Objectives: Students will read and write for understanding and literary response.Discuss comprehension and critical thinking questions.Identify and illustrate the seven deadly sins.Background: Sibyl, her mother, Mrs. Vane, and James (Jim), discuss her relationship with Dorian whom she calls Prince Charming. Jim, cautions her mother to guard Sibyl, and vows to kill anyone who harms her.Aim: Which one of the seven deadly sins is most evident so far in Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray?Do Now: Have you ever had a friend whose girlfriend/boyfriend/significant other who you did not like? Were you envious of their relationship? Did you experience any of the seven deadly sins?Discussion Questions:Identify members of Sibyl Vane’s family and analyze their interrelationships.Examine the various reactions of Sibyl, Mrs. Vane, and Jim toward Dorian.Critical Response: Examine the universality of the statement, “Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”Cooperative Learning: We identified the seven deadly sins of Pride, Avarice (greed), Envy, Wrath (anger), Lust, Gluttony, Sloth. Please use the magazines in our classroom and cut out images OR Draw illustrations that you think represents each sin.
7 deadly sins
Meaning
Image
Why do you think this image represents this sin
Identify this sin in Dorian Gray
Cite sources
Pride
Avarice
Envy
Wrath
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
Connect to self: Which of the seven are you guilty of TODAY?Homework:Identify at least 4 similes in chapter 5.Vocabulary words you may need to know for Chapter 6Infatuation, virtues, incorrigible, pompous, spiritualize, interminable, fiasco, profanation, anodyne, illusion.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
November 20,2009
Objective: Students will analyze text and describe the characters in Chapters 1 and 2. Students will conduct online research of mythological Greek figures, then synthesize the information by connecting it to character(s) in the text.
Lord Henry Wotton:
How is he a manipulator and an initiator? (students cannot answer)
What kind of cigarettes does he smoke?
Is this a hint of a decadent lifestyle? (students cannot answer)
How is he cynical? (students cannot answer)
Basil Hallward: Cite his reaction to his painting of Dorian Gray? (Pablo answers correctly)
How has he violated the code of an artist according to Wilde's preface? (Melvin, chris) He obviously sees in Dorian absolute beauty and harmony. Identify where in the passages. (ramon, Stephanie J, CHRIS)
Question on Beauty: Stan, george What is the main conflict in this paragraph?
Online Research: Use your laptops to do the following: Post on your Blogs: Research and Correlate the allusions with traits and circumstances surrounding Dorian Gray: get an image of each and write your own synopsis.
Free write on Prediction: What will be Lord Henry's influence on Dorian Gray?
Cooperative Learning: Take out your digital image and create a power point or use another program that has the effects that can distort or change facial expressions. Then, create the first page with your image title it “Self-Love” and the meaning of self love and give 3 antonyms and synonyms and examples of each.
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Homework: Vocabulary:
petulantmoved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation
philanthropy
paradox
caprice
panegyric
candour: the quality of being honest and straightforward
fidelity
physiology
Literary Elements: lots of similes identify them, metaphor (please identify them).
Analyze the symbolism of Dorian Gray's first appearance in the novel and let's discuss his physical description, his actions towards Basil, and the change in him when Lord Henry arrives.
Any reference to Music?
Examine the interaction between Lord Henry and Dorian.
Cause and Effect: What is Dorian's response to his finished portrait?
Compare and contrast: Basil and Lord Henry and identify their conflict.
Online Research: Correlate the allusions with Dorian Gray: Research and Correlate the allusions with Dorian Gray: Hermes, Faun.
Free Write on Prediction: How will Dorian's friendship with Lord Henry change his relationship with Basil?
Homework on Chapter 2: Literary Devices of Similes, Metaphor, and Personification.
Lord Henry Wotton:
How is he a manipulator and an initiator? (students cannot answer)
What kind of cigarettes does he smoke?
Is this a hint of a decadent lifestyle? (students cannot answer)
How is he cynical? (students cannot answer)
Basil Hallward: Cite his reaction to his painting of Dorian Gray? (Pablo answers correctly)
How has he violated the code of an artist according to Wilde's preface? (Melvin, chris) He obviously sees in Dorian absolute beauty and harmony. Identify where in the passages. (ramon, Stephanie J, CHRIS)
Question on Beauty: Stan, george What is the main conflict in this paragraph?
