JOURNALS 1 10 Honors American Literature Journal 1

JOURNALS 1 -10 Honors American Literature

Journal #1: Snow-pocalypse 2017! ■ Express your feelings about our recent winter weather break. What did you do? How did you feel? Were you productive or, like me, completely lazy? Describe your neighborhood frozen over (or, like me, NOTHING), your family’s reaction, etc. – Format: ■ Letter ■ Journal ■ Paragraph ■ Narrative

Into the Wild: Chapters 1 and 2 Using your book, locate the answers to the following questions: 1. Who is Jim Gallien and why is he important? What did he do to try and dissuade Alex from going into the Alaskan wilderness? What did he do to help him? 2. Describe the bus in Chapter 2. Where did it come from and what purpose did it serve? 3. Describe what Samel sees in the bus. 4. List Mc. Candless’ s remains (belongings). 5. Re-read the final note (SOS note) Chris left. Compare it to the epigraph at the beginning of chapter 1. How and why is the tone different?

Journal #2: I am going to give you a visual demonstration using a $1 bill. Afterwards: 1. Jot down your thoughts, feelings, immediate reactions. 2. Explain why you reacted/felt that way. 3. How would you judge me as a person if I did that everyday and with a larger amount?

Journal #3: COPY: Carpe Diem is Latin for “Seize the Day. ” What does the phrase “Seize the Day” mean to you? Why do you think rebels and dreamers throughout history would adopt this phrase as their mantra in life? Describe a moment in your life when you threw out expected societal conventions and seized the day.

R. A. F. T. ■ 1 page, hand written, single spaced. ■ R: Role – Jan Burres, Ronald Franz, Wayne Westerberg ■ A: Audience – Chris Mc. Candless/Alexander Supertramp ■ F: Format – Letter (follow proper letter format) ■ T: Topic – Responding to his letters/post cards/facts presented from chapters 6 & 7

Journal #4 Annotate and then tape in your journal: “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table were rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices. ” Answer below the taped quote: 1. Where is parallel structure evident? 2. Where is there a simile? 3. What does obsequious mean (look it up)? 4. Food and wine are symbols/metaphors for something. What? 5. What is the purpose of the quote? 6. Connect this passage to Chris Mc. Candless.

Chapter 11 Timeline: Create a timeline of the Mc. Candless family, beginning with Walt Mc. Candless. Write 10 -12 key events/facts we know about Walt, Billie, Carine, Chris, and/or anyone else in chapter 11. Events need to be chronological. With each fact, draw a symbol that represents the information in that fact (does not have to be detailed, can be quick). For example, if you write Walt gets a job as NASA, you could draw a rocket or the NASA logo. We do learn more about the family in other chapters, but try to keep the timeline focused solely on Chapter 11. ***Formative grade. You and your partner get the same grade, so please share the work. One can look up facts and one can create the time line. Be neat and organized, so doing a rough draft on notebook paper may be helpful.

Journal #5 Copy the terms below: Parallel Structure: Iso colon: 2 grammatical structures repeated (Yes we can. Yes we did. ) Tri colon: 3 grammatical structures repeated (I came. I saw. I conquered) Tetra colon: 4 grammatical structures repeated (I love to swim in the sea, walk in the forest, skip in the day, and lounge in the night. )

Journal 5 continued. . “After this great liberator is laid to rest, and when we have returned to our cities and villages and rejoined our daily routines, let us search for his strength. Let us search for his largeness of spirit somewhere inside of ourselves. And when the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavy on our hearts, when our best-laid plans seem beyond our reach, let us think of Madiba and the words that brought him comfort within the four walls of his cell…” –President Obama at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela 1. What type(s) of parallel structure are evident in the excerpt above? 2. Why do you think he repeats “let us” throughout the lines? Apply: Write a sentence using either and iso colon, a tri colon, or a tetra colon. Make the topic of the sentence about Into the Wild/Chris Mc. Candless.

Journal #6 Copy the terms below: Anaphora: Repetition of words/phrases at the beginnings of lines/sentences/phrases (I have a dream…) Epiphora: Repetition of words/phrases at the ends of lines (I went searching for the truth. I did not find the truth. Nothing is as important and the journey for truth).

Journal 6 continued… “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. ” 1. How is anaphora evident? 2. How is parallel structure evident? 3. Why do you think the author makes contradictory statements? What is he trying to show? Apply: Add 1 more contradictory statement at the end of this sentence. Please continue the use of the anaphora and please make sure it fits with the content of the sentence as a whole.

Journal #7 We are going to read the epilogue together. After, look at the epilogue and at the epigraphs together. Answer: 1. How do Billie and Walt Mc. Candless act when they visit the bus? How do you feel about them knowing about the family secrets we discussed last week? 2. How are the two epigraphs at the beginning of the epilogue fitting for the emotions that the Mc. Candless’ feel (number them Epigraph 1 and Epigraph 2 in your answer)? 3. Which epigraph do you like better and why?

Journal #8: Annotate the poem. Look for examples of: Anaphora, alliteration, personification, transcendentalism, personal connections/ideas. Then, on the back of the poem, create a SOAPSTone and complete it for the poem. Tape one side of this into your journal when you are done, making sure that you can flip to see the back in some way. S: Speaker O: Occasion A: Audience P: Purpose S: Subject T: Tone

Journal #9 Read annotate the Emerson Quote. When you are done, tape it into your journal and answer the following questions: 1. There are 5 sentences. Put each sentence into your own words. 2. Where does the writer make use of anaphora? Why use this device? 3. Society and Self-Reliance are personified. Why? APPLY: Write a 6 th sentence that would go after the 5 th sentence in this passage. Continue with the use of anaphora, metaphor or personification. Make sure it fits thematically.

Journal #10 Read the final lines from President Trump’s inaugural address. Annotate it, identifying the following elements: 1. Iso colon, tri colon, and/or tetra colon 2. Anaphora 3. Epiphora 4. Tone (according to the language) 5. Purpose (according to the language) Apply: Write a ‘mirror’ speech, where you mimic his lines/structure, but it is about a different topic. Example: “We will make Brad Pitt great again. ” Make use of parallel structure, anaphora and/or epiphora.