MON, NOV 9
Pd 1
1. AR rdg & quizzes
2. Show me thesis & outline expos essay for 10 points
3. Write 100 words due tomorrow
Pd 4
1. AR rdg & quizzes
2. Show me thesis, outline, & one ¶
HW: Write 2 more ¶s for Thur
THESIS: Main idea + subtopic ideas
I learned _________ by/at/from/in (etc) _______, _______, &_______.
I learned about teaching ideas at the Moanalua Conference in an English session, a math session, and the general session.
OUTLINE OF BODY ¶ #1
I. English session
A. Teaching without teaching
B. Can I do it? My answer
Pd 2
1. AR quizzes
2. Quiz on terms
Peer editing
Mark: + ? more
Use a different color
& sign w/pen name
HW: Final draft, rough draft w/ editing, and outline due Thur. Editing tomorrow.
HW: Have presentation passage ready for end of movie.
Pd 6
1. AR rdg and quizzes
2. Writing literary analysis: Body paragraphs
3. Show me outline & thesis
HW: Write 200 words by Thur
Monday, November 09, 2009
Literary Analysis
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES
Written as an example for sophomore English class
Use MLA format, not the format used here. Double space everything and indent paragraphs instead of using block form.
THESIS: Charlie’s entire life was lonely, not only when he was a child, but also when he worked at the bakery, and even after he became a genius.
OUTLINE:
Introduction Paragraph
1. Attention getting sentence
2. Complete THESIS
Body Paragraphs
I. As a child.
A. Other children
B. His family
II. Workers at the bakery
III. Relationships as a genius
A. Alice
B. Faye
C. Doctor's comments
Conclusion Paragraph:
1. THESIS restated in different words
2. Personal comment
Wilson 1
Pat Wilson
Mrs. Scanlon
English II Period 1
15 December 2003
Loneliness and Love
The average person would love to be a genius. Anyone might change his mind, however, after reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The main character in this novel is a mentally retarded thirty-two-year-old man named Charlie Gordon. After having brain surgery as part of a scientific experiment, his thinking reaches genius level. His life, however, becomes worse instead of better because he cannot get along with other people. Charlie finds that the loneliness he suffered as a child and then as an adult continues and gets even worse after he becomes a genius.
The novel begins with Charlie recalling his childhood as an unhappy one, the beginning of his loneliness. He says no one would be his friend, that his schoolmates made fun of him and sometimes even beat him up. Although he had a family-- a mother, father, and sister, he still felt lonely and sad. His sister lied to her friends: “[Charlie] is not my real brother! He is just a boy we took in because we felt sorry for him” (83). His mother saw Charlie’s mental retardation as a sign that she herself was imperfect, and therefore could not accept Charlie or his handicap. At first she tried to improve his intelligence, but when her second child was born normal, Charlie’s mother gave up on him. She began to mistreat him by beating him for not controlling his bodily functions and then by favoring his sister. Finally she forced her husband to take Charlie to a mental institution.
The second phase of Charlie’s loneliness begins when Charlie grows to be a man, and gets a job cleaning at a bakery. Charlie treats his fellow workers like friends, even though they play tricks on him and laugh at him. He does not know that laughing at someone is different from laughing with them. Later he says he misses “all my friends and the fun we have” (15). But they are the kind of “friends” who get Charlie drunk, tell him to go around the corner to see if it is raining, and then leave. They are not his friends.
After Charlie has surgery on his brain, he expects his life to improve, but loneliness follows him even then. He thinks the other workers will be proud of him for being smart. But they do not know about the surgery, and instead of admiring him, they become hostile and ignore him because he makes them feel stupid. He says, “all of the pleasure is gone because the others resent me.” He is fired from his cleaning job, and even Alice Kinnian, his reading teacher and friend, becomes less friendly when his level of intelligence far exceeds hers. He meets Fay, a free-living artist, and has a relationship with her. Charlie says she is “what I need most of all right now. I’ve been starved for simple human contact” (148). She becomes the only person to keep him from being completely alone. Charlie realizes he was better off when he was retarded because at least then he was not smart enough to know that he had no friends. Charlie’s surgeon says Charlie has lost his faith in his fellow man. It is clear he has.