Online Research: Use your laptops to do the following: Post on your Blogs: Research and Correlate the allusions with traits and circumstances surrounding Dorian Gray: get an image of each and write your own synopsis.
Free write on Prediction: What will be Lord Henry's influence on Dorian Gray?
Cooperative Learning: Take out your digital image and create a power point or use another program that has the effects that can distort or change facial expressions. Then, create the first page with your image title it “Self-Love” and the meaning of self love and give 3 antonyms and synonyms and examples of each.
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Homework: Vocabulary:
petulantmoved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation
philanthropy
paradox
caprice
panegyric
candour: the quality of being honest and straightforward
fidelity
physiology
Literary Elements: lots of similes identify them, metaphor (please identify them).
Analyze the symbolism of Dorian Gray's first appearance in the novel and let's discuss his physical description, his actions towards Basil, and the change in him when Lord Henry arrives.
Any reference to Music?
Examine the interaction between Lord Henry and Dorian.
Cause and Effect: What is Dorian's response to his finished portrait?
Compare and contrast: Basil and Lord Henry and identify their conflict.
Online Research: Correlate the allusions with Dorian Gray: Research and Correlate the allusions with Dorian Gray: Hermes, Faun.
Free Write on Prediction: How will Dorian's friendship with Lord Henry change his relationship with Basil?
Homework on Chapter 2: Literary Devices of Similes, Metaphor, and Personification.
November 18,2009
Objective: Students will research the key facts about Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.Students will understand (Aestheticism, Hedonism, Decadents, Dandyism, Homosexuality, and Victorianism).
Do Now: What do think is the meaning of self-love? Use the following table to brain storm list 3 synonyms, 3 antonyms, and 3 examples.
Self-Love
I think that self-love is when you love and cherish yourself. Sometimes it seems selfish because you only love your self and not others. You only want good things for yourself and not others. You look out for yourself only and you are the only one that matters. In a way self-love is seen as a a person whos very concieted. They love how they look and they think that the world revolves around them. (I think its funny)
Synonyms
Selfish
Concieted
Narcissism
Antonyms
Examples
Paris Hilton
Mini Lesson on key terms:
Aestheticism: Late 19th century literary movement that rested on the credo "Art for Art's Sake" and stressed the appreciation of beauty; Oscar Wilde, who insisted on separation of art and morality, was a dominant figure in this movement.
Hedonism: the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good, or the proper fend of action; belief in or practice of living only for pleasure; Dorian Gray lives only for his own pleasure, not caring if he hurts others.
Decadents: 19th century European writers who aspired to free literature from all influences; stressed the bizarre and the incongruous and artificial in their work as well as their personal lives; advocated art for art's sake, independent of moral and social concerns; Dorian Gray portrays the restlessness and the spiritual and moral confusion of a decadent.
Dandyism: a literary and artistic style of the latter part of the 19th century marked by artificiality and excessive refinement; Lord Henry Wotton introduces Dorian to dandyism.
Homosexuality: Oscar Wilde was 19th century literature's most conspicuous homosexual.
Victorianism: the ideas, beliefs, morals, way of living, and other standards common during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901); noted for prudery, moral strictness, and sexual repression; The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered scandalous when it was first published at the height of the Victorian Age.
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Cooperative Learning: Key Facts on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Post to your Blogs and include Works Cited.
Date of first publication: 1891
Genre:
Point of View:
Setting: London, England
Themes:
Tone:
Oscar Wilde born and died:
Married: Constance Lloyd, She was the daughter of wealthy Queen's Counsel named Horace Lloyd
Children: 2 sons they are Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886).
Education: Oscar Wilde was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (1864-71), Trinity College, Dublin (1871-74) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874-78).
Writing Career:
Crimes and arrests: Oscar sued Bosie's father for libel as the Marquis of Queensberry who accused him of being a homosexual. His plan back fired and he got arrested for gross indency. He was sentenced to two years of hard labor for the crime of sodomy.
