12-3-12 CANTERBURY TALES

                                                        ENGLISH I

                                              THE INTERLOPERS

                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                                      THIRD COURSE

                                                    DECEMBER 3, 2012

OBJECTIVE:SWBAT APPLY THE SKILLS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS TO VISUAL AND MANUSCRIPT TEXTS, ANALYZE COMPLEX CHARACTERS, ANALYZE UNIVERSAL THEMES AND ANALYZE VARIUOS GENRES WITH COMPOSITION DEVELOPMENT APPLIED TO POE, OFLAHERTY, LAUREL HOLLIDAY, MCCROY, MITCHELL AND ALVAREZ SEEKING 80% MASTERY.

DO NOW: MOST ARGUMENTS CAN BE SETTLED WHEN PEOPLE AGREE TO TALK OR COMPROMISE, BUT SOME DISAGREEMENTS BECOME SO BITTER THAT THEY LAST FOR MANY YEARS.  INDEED, SOME REGIONS OF THE WORLD HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN CONFLICT FOR GENERATIONS.  IDENTIFY AND THEN WRITE ABOUT SOME OF THE WARS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE NO END.  WHAT KEEPS SUCH BITTER HATRED ALIVE?

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ THE LITERARY FOCUS ON PAGE 150 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1.      HOW IS OMNISCIENT NARRATOR DEFINED?

2.      WHAT ADVANTAGES DOES THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR HAVE SINCE HE/SHE IS NOT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS?

3.      WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PLACE DESCRIBE THE ADVANTAGES THAT THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR HAS.

4.      DOES THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR REVEAL OF THE INFORMATION TO THE READER?

5.      WHAT IS THE PURPOSE THAT THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR WOULD HOLD BACK SOME OF THE INFORMATION?

6.      HOW DO THE SURPRISE ENDING OPERATE?

USE THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY ON PAGE 150 TO FILL IN THESE BLANKS.  ALSO USE THE VOCABULARY FROM THE FOOTNOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES.

1. HIS ________________ TURN WAS THE CAUSE OF THE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
2. THE WOMEN OFFERED EMOTIONAL ______________ WHEN THEIR NEIGHBORS LOST EVERYTHING IN THE FIRE.

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3. THE CAMPERS HIKED FOR MILE IN THE ________________ MOUNTAINS.
4. THE BLACK BEAR WAS ________________ TO THE TRAP THAT WAS SET FOR IT.
5. THE  __________________ CAUSE FOR EDGAR ALLEN POE’S DEATH WAS ALCOHOLISM.
6. THEIR _____________ LEAD TO A REKINDLING OF THEIR FRIENDSHIP.
7. _____________ WERE LEFT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR GRIEF.
8. WE HAVE GRACIOUSLY _______________ IN ORDER SHOW HOW DIGNIFIED WE CAN BE.
9. THE LONG PLANE RIDE CAUSED US ______________ WHICH IS WHY WE CONTINUED TO SLEEP.
10. THOSE _______________ ARE ALWAYS SEEKING OUT PEOPLE WHO THEY CAN STEAL FROM.
11. SHE ____________ HER RESPONSES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT SHOCKED US ALL.
12. MY _______________ OVER THAT CONSTANT TELEPHONE GREATLY ANNOYED ME.
13. THE __________ SOUND OF THE DRILL CONTINUED TO ANNOY ME.
14. THE MAN’S ______________ NATURE SHOWED IN HIS RESPECT FOR JESUS CHRIST.

in·ter·lop·er

/ˈɪn tərˌloʊ pər/ Show Spelled [in-ter-loh-per] Show IPA

noun

1.

a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.

2.

a person who intrudes into a region, field, or trade without a proper license.

GUIDED PRACTICE: SILENTLY READ THE INTERLOPERS BY SAKI ON PAGES 151 TO 155 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT DOES THE LAWSUIT REFER TO THAT IS MENTIONED ON PAGE 152?
2. WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION THAT IS GIVEN TO THE FOREST LANDS OF GRADWITZ?

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3. WHEN THESE “PETTY LANDOWNERS” NEVER ACQUISCED IN THE JUDGEMENT OF THE COURTS BEHAVED IN THIS MANNER WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
4. AS THE STORY OPENS WHAT WAS THIS MAN WAITING FOR?
5. THE FIRST PARAGRAPH TELLS US THAT “ULRICH von GRADWITZ PATROLLED THE DARK FOREST IN QUEST OF A HUMAN ENEMY….”  WHAT IS THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN ULRICH von GRADWITZ AND GENERAL ZAROFF FROM THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME?
6. WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ULRICH AND GEORGE?
7. WHAT WAS THE REAL PURPOSE IN WHICH ULRICH “STRAYED AWAY BY HIMSELF FROM THE WATCHERS AND WANDERED FAR DOWN THE STEEP SLOPES PEERING THROUGH TREE TRUNKS…?”
8. WHAT IS THE NARRATOR TELLING US WHEN HE SAYS THAT “TWO ENEMIES FINALLY MET?”
9. ANALYZE AND INTERPRET THIS QUOTE: “… BUT A MAN WHO HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP UNDER THE CODE OF A RESTRAINING CIVILIZATION CANNOT EASILY NERVE HIMSELF TO SHOOT DOWN HIS NEIGHBOR IN COLD BLOOD AND WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN…” MEANS WHAT?
10. WHAT IS THIS “…DEED OF NATURE’S OWN VIOLENCE?”
11. WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF BOTH ULRICH AND GEORGE WHEN THE TREE FELL ON BOTH OF THEM?
12. WHO REACHES OUT FOR FRIENDSHIP FIRST?  WHAT IS SAID THAT SHOWS THAT FRIENDSHIP IS BEING CONSIDERED?
13. AS BOTH MEN LAY TRAPPED ON PAGE 153 DESCRIBE SOME OF THE HARSH CONVERSATION THAT IS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN.
14. HOW ARE GEORGE AND ULRICH DESTROYED?  DESCRIBE THE WAY THAT BOTH MEN BROUGHT DESTRUCTION UPON THEM SELVES.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  READ “MEET THE WRITER” SECTION (SAKI) ON PAGE 156 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. DESCRIBE HECTOR HUGO MUNRO’S HOME LIFE
2. WHAT WAS THE CONDITION THAT MUNRO’S AUNTS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS IN?
3. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS WAS MUNRO SENT TO LIVE WITH HIS AUNT?
4. AT WHAT AGE DID MUNRO FINALLY ATTENDED SCHOOL?
5. WHAT WAS MUNRO’S FATHER’S OCCUPATION?
6. HOW DID MONRO GET HIS PEN NAME?
7. WHAT IS THE MEANING BEHIND THIS PEN NAME?

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CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING:  READ THE TRAPPER TRAPPED (PAGE 156) AND EXPLAIN IN PARAGRAPH FORM THE MESSAGE BEHIND THIS STORY.

EXIT TICKET: FIND PLACES IN THE TEXT WHERE THE WORD INTERLOPERS IS USED.  WHAT IS AN INTERLOPER?  WHO ARE THE INTERLOPERS IN THIS STORY?

HOMEWORK: (1) COPY THE VOCABULARY INTO YOUR NOTEBOOK (2) CREATE ONE SYNONYM FOR EACH WORD (3) CREATE ONE SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD.