Novellas!

ROAR Term V:
Classic Novellas
For this term, your best best is to select a work from this list. Selections will be scrutinized closely, and should be considered "classic" on the merit of the work or the author.

Animal Farm

George Orwell
-animal fable shows the problems of communism and democracy
(not if you read in 9th grade)

Anthem
Ayn Rand
-a future world where technology is prohibited so all humans are equal

Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville
-a boss tries to fire a secretary who “prefers not to” do any work, but Bartleby keeps returning

Candide
Voltaire
-a biting satire of faith in God and the futility of finding hope in the midst of disasters

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
-you and the entire town know he is about to be killed, but Santiago Nasar has no idea

47

Walter Mosley
-a boy is visited by a mysterious visitor who teaches him to not be a slave or a master

Hunger
Lan Samantha Chang
-a family struggles with isolation, adapting to a new culture and broken dreams

Pafko at the Wall (Underworld)
Don DeLillo
-a famous baseball game is the background for America entering the Cold War

Seize the Day
Saul Bellow
-one day in the life of a man who has lost his family and his money

Siddhartha
Herman Hesse
-a wealthy young man leaves his home to search for meaning in life

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
-a Spanish shepherd travels to the Great Pyramids for a promised treasure

The Day the Leader Was Killed
Naguib Mahfouz
-an account of a modern assassination in Egypt

The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
-a man dies from a freak accident with curtains, but it’s really caused from living a bad life

The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
-Gregor wakes up one morning, and has been turned into a beetle

The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
-a fateful fishing trip to regain honor ends with the largest fish the Cuban village had ever seen

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
-the lives of many students are impacted by this remarkable teacher

Homework 4/30

1) complete the ROAR/Culture Vulture reflection sheet to brainstorm what you want to use for a presentation

2) get started looking for a solid novella

Homework 4/27

1) complete your food memoir, print+turnitin.com

Huck Finn articles

How to study for our test?
1) review all class notes (prezi!)
2) watch the sparknotes summary video
3) skim the critical essays

Henry, Peaches “TheStruggle for Tolerance: Race and Censorship in Huckleberry Finn”(1-2, 11-12)

Kaplan, Justin “Born toTrouble”  (12-14)
 

Lester, Julius “Moralityand Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (5-6)

Morrison, Toni “Jim’sAfricanist Presence in Huckleberry Finn” 

Homework 4/24

1) revise your Food Memoir; it's due next Monday!

2) look back over our satire notes; watch the Huck Finn summary video a 2nd time

3) vocab lesson #11

Culture Vultures in The Globe!

I was so proud to read this story with my mom over April break, and so proud that your work is being recognized all over Boston.

Well done!

http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-18/food-dining/31348506_1_memoirs-students-dish

Homework 4/23

1) print out your revised Food Memoir for our Tuesday editing session in the library (before class!)

2) finish up your Term IV Culture Vulture: proposal, proof, reflection