Final Novel Project

At the end of the unit students will hand in

•         Section Journals
•         3 page compare/contrast paper
•         One book review

Cornell notes for the Final Novel Project:

• First page of journal should have a reading chart with each lesson remaining in the year, and the number of pages/chapters you will read on that day.
• There should then be a page for each reading section you have on the chart.

Student Name Book title Section: Pg_________ to Pg________
Themes Motifs Main ideas	·       Key words and ideas ·       Important people/places/dates ·       Repeated/stressed info ·       Diagrams and pictures ·       Questions and confusion ·       Quotes that stood out ·       Free writing.. ·       Any other idea that comes to mind.
Summary/review: Notes taken after you finished the book with the paper in mind.

Teatro Campesino

Click here for all info on the characters from the Commedia Dell Arte style.


El Teatro Campesino rehearsal video:

Civil Rights: Chicano! PBS documentary

Watch the following documentary as homework.

Motif Paper for 'The Sun Also Rises'

Motif paper:

Goal:  Identify 

a Motif worth discussing in ‘The Sun Also Rises’

• Here are some themes and motifs that can be used
• Bullfight
• Pilgrimage
• Catholic Churches (Chartres)
• Nature as restoration
• Death and rebirth ( culture, life..relationships)
• The Fisherking legend
• TSAR and Ecclesiasties
• TSAR and ‘The Waste Land’ T.S. Elliot
•  Different titles for TSAR
• The Old Leaven
• The Earth Abiding Forever. (themes of renewal of the earth)
• Landscape: Mountains and valleys
•  Celibacy and holines (chosen by the divine, set apart)
• Inner circle of those who are wounded (who is wounded?)
• Robert as balance to Jake.
• Bret as an emasculating Circe figure
• Water (swimming, wading, bathing)
• Bar motif
• Jake and Jacob of the bible
• The count as a Buddah/Christ figure
• Paper outline:
• Isolate a motif.  
• Identify the theme it relates to: 
•  ex: Water (M) relates to Cleansing (T).
• Research
• 4 quotes from a scholarly article must be included in the paper.
• Create an outline of the motif within the book and how it illustrates your theme.  
• Keep to ONE motif.
• Intext citations!
• Look at the example found under “The Sun Also Rises” tag.
• Paper:
• 4 pg, MLA, double spaced, 12 point Roman.
• Title will be simply the motif(s) you are discussing, followed by your theme sentence
•  Example:
• Water in The Sun Also Rises:  water used as a symbol of renewal and cleansing for the characters damaged by WWI.
• Clear paragraphs and cohesion within the paragraphs
• Sources: 
• Must include:
• The text
• One Scholarly Article

Here's a link to another blog with suggestions on how to begin looking for your motif.

Rubric for assignment:

• Identify motif
• Analyze motif
• Offer a theory of the motif's message
• prove the motif remains consistent throughout the book
• consider why the author would want to share that message
• correct spelling and grammar
• MLA format present