English 10 Honors

1. Mrs. Navejar

8. A Lost Generation? Understand the widespread disillusionment with prewar institutions, authorities, and values that resulted in a void that was later filled by totalitarians. Discuss the influence of World War I on literature, art, and intellectual life in the West (e.g., Pablo Picasso, the "lost generation" of Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway).

26. What words would you use to describe how people are seeing the world and their place in it?

32. Fitzgerald · Hemingway I. Introduction II. F. Scott Fitzgerald III. Ernest Hemingway exit

40. 3. A brief introduction to his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is the best novel of Fitzgerald. As a novel with strong tragic flavor, it keeps in step with the time and its criticism of America society is really penetrating. The novel shows the disillusion of “American Dream” in the 1920s. At that age, it was impossible for Gatsby to succeed. The novel also shows that in the American society of 1920s, the commons were in total depravity. It tells us that there is no way to go from money to love, from material to spirit. In a split world, love could neither make up the split nor replace the value. It is full of realistic meaning even today. exit

41. The clues of the novel are very clear, while the specific events are mysterious. In it, we can fully enjoy the glamour of art. In addition, the novel is intensely lyrical. With colorful musical elements, the author composed a tragic song, leaving a lot of questions for us to think about. 4. The Jazz Age What repeats frequently in the majority of his books describes the period from 1918-1929, the years between the end of World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties; ending with the rise of the Great Depression, the traditional values of this age saw great decline while the American exit

42. stock market soared. The focus of the elements of this age, in some contrast with the Roaring Twenties, in historical and cultural studies, are somewhat different, with a greater emphasis on all Modernism. The age takes its name from jazz music, which saw a tremendous surge in popularity among many segments of society. Among the prominent concerns and trends of the period are the public embrace of technological developments (typically seen as progress)—cars, air travel and the telephone—as well as new modernist trends in social behavior, the arts, and culture. Central developments included Art Deco design and architecture. In addition, many amateur artists began to aspire including Duke Ellington, Picasso, etc. exit

44. c. During the twenties, Hemingway became a member of the group of expatriate Americans in Paris, which he described in his first important work, The Sun Also Rises (1926). Equally successful was A Farewell to Arms (1929), the study of an American ambulance officer’s disillusionment in the war and his role as a deserter. Hemingway used his experiences as a reporter during the civil war in Spain as the background for his most ambitious novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). d. Among his later works, the most outstanding is the short novel, The Old Man and the Sea (1952), finally brought him onto the stage of the Nobel Prize in 1954. exit

46. 4. Hemingway’s hero----code hero Hemingway’s hero is an average man of decidedly masculine tastes, sensitive and intelligent, a man of action, and one of few words. That is an individualist keeping emotions under control, stoic and self-disciplined in a dreadful place. These people are usually spiritual strong, people of certain skills, and most of them encounter death many times. exit

48. John Steinbeck In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, Growing heavy for the vintage. ~John Steinbeck

49. Steinbeck Country The John Steinbeck Center is located in Salinas, CA. Steinbeck left Salinas after the publication of The Grapes Of Wrath. He did not return permanently until his death .

50. The Grapes of Wrath THE EPIC STORY OF THE JOAD FAMILY'S MIGRATION FROM THE OKLAHOMA DUST BOWL TO THE PROMISED LAND OF CALIFORNIA

51. Of Mice and Men Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place…. With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. ~George Milton

52. Historical Background Pathways to information about the historical background of the novel Of Mice and Men. Online Sources John Steinbeck Literary Traveler - explores Steinbeck's life Center for Steinbeck Study - biography Dust Bowl The Drought - PBS Mass Exodus from the Plains - PBS Surviving the Dust Bowl - an eyewitness account Dust Bowl

53. Historical Background II The Great Depression The Great Depression - main causes The Great Depression - This web page is for the purpose of comparing and contrasting cohorts involving their views of the Great Depression and the effects of it on their growing experience. American Memory The Great Depression ; great for photos The Great Depression - PBS The Great Depression California Gold Rush Sutter's Account of the Discovery of Gold About the Gold Rush - excellent site from PBS The Women - excerpts of diaries

54. And this I believe: that the free exploring mind of the indvidual human Is the most valuable thing in all the world. And this I would Fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, Undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or Government which limits or destroys the individual. ~ John Steinbeck from: East of Eden

55. As I lay Dying by William Faulkner

72. Faulkner Journal #1 WRITE in stream of consciousness—just don’t use your own consciousness. Topic : The school year so far. Or your own topic.

73. Perhaps write as one of these people:

74. Today’s Lesson and Strategy

75. Model

76. Guided Practice

77. Assessment

78. Independent Practice

79. Differentiated Instruction for grade, skill and language differences