Charlie’s loneliness is extreme. From his experiences in childhood, to his job at the bakery, to his reincarnation as a genius, he suffers mightily from it. He finally declares that “intelligence and education that hasn’t been tempered by human affection isn’t worth a damn” (173). Soon he finds out that the surgery is wearing off and he will die. But before he deteriorates completely, Alice finds him and refuses to let him be alone. His loneliness is finally over, and Charlie recognizes that in the short time he has left, he and Alice will share more love than “most people find in a lifetime” (205).
641 words in 12 point Times New Roman
Written as an example for sophomore English class
Use MLA format, not the format used here. Double space everything and indent paragraphs instead of using block form.
THESIS: Charlie’s entire life was lonely, not only when he was a child, but also when he worked at the bakery, and even after he became a genius.
OUTLINE:
Introduction Paragraph
1. Attention getting sentence
2. Complete THESIS
Body Paragraphs
I. As a child.
A. Other children
B. His family
II. Workers at the bakery
III. Relationships as a genius
A. Alice
B. Faye
C. Doctor's comments
Conclusion Paragraph:
1. THESIS restated in different words
2. Personal comment
Wilson 1
Pat Wilson
Mrs. Scanlon
English II Period 1
15 December 2003
Loneliness and Love
The average person would love to be a genius. Anyone might change his mind, however, after reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The main character in this novel is a mentally retarded thirty-two-year-old man named Charlie Gordon. After having brain surgery as part of a scientific experiment, his thinking reaches genius level. His life, however, becomes worse instead of better because he cannot get along with other people. Charlie finds that the loneliness he suffered as a child and then as an adult continues and gets even worse after he becomes a genius.
The novel begins with Charlie recalling his childhood as an unhappy one, the beginning of his loneliness. He says no one would be his friend, that his schoolmates made fun of him and sometimes even beat him up. Although he had a family-- a mother, father, and sister, he still felt lonely and sad. His sister lied to her friends: “[Charlie] is not my real brother! He is just a boy we took in because we felt sorry for him” (83). His mother saw Charlie’s mental retardation as a sign that she herself was imperfect, and therefore could not accept Charlie or his handicap. At first she tried to improve his intelligence, but when her second child was born normal, Charlie’s mother gave up on him. She began to mistreat him by beating him for not controlling his bodily functions and then by favoring his sister. Finally she forced her husband to take Charlie to a mental institution.
The second phase of Charlie’s loneliness begins when Charlie grows to be a man, and gets a job cleaning at a bakery. Charlie treats his fellow workers like friends, even though they play tricks on him and laugh at him. He does not know that laughing at someone is different from laughing with them. Later he says he misses “all my friends and the fun we have” (15). But they are the kind of “friends” who get Charlie drunk, tell him to go around the corner to see if it is raining, and then leave. They are not his friends.
After Charlie has surgery on his brain, he expects his life to improve, but loneliness follows him even then. He thinks the other workers will be proud of him for being smart. But they do not know about the surgery, and instead of admiring him, they become hostile and ignore him because he makes them feel stupid. He says, “all of the pleasure is gone because the others resent me.” He is fired from his cleaning job, and even Alice Kinnian, his reading teacher and friend, becomes less friendly when his level of intelligence far exceeds hers. He meets Fay, a free-living artist, and has a relationship with her. Charlie says she is “what I need most of all right now. I’ve been starved for simple human contact” (148). She becomes the only person to keep him from being completely alone. Charlie realizes he was better off when he was retarded because at least then he was not smart enough to know that he had no friends. Charlie’s surgeon says Charlie has lost his faith in his fellow man. It is clear he has.
Charlie’s loneliness is extreme. From his experiences in childhood, to his job at the bakery, to his reincarnation as a genius, he suffers mightily from it. He finally declares that “intelligence and education that hasn’t been tempered by human affection isn’t worth a damn” (173). Soon he finds out that the surgery is wearing off and he will die. But before he deteriorates completely, Alice finds him and refuses to let him be alone. His loneliness is finally over, and Charlie recognizes that in the short time he has left, he and Alice will share more love than “most people find in a lifetime” (205).
641 words in 12 point Times New Roman
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