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AP Literature Unit VI: Drama or Longer Fiction II

Day 1/10

Learning Targets

• I can identify the principal characters of a story and

determine their internal and external conflicts. (At least 70% of the class)

• I can determine what causes the characters in a story to

change over the course of the story, and discuss how their changes affect their perspectives. (At least 70% of the class)

Practices of Understanding

• I will complete the AP Literature Knives Out

guided viewer bookmark.

Warm-Up

Read the assigned passage from the sample AP Literature exam. Answer the questions in the provided amount of time.

Knives Out and Chronicle of a Death Foretold

• This unit will focus on Non-English

speaking cultures, specifically Mexican and Caribbean identities, customs, and cultures

• We will begin by viewing Rian Johnson’s

Knives Out (c. 2019)

• Complete the AP Short and Long Fiction

Guided Viewer/Reader while watching the clip and make notes on how the White characters treat the Guatemalan caregiver. Use your notes from Stamped from the Beginning and Between the World and Me to help your analysis.

Closing

• Have a great day!
• Remember tutoring is available after school on

Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:15PM-3:30PM.

AP Literature Unit VI: Drama or Longer Fiction II

Day 2/10

Learning Targets

• I can identify the principal characters in a story and based off of

dialogue, descriptions, and setting, determine each character’s internal and external conflict. (At least 70% of the class)

• Using words and details, I can determine who the narrator is in a

story and their point of view on the main issues present in the

• story. (At least 70% of the class)

Practices of Understanding

• I will complete a jigsaw activity in which I pick a character

from chapter one of Chronicle of a Death Foretold and identify and discuss both their internal and external conflicts, all before I meet with the other members of my group and exchange notes.

• I will participate in a class think aloud focused on analyzing

the speaker/narrator of the story and their point of view on the current crises occurring in chapter one of Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

Warm-Up

Read the assigned passage from the sample AP Literature exam. Answer the questions in the provided amount of time.

Introduction to Chronicle of a Death Foretold

• Written by Nobel-Peace Prize winner

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• Based on true events witnessed by

Marquez

• Marquez never saw the actual murder of

Santiago Nasar

• In real life, the Vicario Twins were brothers

but not identical twins

• Set in the coastal Columbian town Sucre

Conflicts in Chapter One

• f a Chronicle of a Death

Foretold

• In your notebooks, create a chart with four columns,
• ne for each chapter, and then write down all the

conflicts that occur within each chapter

• Refer and complete this chart throughout the

duration of the unit--it’ll come in handy very soon

• Once you’ve created your list, write below that list a

paragraph about how the narrator feels about each

• f the conflicts and why. Be sure to include quotes

from the novel to support your understanding

Major Characters in Chronicle

• Santiago Nasar—the protagonist of the story who is killed the day after the wedding between

Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman. The story is centered around his death and the events leading up to it. He is accused by Angela Vicario of taking her virginity, but no evidence backs this up.

• Placida Linero—Santiago Nasar's mother. She is well-known in the town for being adept at

interpreting people's dreams, but failed to notice the bad omen of birds in Santiago Nasar's in the days before his death.

• Flora Miguel—Santiago's fiancée who gives him back all of his letters that he wrote her when

she hears about the murder plot. She believes that the Vicario brothers won't kill Santiago, but make him marry Angela to give back her honor.

• Indalecio Pardo—a friend of Santiago Nasar's. The Vicario twins essentially challenged him to

warn Santiago, but he was too afraid when it came down to it.

Major Characters in Chronicle Cont.

• Angela Vicario—the bride of Bayardo San Roman, who accuses Santiago Nasar of taking her virginity. After

being returned home on her wedding night, she discovers that she's in love with Bayardo, and, later on, begins sending him one letter a week for 17 years.

• Purisma del Carmen/Pura Vicario—more often referred to as Pura Vicario, she is Angela's mother. She beats

Angela for two hours when Bayardo returns her to the family house. She is a blood relative of the narrator's.

• Poncio Vicario—Angela Vicario's father. He is blind, a result of his working as a goldsmith.
• Bayardo San Roman—the mysterious man who marries Angela Vicario and then returns her when he

discovers that she wasn't a virgin. Bayardo is the son of General Petronio San Roman, a famous civil war general, and Alberta Simonds, who many considered the most beautiful woman in the Antilles. The family is extremely wealthy, and Bayardo came to town with the sole purpose of finding a bride.

• Colonel Aponte—the mayor of the town. He takes away the first two knives that the twins have, and sends

them home, but refuses to arrest them, so they come back. He also goes into the social club to check on dominoes night instead of finding Santiago and warning him about the murder plot.

Major Characters in Chronicle Cont.

