the artistic decisions you made based on evidence from the text, both from the General Prologue and, if applicable, the linking prologue and character tale. Please do a bit of research into the dress of the time. We do not want anachronisms. Please do not do this option if you have no artistic talent! We do not want to look at stick figures.
Essay on The Canterbury Tales
Write an essay on the 17 questions we answered prior to reading The Canterbury Tales (about the Middle Ages, Medieval time, knights, courtly love, etc). The Essay should be 4-6 pages typed, in MLA format.
PowerPoint Presentation of Characters (must provide 3-6 characters)
1.Slide 1: Your Name, My Name, Class/Period, Date, Project Title
2.Slide 2: the names of your pilgrims and page #s of their stories
3.Slide 3+: Picture of your character
4.Next slide(s), Description of his/her APPEARANCE
5.Next slide(s), Description of his/her JOB
6.Next slide(s), Description of his/her CHARACTER with quotes and references to the story (make sure you use correct citation)
7.Next slide(s), LIKES/DISLIKES of characters

Read your character’s tale from this link: http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/gchaucer/bl-gchau-can-collected.htm

Then create one of the following for your Canterbury Tales project. This will be a test grade.

Costumes

Create a costume based on one of the characters in Canterbury Tales. For example: create a knight costume out of duct tape or tin foil. Costumes don’t have to be life-size. Be creative! Use the description of the pilgrim’s from The Canterbury Tales Prologue to help guide you in creating a costume that is realistic and suits the character.

Models

Create a model of something relating to The Canterbury Tales. For example: the grain mills, medieval estates, farms, monasteries, churches, medieval weapons, the Skipper’s ship etc.

A Contemporary Pilgrimage

Create a modern tale which mimics the structure and purpose of Chaucer’s tale. Write from the point of view of a contemporary traveler, heading for a destination of worship (not necessarily religious) with a group of friends and acquaintances. For your pilgrimage, you must do the following:

1. Assume a persona: a football player, a teacher, a lawyer, a secretary, a person of ill repute, a construction worker, etc. (Perhaps draw upon your own job experiences?)

2. Include a PROLOGUE in which you introduce the circumstances of the journey and the characters involved (no less than three, no more than five).

3. Write a linking prologue plus a tale by at least two of the characters. Employ one of the multiple types of tales used by Chaucer – i.e. fable, exemplum, sermon, romance, etc. These will of course be a great deal shorter than any of Chaucer’s tales due to space available.

4. Your tale(s) should have some moral truth, value, or advice to offer. Atl 2006 bdrip.

5. Write in iambic pentameter rhyming couplets, as Geoffrey Chaucer does in The Canterbury Tales’ original form. If you cannot maintain this meter and do it with some skill, then avoid this assignment. The most you will score without achieving successful meter is an 80%.

6. Edit your work before writing a final draft. You must use appropriate punctuation and grammar. That this is in verse is not an excuse to abandon mechanical accuracy.

7. Please keep this between three and six typed pages.

You will be graded on: how well you adhere to the stated criteria; imagination and creativity; skill; humor; presentation; mechanical accuracy.

Create a (fake) Facebook page

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Create Facebook pages for at least three of the pilgrims – these could be turned in either in

electronic form or hard copy. Some possibilities to include: profiles, friends, details, blog entries, favorites, etc. Be sure you capture the essence of the character!

This means you will have to read the stories/tales of at least 3 of the pilgrims!

Create a (fake) Twitter page

Create a fake Twitter account for at least 3 of the pilgrims - these could be turned in either in electronic form or hard copy. You must create at least 5 tweets per pilgrim and the tweets should relate to the character, his/her story, flaws, etc.

This means you will have to read the stories/tales of at least 3 of the pilgrims!

8th Grade Language Arts

Character Sketches

For those of you with an artistic bent, draw/paint/create portraits of six of the pilgrims. For each portrait, write a paragraph explanation of the artistic decisions you made based on evidence from the text, both from the General Prologue and, if applicable, the linking prologue and character tale. Please do a bit of research into the dress of the time. We do not want anachronisms. Please do not do this option if you have no artistic talent! We do not want to look at stick figures.

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Essay on The Canterbury Tales

8th Grade Ela Packet

Write an essay on the 17 questions we answered prior to reading The Canterbury Tales (about the Middle Ages, Medieval time, knights, courtly love, etc)

The Essay should be 4-6 pages typed, in MLA format.

PowerPoint Presentation of Characters (must provide 3-6 characters)

Slide 1: Your Name, My Name, Class/Period, Date, Project Title

Slide 2: the names of your pilgrims and page #s of their stories

Slide 3+: Picture of your character

Next slide(s), Description of his/her APPEARANCE

Next slide(s), Description of his/her JOB

Next slide(s), Description of his/her CHARACTER with quotes and references to the story (make sure you use correct citation)

Next slide(s), LIKES/DISLIKES of characters

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