UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water
-
Upload
evan-short -
Category
Documents
-
view
220 -
download
0
description
Transcript of UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water
![Page 1: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water
Warm-UpText Quiz
SymbolismContinue Text Questions
![Page 2: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Warm-Up: Unit Essential Question:How are cultural and social influences reflected in the texts of the Modern Period?How is the The American Dream reflected in the novel The Color of Water?
Summative Task Question:How do the authors of this unit use diction to express a vision of The American Dream? Do you agree or disagree with the portrayal each author provides of the dream?
Describe Ruth’s high school graduation.How does this experience add to her feelings about leaving Suffolk?
![Page 3: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Text Quiz
Answer each question in complete sentences.
3
![Page 4: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
A symbol is an ordinary object, event, person, or animal to which we have attached a special meaning.
What Is a Symbol?
![Page 5: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Public symbols• have been inherited, or
handed down over time
• show up in art and literature
Where Do We Get Symbols?
• are widely known
![Page 6: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
What does each of these symbols stand for? Why do you think they have taken on the meanings they have?
justice luck love
Where Do We Get Symbols?
![Page 7: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Invented symbols• come about when writers
make a character, object, or event stand for some human concern
• sometimes become well known and gain the status of public symbol
Where Do We Get Symbols?
![Page 8: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Writers use symbols to• suggest layers of meaning that a simple, literal
statement could never convey• speak more powerfully to the reader’s emotions
and imagination• make their stories rich and memorable
Symbols in Literature
What does the Mirror symbolize in The Color of Water?
![Page 9: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Upcoming Due Dates:• Monday
– Discuss Chapters 18 – 19– HW: 20 - 22
• Tuesday– Discuss 20 - 22– HW: Finish the text
• January 4 – Discuss 23 – Epilogue
• January 6 – Novel Test10
![Page 10: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
HOMEWORKRead through Chapter 18 - 19 and complete the text questions.
12
![Page 11: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water
Warm-UpText Quiz
Writing PromptChapter 20
Continue Text Questions
![Page 12: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Warm-Up: Unit Essential Question:How are cultural and social influences reflected in the texts of the Modern Period?How is the The American Dream reflected in the novel The Color of Water?
Summative Task Question:How do the authors of this unit use diction to express a vision of The American Dream? Do you agree or disagree with the portrayal each author provides of the dream?
What influence did Chicken Man have on James? Why?
![Page 13: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Text Quiz
Answer each question in complete sentences.
15
![Page 14: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Writing Prompt
What lesson does James learn from Chicken Man? How does he react to these lessons? Explain in at least two paragraphs – use text to support your answer.
When you are finished:Read and complete text questions for Chapters 20 - 22
16
![Page 15: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
HOMEWORKRead and complete text questions for Chapters 20 - 22
17
![Page 16: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water
Warm-UpSymbolism Chart
Characterization ChartContinue Text Questions
![Page 17: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Warm-Up: Unit Essential Question:How are cultural and social influences reflected in the texts of the Modern Period?How is the The American Dream reflected in the novel The Color of Water?
Summative Task Question:How do the authors of this unit use diction to express a vision of The American Dream? Do you agree or disagree with the portrayal each author provides of the dream?
Who is Mrs. Dawson? Explain her influence on James’ life in at least a paragraph.
![Page 18: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
SYMBOLISM CHART
Complete the symbolism chart on your own. On a separate sheet of paper, complete the writing prompt.
20
![Page 19: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
CHARACTERIZATION CHART
As you complete the characterization chart, be sure to take note of how characters changed over the text.
21
![Page 20: UNIT 4: The American Dream and The Color of Water](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062905/5a4d1ad47f8b9ab059972711/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Homework
Read Chapters 23 – 25 and complete the text questions!
22