• Pedro Vicario—one of Angela's twin brothers. He was in the army before the time the novel is set, and after

prison he reenlisted and eventually disappeared in enemy territory. Pedro originally came up with the plan to kill Santiago Nasar, but after the mayor, Colonel Aponte, disarmed them and sent them home, he was ready to give up on the plan.

• Pablo Vicario—the older twin by six minutes, he developed a sort of younger-brother complex after Pedro

returned form the army. Pablo was the one who took command after Pedro wanted to stop the murder plot. He marries Prudencia Cotes after he is acquitted of the murder and released from prison.

• Maria Alejandrina Cervantes—A local and well-respected prostitute, she is a good friend of both the narrator's

and Santiago Nasar.

• Divina Flor—the daughter of Victoria Guzman. Santiago grabs her "whole pussy" as he leaves; her mother is

afraid that she'll fall under his trap like she did with his father.

• Cristo Bedoya—one of Santiago's best friends. He spent all night and morning with Santiago, and then tried to

warn him once he found out about the murder plot, but couldn't find him. He's also a good friend of the narrator.

Major Characters in Chronicle Cont.

• Luis Enrique—the narrator's brother, who partied at Maria Cervantes's brothel and then serenaded with the

narrator, Santiago Nasar, and Cristo Bedoya. Supposedly, Pedro and Pablo Vicario told them their plan to kill Santiago, but he was too drunk to remember.

• Margot—the narrator's sister, who invites Santiago to breakfast the morning of his murder. She seems to have

a crush on Santiago, and thinks that Flora Miguel is a very lucky woman.

• Father Amador—the local priest, who is warned about the murder plot by Clothilde Armenta, but then forgets

in the panic of the bishop's visit. He also performs the autopsy while the doctor is out of town.

• Faustino Santos—a butcher friend of the Vicario brothers, who warns a local policeman of their plan.
• Nahir Miguel—the wise-man of the village, and Flora's father. He offered Santiago refuge after realizing that

Santiago had no idea why the twins wanted to kill him. He also offered Santiago the use of his rifle, but Santiago refused both.

• Mercedes Barcha—the narrator's fiancée and, eventually, wife. He proposed to her at Bayardo and Angela's

wedding festivities.

Jigsaw Activity: Analyzing Character Conflicts

• You and your group mates pick a

different character who appears in chapter one of Chronicle

• Identify and discuss the

character’s internal and external conflicts

• After the instructor calls time,

exchange notes with your group mates

Closing

• Have a great day!
• Homework: Read and annotate chapter three of Chronicle and

read “Transparency and Illusion in Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by Randolph Pope

• Remember tutoring is available after school on Mondays and

Wednesdays from 2:15PM-3:30PM.

AP Literature Unit VI: Drama or Longer Fiction II

Day 3/10

Learning Targets

• I can identify and describe what specific textual details reveal

about a character, that character’s perspective, and that character’s motives. (At least 70% of the class)

• I can explain the function of a character changing or remaining

unchanged over the course of a scene or chapter. (At least 70%

• f the class)

Practices of Understanding

• I will complete a journal entry in which I divide chapter one of

Chronicle of a Death Foretold into four short sections—Santiago during the morning of his death day, Santiago with Victoria Guzman and Divina Flor, Pablo and Pedro Vicario’s hunt for Santiago, and Santiago after leaving Margot—and then explain how each section of the story reveals additional information about Santiago. I will also state my

• pinion on who is Santiago as a whole, and what I believe is the

reason for his sudden demise.

Warm-Up

Read the assigned passage from the sample AP Literature exam. Answer the questions in the provided amount of time.

A Closer Look at the Cast of Chronicle

• The novel references Greek tragedy and the passion of the Christ
• Santiago: though not perfect, he is a symbol of Christ (Refer to his

autopsy report on p. 75 or near the start of chapter four)

• Angela’s blind father, Poncio Vicario, is a parallel to Pontius Pilate,

who is the real sinner and washes his hands. Poncio also represents Oedipus from Oedipus Rex.

• Poncio is blind, serves as family’s patriarchy, and is consumed by

guilt for committing a heinous crime. (Possibly raping Angela?) (Refer to p. 83). It is only as a blind man does he realize the gravity

• f his actions and mourns.
• Placida Linero—known as a dream reader; and yet, she misreads the
• men in Santiago’s dream and doesn’t notice how poor he looks or

how cold his skin is (Refer to p.1-15)

A Closer Look at the Cast of Chronicle

• Dreams and omens are major thematic topics in the novel
• For one to see the truth about the future they must be able to look past

reality, or be blind, because what we see in front of us are objects and people filled with inconsistencies, misdirection, and complexities. But on top of being able to look past reality, one must have true insight about life, which can only be obtained through personal experiences and an education.

