April 13, 2015
Essay question: Did Old Behrman sacrifice his life for Johnsy or for art?
March 23, 2015
Review "The Last Leaf" - Test on the Story Today.
March 20, 2015
Essay question: Did Old Behrman sacrifice his life for Johnsy or for art?
March 23, 2015
March 20, 2015
Do Now: Can a person's mood influence his or her attitude?
Can a person's attitude influence the way life treats them?
AIM: What lesson does the doctor think Johnsy must learn in order for her to get well?
What prediction is Johnsy making about her future?
Do you Understand the Story?
- Why did artists select Greenwich Village to live?
- Who was Old Behrman?
- Why did Sue cry a Japanese napkin into pulp? What does that mean?
- What did Sue bring with her into Johnsy's room? Why? What message is Sue sending and is hoping Johnsy's will receive?
- Art sends messages, do we always take the time to receive them?
- Give an example of Personification from the story.
- Why was Johnsy counting backwards? What does that show us about Johnsy's attitude and mood?
- Was Old Behrman a successful artist?
- The Doctor says Johnsy must want to live but does not give her hope. What will Old Behrman do?
- What does Johnsy see through the frame of the window and what meaning does it have for her?
- Even in windy rainy weather, why won't the leaf leave the vine?
- What does the enduring leaf teach Johnsy?
- At the end of the story we are surprised! Explain how art, not science, cured Johnsy and chased Mr. Pneumonia away?
- A houseplant is dying. Tell it why it must live by telling it the moral or theme of O. Henry's short story, "The Last Leaf."
Homework: Write a poem with this in mind:
"Using your eyes as a camera, take a picture of something that you can always remember and which will give you hope when you need it."
March 16, 2015
Do Now: Why is Art important? Yet, Why are Artists paid so poorly and must suffer financially when they give us something so essential- the reminder of why life is precious.
Aim: Why does Johnsy see herself as subject in the picture out the window? Is she seeing the way a true artist sees life?
Artists are help us hold onto beautiful things, feelings, and messages so we can pass them to our children in the future. Why are the paid so poorly
March 13, 2015
Do Now: A Houseplant is dying. Tell it why it has to live.
What could you do to keep it alive?
AIM: Why is art important to the soul that does not wish to die?
What literary devices are used by an author or artist to reinforce the meaning in the story?
What literary devices are used by an author or artist to reinforce the meaning in the story?
Theme: Life can be confusing to those looking for everybody, material gain (the debt collector gets so confused he gets lost, his only interest is money. For the artist, life can be discouraging, but the goal is simple: honest work in the service of art.
Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas.
Metaphor
Symbolism
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
Opportunity was knocking at her door.
At precisely 6:30 am my alarm clock sprang to life.
The tornado ran through town without a care.
My life came screeching to a halt.
Time creeps up on you.
The hare laughed at the tortoise.
The news took me by surprise.
The tsunami raced towards the coastline.
The sun smiled and chased away the angry clouds.
Vocabulary:
table d'hote
squat (squatty)
chicory salad
chivalry (chivalric)
undertaker
jew's-harp
Vass! [Old Behrman speaks with an accent. Vass means What?) -- see if you can figure out what he is saying and translate it into better English!)
flibbertigibbet
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