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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, pp. 1-41

Now that you have finished reading the first part of Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, you can answer some questions about it.  Specifically, you can answer one complex paragraph-style question within a group of two to three on this Google Doc.  Read and follow the directions and complete the task as your teacher has modeled and instructed for you.

Fractured Fairy Tales

Week 3: Fractured Fairy Tales

 

1.     View/read the following fractured fairy tales.  A fractured fairy tale uses familiar fairy tale stories, but subverts some elements, such as characters, setting, points of view, and/or plot points.  They are usually humorous and satirize the genre or modern life in some way.

a.     The Ugly Duckling

b.     Son of Rumplestiltskin

c.      The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

2.     Write a brief explanation about how each of the fractured fairy tales that you viewed/read subverts the original and what humorous commentary the tale seems to make.

3.     Write a complete draft of your own fractured fairy tale, using a different fairy tale than the above mentioned.  It should have:

a.     A clear conflict

b.     A developed protagonist and at least one other character

c.      A setting: time and place

d.     An exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and a resolution

e.     Obvious references to the original fairy tale

f.       Obvious differences from the original tale.  You may consider telling the story from the point of view of the “villain” or writing a sequel or prequel to the story or making the story updated (the female saves the man, for example)

*Fairy tales to consider:  “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Cinderella,” “Hansel & Gretel,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “The Frog Prince,” “Goldilocks & the Three Bears,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Snow White.”  You may use other fairy tales, of course, but this list should give you some ideas…

Synonyms, Setting and Atmosphere

Part 1: Copy the following synonyms onto your vocabulary sheet:

·       Lumbered: Burdened, weighed down
·       Morose: Troubled, miserable
·       Scoff: Insult, make fun of
·       Ominous: Threatening, foreshadowing
·       Profound: Intense, thoughtful
·       Precede: Lead, pave the way
·       Reprehensible: Disgraceful, shameful, wrong
·       Deliberate: Willingly, cautious
·       Aloof: Remote, unfriendly
·       Contemptuous: Disrespectful, condescending
·       Earnest: Solemn, honest
·       Contort: Twist, warp
·       Belligerent: Aggressive, argumentative
·       Retort: Answer, respond

Part 2:  Read the following passage that begins Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

MENTOR TEXT:

“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan Mountains, but on the valley side the water is lined with trees- willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter's flooding; and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool. On the sandy bank under the trees the leaves lie deep and so crisp that a lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them. Rabbits come out of the brush to sit on the sand in the evening, and the damp flats are covered with the night tracks of 'coons, and with the spread pads of dogs from the ranches, and with the split-wedge tracks of deer that come to drink in the dark.

“There is a path through the willows and among the sycamores, a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water. In front of the low horizontal limb of a giant sycamore there is an ash pile made by many fires; the limb is worn smooth by men who have sat on it.”

- John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Ch. 1

 

Part 3: 

Describe a special place, using sensory details, and creating an atmosphere as Steinbeck does in the opening lines of Of Mice and Men.  At least 15 lines if handwritten, 8 if typed (must be 12 point font).

Experiential Learning Survey

Please take the Experiencial Learning Survey as part of Community Meeting this week. 

Thanks,
Kap, Mac, & Gerbs

19.1: Economic Resources

Watch the 19.1: Economic Resources to answer the questions on your worksheet about outsourcing.

Week 2: Fables & Fairy Tales

1. Read three fables. You may Google search "Aesop's fables" to find them. For each of these fables, find and record: the characters, the setting, and the theme.
2. Write your own fable.  Remember, a fable should be short, have animal characters and provide a lesson to the readers, often stated at the end of the story as “the moral of the story.”
3. Edit your fable.  There should be no spelling or grammatical errors.  If you need assistance, see Ms. Kappelman or another teacher for editing tips.  You should turn in at least two (1^st & final) drafts of your fable so that I can see your editing.
4. Find a fairy tale to read/study.  Read it, and complete this Fairy Tale Analysis worksheet to analyze the story.

 

*Remember, these tasks are due by Friday September 21, 2012.

Of Mice and Men Vocabulary

·       Lumbered: moving in a staggering, sluggish way

·       Morose: depressed, sad, gloomy

·       Scoff: speak mockingly or make an insulting sound

·       Ominous: hinting that something bad is going to happen

·       Profound: entering deeply into a subject

·       Precede: come before

·       Reprehensible: something terrible or bad

·       Deliberate: on purpose

·       Aloof: distant (especially emotionally)

·       Contemptuous: looking down on someone/thing

·       Earnest: sincere, serious, really means it!

·       Contort: stretching or moving in different positions

·       Belligerent: loud & out of control

·       Retort: reply, usually witty

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Vocabulary

Copy the following definitions in the MEANS box on your vocab sheet:

·       Acute:  sharp, focused

·       Chronic: keeps happening

·       Existentialism: belief that you are in control of your own destiny

·       Combine: group of people that work together OR a factory

·       Matriarchy: society controlled by women

·       Emasculate: take away a man’s “manhood”

·       Sadistic: enjoy inflicting pain on others

·       Punitive: meant as a punishment

·       Psychotic: crazy, detached from reality

·       Schizophrenia: mental illness where you have a false perception of reality

9/11 Rememberance and Information

Watch the PBS Documentary 9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out, and take 15 (fifteen) notes about important facts or information presented.  Then, write a reaction (length TBD) about documentary and 9/11.

Creative Writing Week 1: 9/10/12-9/14/12

 

1.     Complete this worksheet about the elements of fiction. You will need to use the ReadWriteThink link to find your answers. Please note, the elements are in a different order on the website than they are on the worksheet.

2.     Learn about the different types of literary genres with this slideshare presentation. As you go through the presentation, take notes answering the following questions:

1.     What is a genre?

2.     What are the main genres of fiction?

3.     What are the defining characteristics of each genre?

4.     Which genre do you find most appealing and why?

3.     Focus in on some of the oldest forms of fiction: myths, legends, fables, folktales, and fairy tales.

1.     In a few sentences, write down what you think the similarities and differences between these terms are.

2.     Visit the following websites and create a good definition for each of the terms (myths, legends, fables, folktales, and fairy tales): http://www.ability.org.uk/mytholog.html, http://classiclit.about.com/cs/10th14thcentury/a/aa_definemyth.htm.

 

Remember, for full credit, this must all be submitted by Friday, September 14.