• The town of Sucre can be viewed as a character—everyone knows

about the murder of Santiago being foretold, and yet, no one does anything to permanently stop the murder from happening. In a way, the town is stuck in a loop because all who live there have the same life: obey the old patriarchy, uphold the family (father’s) name/honor, produce children who will repeat the cycle after you die.

Quick Write: Family Honor and Character Connections

• Why do you believe the townspeople

choose to uphold their families’ honors instead of stopping an innocent man from dying? What do Bayardo and Poncio Vicario have in common, and how does Angela seem to break free from the loop the town is stuck in?

Unit Six Journal Entry 1: Character Evolution

• Log into Google Classroom
• Access the unit six folder
• Complete the following task: Divide chapter one of Chronicle of a Death Foretold

into four short sections—Santiago in his dream and waking up post-dream and going to see his mother, Santiago interacting with Divina Flor, Santiago at the docks awaiting the bishop, Santiago with Cristo Bedoya in the square—and then explain how each section of the story reveals additional information about Santiago. Be sure to include textual evidence with page numbers.

Closing

• Have a great day!
• Homework: Read and annotate chapter three of Chronicle and

finish your online journal entry!

• Remember tutoring is available after school on Mondays and

Wednesdays from 2:15PM-3:30PM.

AP Literature Unit VI: Drama or Longer Fiction II

Day 4/10

Learning Targets

• I can defend my understanding of a relationship between two characters by

analyzing both characters’ ideas, beliefs, words, and action and determining where the characters see eye-to-eye and differ. (At least 70% of the class)

• I can explain how contrasting literary devices produce meaning (theme). (At

least 70% of the class)

• I can use moments of conflict and character relationships to examine the

evolution of a setting’s meaning and effect on the characters that travel through it. (At least 70% of the class)

Practices of Understanding

• I will participate in a concentric circle activity, during which I will be either in the outer or

inner circle, and if I am in the inner circle, I will discuss how Angela and Bayardo are foil characters and how their perspectives give meaning in the novel; however, if I am in the outer circle, I will write down questions and responses based on the inner circle’s discussion.

• I will engage in a class think aloud that will require me to evaluate several images in Chronicle
• f a Death Foretold that represent irony, paradox, and metaphor, and then place said images in a

graphic organizer based on the three devices, all before discussing with my classmates the effect

• f the irony, paradox, and metaphor on the subject and theme of the novel.
• I can write a journal entry examining how the meaning and effect of a specific setting on a

character changes over the course of Chronicle of a Death Foretold because of the selected character’s actions.

Warm-Up

Read the assigned passage from the sample AP Literature exam. Answer the questions in the provided amount of time.

Review of Character in Chronicle

• Form a concentric circle
• Move to either the inner or outer circle (instructor

will advise)

• Inner circle: Discuss how Angela and Bayardo are

foil characters and how their perspectives give meaning in the novel (connect to theme, effect the settings of the novel, effect other characters)

• Outer circle: Write down questions and responses

based on the inner circle’s discussion

Major Settings in Chronicle

• The city of Sucre, Columbia--Operates under a patriarchal belief system where family honor is
• everything. It’s a coastal Columbian town where women are viewed as commodities and crime

is forgiven, or receives little consequences, if rooted in tradition. Prior to Santiago’s death, a fiesta took place in honor of Bayardo and Angela’s wedding. Area is highly influenced by Catholicism.

• Santiago’s house--Santiago’s sanctuary and tomb. The home is large and consists of
• housekeepers. Santiago represents the wealthy community of Sucre
• The butcher--A male homosocial gathering sight, where men converse about their family’s,

strength, and goals. Here is where the Vicario Twins foretell Santiago’s death.

• Xius’s house--Home to the widower Xius, who dies, and the property belongs to Bayardo, who,

after splitting with Angela, is found drunk in the house, miserable and alone.

Read/Think Aloud: “Fathers and Virgins”

• With your groupmates, read and

annotate “Fathers and Virgins: Garcia Marquez’s Faulknerian ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’”

• Annotate the article
• In your notebook, document how the

article helps you better understand the provided settings

Thik/Read Aloud: Analyzing Imagery

• Create the following venn diagram in your notebook
• Label the circles: Irony, Paradox, Metaphor
• Now place the following images in your graphic
• rganizer: War medals, drunken nun, butcher knife, the

bishop’s steamboat, broken statue of a saint, Angela’s unopened letters, Poncio sitting in the middle of the fiesta, Santiago’s dream, blindness, fatality, the town of Sucre, the rabbit innards being eaten by dogs, dead Santiago

• Next, write down why you placed each image in the

respected locations. Explain how the image is an example of irony, metaphor, and/or paradox, before concluding with how each image impacts the tones and themes of the novel.

