1. Great Expectations Charles Dickens

2. Purpose  Be exposed to the writing style  Cover the basics of a literary work  Read an excerpt from the Novel  Perform a close read  Discuss multiple interpretations of the text

3. Who was Charles Dickens?  The Life of Charles Dickens (BBC) https://youtu.be/unKuZ2wlNdw https://youtu.be/unKuZ2wlNdw  Charles Dickens: Literature's great rock star https://youtu.be/DNT-wOLI4H4https://youtu.be/DNT-wOLI4H4

4. Literature Period  Victorian 19 th Century  Victorian literature is literature written in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, or roughly from 1837 -1901  It is largely characterized by the struggle of working people and the triumph of right over wrong.

5. Plot Summary – Spoiler Alert!  Great Expectations - Thug Notes Summary and Analysis https://youtu.be/mJsyzUgKGwY https://youtu.be/mJsyzUgKGwY

6. Character list  Pip –  Mrs. Joe –  Joe Gargery  Miss Estella -  Miss Havisham  Abel Magwitch (“The Convict”) –

7. Themes and Motifs  Too much Ambition can create high hoped ideals that lead to far-fetched, expectations (great expectations)!  A person of humble beginnings should strive for Self-Improvement through social class standing.  Wealth becomes a corrupting influence in a person’s life.  The virtue of Man (people) is defined by matters of wealth and social standing. Constant recycling of these textual features:  Sense of Balance for polar opposites (ie. Black/white, small/tall, rich/poor, good/bad)  Comparison of Characters to Inanimate Objects

8. Key Vocabulary  Satire - A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit; the goal is to change the behavior/issue.  Parallelism – parallel structure: the repeated use of similar grammatical structures for the purpose of emphasis.  POV – The perspective from which a story is told (1 st P; 2 nd P; 3 rd P limited; 3 rd P omniscient )  Tone - The author’s attitude towards his/her subject as expressed to the reader. The author creates tone through the use of diction (especially words with clear connotations), syntax, imagery, and the information given through exposition. Tone is sometimes used interchangeably with the term “mood”.  Characterization – The way an author creates and develops the characters in the story. This includes appearance, personality, behavior, beliefs, and relationships with other characters. (STEAL  speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, looks ; Flat/Round…)

9. Close Reading  First Read One time through, circling or highlighting troublesome vocab  Second Read  Annotate for reader reactions  Pay attention to the language and style of the work  Third Read – Refer to the text  Answer my margin questions

10. Post- reading Journal Questions  Who is the narrator?  Describe the narrator's attitude toward Pip.  How do you (the reader) feel about Pip so far? How do you feel about the convict?  What does the author do to create the reader’s (your) perception of pip?  Describe the writer’s style  Identify or connect it to one of the two themes.

11. Excerpt #2 : Chapter 8  Read/Annotate  Reading Response – 1 page with analysis of literary devices!!!