1. Steinbeck Biography + History of Migrat Workers in California
2. Of Mice and Men (45 pages)
понедельник, 31 марта 2008 г.
вторник, 25 марта 2008 г.
March 31/April 1: Web Sites Presentation
This post is to remind you that on March 31 (Group 2 Tr.) and April 1 (Group 3CCC) we'll have a presentation of your web projects. It will take place in Room 107-108 (2 Tr.) and in Room 503 (3 CCC).
1. Each student has to evaluate each web site of his/her groupmates according to the following criteria:
Please be sure to print out these forms and fill them in for each web site (including your own).
2. Prepare a 10-15 min. group presentation of your web site that would cover the subject matter, information structure, sources, and the way you worked on a project as a team.
3. There will be prizes, too!!!
Best of luck!
A.V.
1. Each student has to evaluate each web site of his/her groupmates according to the following criteria:
Please be sure to print out these forms and fill them in for each web site (including your own).
2. Prepare a 10-15 min. group presentation of your web site that would cover the subject matter, information structure, sources, and the way you worked on a project as a team.
3. There will be prizes, too!!!
Best of luck!
A.V.
четверг, 20 марта 2008 г.
March 24/25: Awakening from the American Dream in "The Great Gatsby"
We'll be talking about the novel's themes and motifs (i.e. recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text's major themes). So, please think in terms of geography and weather.Jazz Icarus (1913) by Henri Matisse
Image Source: www.artland.co.uk/1_Jazz_Icarus_1913_SA010_P.JPG
1. What aspects of the 1920s American society do places and settings epitomize (East Egg, West Egg, the valley of ashes, New York City, the East vs. the West)?
2. How does the weather match the emotional and narrative tone of the story (Gatsby and Daisy's reunion, their love reawakening, Gatsby's confrontation with Tom, the day of Gatsby's death)?
3. Think about the symbols in the novel (the green light, the valley of ashes, the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg). What concepts do they represent?
Also, "The Great Gatsby" being a sobering and even ominous commentary on the dark side of the American dream, we'll be tackling Gatsby's vision of the 1920's American Dream.
1.What do we understand by the American dream?
2.The houses in the novel serve as indices of social success and taste. How does the description of Gatsby's monstrously ornate house characterize his owner?
3.What led to Gatsby's downfall? How did his pure dream become corrupted?
4. Why do we sympathize with him?
Please listen to the mp3 lecture "Lecture 57 - Fitzgerald's Triumph_ Writing the American Dream" by Dr.Arnold Weinstein (Brown University) from his series "Classics of American Literature" . It's 30 min long.
2.The houses in the novel serve as indices of social success and taste. How does the description of Gatsby's monstrously ornate house characterize his owner?
3.What led to Gatsby's downfall? How did his pure dream become corrupted?
4. Why do we sympathize with him?
Please listen to the mp3 lecture "Lecture 57 - Fitzgerald's Triumph_ Writing the American Dream" by Dr.Arnold Weinstein (Brown University) from his series "Classics of American Literature" . It's 30 min long.
понедельник, 10 марта 2008 г.
Our First Web Sites
Our first web sites have been created!!!
Congratulations to
Julia M. http://thezoostory.ucoz.ru/
George and Alex http://fahrenheit.do.am/
Catherine http://zoratheireyes.ucoz.ru/
Arina and Natasha http://oldmanandsea.ucoz.ru/
Sveta http://fenimore.web-box.ru/index.html
Lera http://greatgatsby.ucoz.ru/
Natasha http://catchme.ucoz.com/
Group 2 Tr: Anna Sh. (web designer), Anna M., Rita & Yevgeniya http://www.geocities.com/pedgar38/Poe.html
Anna P. (web designer), Olga R. and Anna K. http://www.fahrenheit-451.by.ru/
Kristina, Nikita and Vlad
http://flappergirl.do.am
Students, We've talked about host services for your web sites - www.narod.ru, www.ucoz.ru that have nice templates, but sometimes their templates have a certain layout (colors, scripts, types) that makes one strain the eyes. When putting your web site together, please think about your reader as well. In this respect, http://geocities.yahoo.com/ can give your site a less sophisticated look, but it's very easy to navigate and read.
Image by Paulo Buchinho. Image Source: http://www.imagezoo.com/collections/pbibu/public/samples/Dpbu0006.jpg
среда, 5 марта 2008 г.
March 10/11: The Great Gatsby chapters 6-9
1. Characters in “The Great Gatsby”: speech portrayals, appearance, clothes, actions, names, thoughts.
2.. Discussion will be based on the questions from "Studies in American Literature" by Dr.S.V.Titova (pp.27-29) and the "Story of Lost Illusions"by Dr.Weinstein. (another link for downloading the lecture - http://www.zshare.net/download/9019516c93e645/)
2.. Discussion will be based on the questions from "Studies in American Literature" by Dr.S.V.Titova (pp.27-29) and the "Story of Lost Illusions"by Dr.Weinstein. (another link for downloading the lecture - http://www.zshare.net/download/9019516c93e645/)
Family album snapshot of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) and his wife Zelda sitting outside on lawn at her mother's home, January 1921. Image Source: http://tinyurl.com/yunwje
3. Watch the documentary belowпонедельник, 3 марта 2008 г.
For 3CCC: request
Students,
I've just looked at your blogs. Could you please post information and links to the materials relevant to your would-be sites that you have already accumulated. Thanks!
I've just looked at your blogs. Could you please post information and links to the materials relevant to your would-be sites that you have already accumulated. Thanks!
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