Closing

• Have a great day!
• Homework: Read and annotate chapter four of Chronicle and

complete journal entry two in Google Classroom

• Remember tutoring is available after school on Mondays and

Wednesdays from 2:15PM-3:30PM.

AP Literature Unit VI: Drama or Longer Fiction II

Day 5/10

Learning Targets

• I can defend my understanding of a relationship between two characters by analyzing

both characters’ ideas, beliefs, words, and action and determining where the characters see eye-to-eye and differ. (At least 70% of the class)

• I can explain how contrasting literary devices produce meaning (theme). (At least

70% of the class)

• I can use moments of conflict and character relationships to examine the evolution of

a setting’s meaning and effect on the characters that travel through it. (At least 70% of the class)

Practices of Understanding

• I will engage in a all write round robin during which I will focus on chapter two of

Chronicle of a Death Foretold, specifically pondering on why the narrator is constantly bringing up images of (either physically, emotionally, or mentally) wounded men. While pondering on this idea, I will arrange a list of several images in chronological order, before arranging them in the order in which they appear in the novel, and then finally explaining how the nonlinear plot structure affected their experience and contributes to the meaning of the novel.

• I will write a discussion board in which I defend my understanding of one of four

major symbols present in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by using textual evidence from the novel.

Warm-Up

Read the assigned passage from the sample AP Literature exam. Answer the questions in the provided amount of time.

Major Themes in Chronicle

• Dreams and omens—Constantly being misunderstood or misread

in the novel. In the novel, the only way for one to see the future is to be blind and have true insight on life.

• Foretelling vs. Happening—Both are equal in the novel because

both are surrounded by hearsay. As a result, justice is never properly served into Santiago’s murderers.

• Fatality—Also a major metaphor in the novel. To die in this

novel is to be oblivious to fate, which has shown itself multiple times in the present and past.

• Patriarchs—Systems of power in which males dominate the

household, oversee their female counterparts, rule the church and political realms. In this novel, patriarchs are seen as old ways of living and thinking about life

The Plot Structure of Chronicle Cont.

• Narrator is an exile/outsider who has a moral stake in the world—our

narrator wants to bring justice to Sucre by discovering who killed Santiago and why, while also calling out the social injustices plaguing the town

• There exists tensions between foreknowledge and human volition, between

individual responsibility and communal destiny (common in all apocalyptic narrations)

• Constant focus on time—reader has to see that time is running out
• Novel consists of chronicles, which consist of narratives; however, the

chronicles stitched together form a narrative that finally comes to an end with the novel’s final chapter: Santiago’s foretold murder

The Plot Structure of Chronicle

• Reflects an apocalyptic narrative
• The end of Santiago (Mankind) is foretold at the
• beginning. No escape. A foretold future.
• To give Santiago’s death meaning, the narrator provides

chronicled reports about the day of Santiago’s murder, building sympathy and compassion for Santiago.

• By chronicling the murder, the narrator builds tension

because the reader pities Santiago and hopes that somehow he will escape his foretold death, which finally appears on the final pages of the novel.

Round Robin Activity: Analyzing Plot Structure

Focus on chapter two of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, specifically pondering

• n why the narrator is constantly bringing up images of (either physically,

emotionally, or mentally) wounded men. While pondering on this idea, work with your groupmates to arrange the below images in chronological order, before arranging them in the order in which they appear in the novel, and then finally explaining how the nonlinear plot structure affected your experience and contributes to the meaning of the novel. Images: The narrator’s father playing the violin, murdered Santiago, Poncio sitting in the center of the fiesta, the Vicario twins in jail, Pedro Vicario leaving the military, dust-covered war medals, Santiago grabbing Flora Miguel’s private, Santiago losing his father, the Vicario twins confessing their crimes to the priest, Father Amador refusing to warn Santiago of the plot against his life

Major Symbols in Chronicle

• Monday—end of the weekend; a spiritual holiday for Sucre because the bishop is

coming to town and because it marks the day Santiago died

• The wounded patriarch
• The fiesta/carnival—Carnivals are traditionally associated with madness and

sacrifices

• Sacrifices—mark both the end and beginning of a new way of thinking, believing,

and/or behaving

• The letters of Angela—reclaiming/restoring her virginity; breaking away from

patriarch/female liberation in Latin America

Closing

• Have a great day!
• Homework: Finish reading and annotating Chronicle and

complete journal entry three in Google Classroom

• Remember tutoring is available after school on Mondays and

Wednesdays from 2:15PM-3:30PM.

AP Literature Unit VI: Drama or Longer Fiction II

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