Vocabulary
Regulating oneself in a way that promotes success when learning
Educational Ethics
Then: "progris riport 1-martch 5 1965" (page 1)
Now: "PROGRESS REPORT 9-April 3" (page 9)
Charlie Gordon
"I told him thank you doc you won't be sorry for giving me a second chance. And I mean it like I told him. After the operashun I'm gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard"
What can you infer from this quote?
That Charlie is excited and determined.
Charlie writes like a child, but he’s a grown man.
Characterization
Indirect characterization
What are ethics?
Rules or morals that guide a person's behavior or choices
Dr. Strauss said the tv would help Charlie get smarter but, Charlie didn't believe him.
The comma belongs before the "but," not after.
37 y/o adult learner who we can infer has a learning disability
Charlie Gordan
“How come you went to adult night school, asks Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss?”
“I told them because all of my life I wanted to be smart,” says Charlie.
Motivated
Driven
Forward on onward movement towards a destination, objective, or goal
Progress
Then: This doctor was worried about using Charlie for the experimental surgery.
Now: The doctor nods his head and says, "all right."
Dr. Nemur
Dr. Strauss said "I know Charlie is not what you had in mind as the first of your new bread of intellectual superman. But most people of his low mentality are hostile and uncooperative they are usually dull apathetic and hard to reach. He has a good nature he's interested and eager to please."
What can we infer from this quote?
Dr. Strauss wanted to use Charlie for the Surgery.
“I’m very hungry and Dr. Nemur took away my box of candy. That Dr. Newmur is a grouch, says Charlie.”
Characterization
Direct characterization
What is the Rorschach Ink Blot Test?
A psychological test suing ten ink blots to determine one's personality.
Miss. Kinnian felt Charlie was the best candidate for the experimental surgery, because he tries really hard.
You do not put a comma in front of "because."
Charlie Gordon’s supportive night school teacher
Miss Kninnian
“I couldn't see any pictures. I really tried to see. I held the card up close and then far away...let me see that card again. I bet I’ll find it now, say Charlie.”
Determined
How people are held accountable to rules
Governance
Then: Before this character had the surgery, Algernon beat them in the maze ten times.
Now: "I beat Algernon!"
Charlie Gordon
"I beat Algernon! ...after that I beat him 8 more times."
What can we infer from this quote?
Charlie was getting smarter.
Charlie wants to be smart.
Conflict
What does "apathetic" mean?
Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
They wanted to track Charlie's progress because he wrote progress reports everyday.
They wanted to track Charlie's progress, SO he wrote progress reports everyday.
Uses Charlie’s name as an insult.
Factory workers; Charlie's "friends."
“Look at how well he has learned to read and write for his low mental age, it’s a great achievement, says Dr. Strauss.”
Supportive
A person one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
Friend
Before (patient): "Let me see that card again, I bet I'll find it now."
After (impatient): "These inkblots are stupid, and those pictures are stupid, too."
Charlie shorty after the surgery.
"Sometimes somebody will say hey look at Joe or Frank or George he really pulled a Charlie Gordon. I don't know why they say that but they always left."
What can we infer from this quote?
- They make fun of Charlie at the factory/ Use Charlie's name as an insult.
- Charlie's "friends" aren't really not his friends.
“We had fun at the factory today. Joe said, ‘hey, look where Charlie had his operation. Did they put some brains in’”?
Characterization
Indirect characterization
What is "plot"?
A series of events that take place in a story
Charlie gets the experimental surgery, so he wants to be smart.
Charlie gets the experimental surgery BECAUSE he wants to be smart.
Believes Charlie is the best candidate for the experimental surgery
Dr. Strauss?
“I never tell lies anymore because I always get caught, says Charlie.”
Honest
Trustworthy
An enemy or opponent
Foe
Before: Charlies states this doctor says he has good motivation.
After: Charlies then says, "He was on my side when the other one wasn't."
Dr. Strauss
What can be inferred by the following: "That made me sad because if he couldn't learn he would be hungry. I don't think its right to make you pass a test to eat. How would Dr Nemur like it to have to pass a test every time he wants to eat. I think I'l be friends with Algernon."
Charlie feels bad for Algernon.
“The test made me feel worse than the others because they did them over ten times with different ‘amazeds’ and Algernon won every time.”
Conflict
What is an inference?
A conclusion made based on reasoning/ background knowledge and context clues/ evidence.
Charlie was getting smarter, but he finally beat Algernon.
Charlie was getting smarter, SO he finally beat Algernon.
He must be smarter than me because he is a white mouse.
Algernon
“I beat Algernon. The second time I lost because I was excited, but after that I beat him eight times, says Charlie.”
Motivated
Driven
While, since, even though and after are all examples of what?
Before: He already had the operation.
After: Now he is three times smarter.
Algernon
What can be inferred by the following: Flowers for Algernon is written as journal entries.
Track Charlie's progression before and after the experimental surgery.
“Dr. Strauss says I should [write] more about what I feel and think. When I told him I don’t know how to think, he said try.All the time when the bandages were on my eyes I tried to think. Nothing happened. I don’t know what to think about, says Charlie.”
Repetition
Because, but and so are all examples of what?
Conjunctions
"I asked if I could feed Algernon because I felt bad to beat him and I wanted to make nice and be friends."
Two independent clauses, two separate sentences that are complete thoughts, should be joined with a comma and conjunction.
"I asked if I could feed Algernon because I felt bad to beat him, and I wanted to make nice and be friends."
Took Charlie Gordon’s candy away before the surgery
Dr. Nemur
“My friends, Joe and Frank, invited me to drink. I don’t like to drink, but they said we’ll have fun.Joe said to show the girls how I mop the toilet in the factory and everyone laughed. I don’t remember how the party was over, but I got a headache, lumps on my head, and I’m black and blue all over."
Foe
Unfriendly