📓FRONT HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK:  Reader's Responses

• Entry #1:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #2:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #3:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #4:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #5:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

• Entry #6:  Reader's Response  to your  Independent Reading.

📓BACK HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK:  Writing Prompts

American Dream Research 

• Entry #1     Response to  (poem of your choice posted here) by (poet's name)

                    Prompt:  (Enter prompt related to the poem of your choice posted here.) 

• Entry #2    Response to (TWO artworks of your choice  posted here) by Norman Rockwell

  Prompt:  (Enter prompt related to each of the the artworks of you chose from the works posted here.) 

• Entry #3    Response to  each of the speeches  posted here by  President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

  Prompt:  (Enter prompts related to each of the speeches posted here.) 

• Entry #4    “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie 

Prompt: What does Guthrie suggest about access to the American Dream? Support your answer with details from the lyrics.

“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen

                             Prompt: How does this song both celebrate and question the American Dream? What details from the chorus/context support your reasoning? 

• Entry #5: Prompt Response to Death of a Salesman: Part 1 

Entry #5

Death of a Salesman

Miller

Act I, sc. i  (pp. 1 – 19)

PROMPT: Willy’s opening lines establish his physical and mental state. Find a line in this section of the play where Willy describes his "tiredness." Explain how Dustin Hoffman’s physical movements (his walk, how he carries his sample cases) illustrate that specific line. Does he look like the "great salesman" he claims to be? Why/why not?

• Entry #6: Prompt Response to Death of a Salesman: Part 2 

Entry #6

Death of a Salesman

Miller

Act I   (pp. 20 -51)

PROMPT: In a flashback to when his sons were in high school, Willy gives his sons advice on success. Find a line where Willy equates being "well-liked" with financial success. Compare that line to the way the younger Biff and Happy look at their father in the film. How does their body language show they are "buying into" his delusion?

• Entry #7: Prompt Response to Death of a Salesman: Part 3

Entry #7

Death of a Salesman

Miller

Act II   (pp. 52 -69)

PROMPT: During the scene with Howard and the tape recorder, find the line where Howard tells Willy, "Business is business."  Analyze why this phrase is so devastating to Willy. Based on the performance, how does the actor playing Howard show a complete lack of empathy for Willy’s "thirty-four years" with the company?

• Entry #8: Prompt Response to Death of a Salesman: Part 4

Entry #8

Death of a Salesman

Miller

Act II   (pp. 69 - 109)

PROMPT: In their final confrontation, Biff shouts, "I am not a leader of men, Willy, and neither are you."  Is it an insult, or is Biff trying to set them both free? To support your claim, include  a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.

• Entry #9: Prompt Response to Death of a Salesman: Part 5

Entry #9

Death of a Salesman

Miller

Requiem  (pp. 110 - 112)

PROMPT: What is a requiem and how is that an appropriate name for this scene?  To support your claim, include  a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.

• Entry #10: Prompt Response 

Using Death of a Salesman as your starting point, continue to explore the value and purpose of work in achieving the American dream with each of the following texts: 

Entry #10

Text:  “The Way We Think About Work is Broken”  

Claim(s):

Evidence:

Overarching Theme/Argument’s Structure (tone/word choice, comparisons etc.):

Text:  “Separating Leadership from Pay”

Claim(s):

Evidence:

Overarching Theme/Argument’s Structure (tone/word choice, comparisons etc.):

• Entry #11: Prompt Response 

Using Death of a Salesman as your starting point, continue to explore the value and purpose of work in achieving the American dream with each of the following texts: 

Entry #11

Text:  “The American Dream, Eternally Denied”  

Claim(s):

Evidence:

Overarching Theme/Argument’s Structure (tone/word choice, comparisons etc.)

Text:  “The American Dream is Also About Generosity and Respect” 

Claim(s):

Evidence:

Overarching Theme/Argument’s Structure (tone/word choice, comparisons etc.)

• Entry #12: Prompt Response 

Entry #12: Create  notes to hold onto your thinking and prepare you for a formal discussion on the following works by Langston Hughes and related artwork:

•  "I, Too" and explore this fine art connection: Nobody Around Here Calls Me Citizen by Robert Gwathney.

• "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and explore this fine art connection: Into Bondage by Aaron Douglas.