Literary works:
Do Now: What do think is the meaning of self-love? Use the following table to brain storm list 3 synonyms, 3 antonyms, and 3 examples.
Self-Love
I think that self-love is when you love and cherish yourself. Sometimes it seems selfish because you only love your self and not others. You only want good things for yourself and not others. You look out for yourself only and you are the only one that matters. In a way self-love is seen as a a person whos very concieted. They love how they look and they think that the world revolves around them. (I think its funny)
Synonyms
Selfish
Concieted
Narcissism
Antonyms
Examples
Paris Hilton
Mini Lesson on key terms:
Aestheticism: Late 19th century literary movement that rested on the credo "Art for Art's Sake" and stressed the appreciation of beauty; Oscar Wilde, who insisted on separation of art and morality, was a dominant figure in this movement.
Hedonism: the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good, or the proper fend of action; belief in or practice of living only for pleasure; Dorian Gray lives only for his own pleasure, not caring if he hurts others.
Decadents: 19th century European writers who aspired to free literature from all influences; stressed the bizarre and the incongruous and artificial in their work as well as their personal lives; advocated art for art's sake, independent of moral and social concerns; Dorian Gray portrays the restlessness and the spiritual and moral confusion of a decadent.
Dandyism: a literary and artistic style of the latter part of the 19th century marked by artificiality and excessive refinement; Lord Henry Wotton introduces Dorian to dandyism.
Homosexuality: Oscar Wilde was 19th century literature's most conspicuous homosexual.
Victorianism: the ideas, beliefs, morals, way of living, and other standards common during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901); noted for prudery, moral strictness, and sexual repression; The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered scandalous when it was first published at the height of the Victorian Age.
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Cooperative Learning: Key Facts on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Post to your Blogs and include Works Cited.
Date of first publication: 1891
Genre:
Point of View:
Setting: London, England
Themes:
Tone:
Oscar Wilde born and died:
Married: Constance Lloyd, She was the daughter of wealthy Queen's Counsel named Horace Lloyd
Children: 2 sons they are Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886).
Education: Oscar Wilde was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (1864-71), Trinity College, Dublin (1871-74) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874-78).
Writing Career:
Crimes and arrests: Oscar sued Bosie's father for libel as the Marquis of Queensberry who accused him of being a homosexual. His plan back fired and he got arrested for gross indency. He was sentenced to two years of hard labor for the crime of sodomy.
Literary works:
Poetry
Ravenna (1878)
Poems (1881)
The Sphinx (1894)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
Plays
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
The Duchess of Padua (1883)
Salomé (French version) (1893, first performed in Paris 1896)
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley (1894)
An Ideal Husband (1895) (text)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) (text)
La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy Fragmentary. First published 1908 in Methuen's Collected Works
(Dates are dates of first performance, which approximate better with the probable date of composition than dates of publication.)
Prose
The Canterville Ghost (1887)
The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888, fairy tales) [5]
The Decay Of Lying (First published in 1889, republished in Intentions 1891)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891)
Intentions (1891, critical dialogues and essays, comprising The Critic as Artist, The Decay of Lying, Pen, Pencil and Poison and The Truth of Masks)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891, Wilde's only novel)
A House of Pomegranates (1891, fairy tales)
The Soul of Man under Socialism (First published in the Pall Mall Gazette, 1891, first book publication 1904)
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (First published in the Oxford student magazine The Chameleon, December, 1894)
De Profundis (1905)
The Rise of Historical Criticism (published in incomplete form 1905 and completed form in 1908)
The Letters of Oscar Wilde (1960) Re-released in 2000, with letters uncovered since 1960, and new, detailed, footnotes by Merlin Holland.
Teleny or The Reverse of the Medal (Paris, 1893) has been attributed to Wilde, but was more likely a combined effort by a several of Wilde's friends, which he may have edited
Sources:
http://www.wilde-online.info/oscar-wilde-biography.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
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Homework:Email yourself a picture of yourself or bring in a digital copy of a facial photograph/bust picture of yourself .Look at your picture and create a list and project what you will look like in 50 years.Read preface of the novel.What are the seven deadly sins?
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