niceperson91 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 hey,i have to do my english IB oral in just two weeks!!! and the books we have read so far are "The Great Gatsby" "Pride and Prejudice" "Chronicle of Death Foretold". We are supposed to choose one of these books and do an oral on it......we can choose the topic and then do like 15 minute oral, which shows knowledge, context, presentation, interpretation etc etc.....CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SUGGEST me any topics on one of these books (i like the Great Gatsby a lot)..........and if you have already done an oral on one of these books where you either analyzed the character, setting etc -- COULD U PLEASE POST IT UP.....it would really help me as this is my first oral!!! and i have to do good on it and it wont be possible without your help.... PLS.......Thanks in advance...... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I've read chronicle ad gatsby.. can't say there's much in common in the two.. well except for the fact that there was a death in both of them you could compare the series (chronology) of events that lead to both deaths and how they were portrayed differently by the different writers and why... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rissygirl13 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 hey,i have to do my english IB oral in just two weeks!!! and the books we have read so far are "The Great Gatsby" "Pride and Prejudice" "Chronicle of Death Foretold". We are supposed to choose one of these books and do an oral on it......we can choose the topic and then do like 15 minute oral, which shows knowledge, context, presentation, interpretation etc etc..... CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SUGGEST me any topics on one of these books (i like the Great Gatsby a lot)..........and if you have already done an oral on one of these books where you either analyzed the character, setting etc -- COULD U PLEASE POST IT UP.....it would really help me as this is my first oral!!! and i have to do good on it and it wont be possible without your help.... PLS....... Thanks in advance...... Hi there! I'm a new user, so i hope this works =) I read the Great Gatsby sophomore year and really liked it. The plot was complex, yet directly conveyed the torment between social classes. If you chose to analyze this novel I would highlight on psychological literary criticism: meaning an analysis of how the social class a particular character is apart of affects the behavior of that character. Orals are not the worst things in the world. Granted, they can be intimidating. Most teachers will allow a small 3 x 5 index card to use during your oral. I would suggest writing a outline of what points your going to say and then practice with your index card before hand. Time it too! Additionally, I've found it helpful to use "filler material" aka ancillary material. Talk about the author's life or the historical context in which the book was written. If i remember correctly wasnt the Great Gatsby a rather conterversial novel when it was written? Research. Literary criticism coming from accredited analysists also looks impressive in an oral. Quote some high and mighty analyst or analyst's page. Just do some searching on the internet to find a good site. This website might be helpful: http://42explore.com/litcrit.htm Hope you find what your looking for! Remember to talk slow because that adds time Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterglow Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 (edited) The Great Gatsby has several themes that you can pick and discuss. For examples; violence, the American Dream (or more specific, the fall of the american dream), class conflict, betrayal, lies and decieve. You can find so many examples to back up your arguments for these themes. There are also many motifs and symbols such as the use of colours (see this), the eyes of doctor T. J. Eckleburg, the valley of ashes and much more. You can easily get 15 minutes if you focus on one or two things and then analyse and discuss them thoroughly.Pride and Prejudice also has several themes but it was almost 2 years since I read that so I can't really recall much on top of my head (except from the nature of Elizabeth Bennet's character and feminism, or idea of first impressions) Edited December 25, 2007 by Afterglow Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 First off, please don't CAPSLOCK. It's annoying. Secondly, of the three books I've only read P&P but I can't say there is much in common in them is a comparison between 2 books might be a bit hard. However you can do 1 book on its own. P&P you could talk about the world Austen portrays relative to her background. P&P took place during the years of the Napoleonic wars but despite there are soldiers in P&P she doesn't mention it at all. She focuses on a very specific group in society - the elite upper middle class with no mention of the lower working class and poverty in England at the time. Though I don't know how much this is appropriate since you might need to make a lot of references to her other books and other authors at the time same time who did talk about those other issues she lacked. Focusing totally on P&P, however, as Afterglow said - there is feminism, first impression, marriage and different women's view of marriage at the time (Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth, Mrs Bennet, Caroline Bingley, Lady Catherine - they all had different views of marriage), irony (there's a lot of those in P&P), the evolution of Elizabeth's and Darcy's character (through Elizabeth's eyes), women, women's accomplishments and what made them a good match in marriage (beauty, knowledge, money: e.g. compare the marriage prospects of Jane, Elizabeth, Mary Bennet, Georgianna Darcy), women (did I mention that already? ). Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceperson91 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Hey, Thanks a lot for some great suggestions you guys posted up. I think that I am going to do my oral in the Great Gatsby because it interests me more. Afterglow, i looked at the page you linked and it seems very helpful. Thus, I have decided to do my oral on the Great Gatsby but there is 1 more problem. I have to speak for 15 minutes and i figure that it would not be that hard but our teacher also wants our orals to be interesting and exciting He does not want the student to go up and just talk for 15 minutes with a piece of paper in his/her hand. So, relating to Gatsby (any more topics that you guys might suggest) - i have to present for 15 minutes by doing something interesting......for example: we can do like a talk show or pretend to interview characters etc..... What do you guys suggest........do you guys have any specific topic from Gatsby and something creative that I might be able to do along with it. For instance, since there was a death in Chronicle of Death foretold, this girl is making up like a court room scenario, using which she will present some of her 15 minutes... So, please - any more specific topics on Gatsby and some activity or dance or anything relating to it in order to make the 15 minutes more creative. Thanking you in advance. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 hey, this is kinda offtopic, but next time could you mention whether you're doing A1, A2 or B English so we'd know without reading the whole post Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceperson91 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 hey, this is kinda offtopic, but next time could you mention whether you're doing A1, A2 or B English so we'd know without reading the whole post Sorry, but to clarify, I am currently doing IB English A1 HL (first year).. I really appreciate your help and this is also my first IB oral. Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceperson91 Posted December 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Can someone please help me to choose a topic for my IB English A1 HL Oral.......I am doing on a book called "The Great Gatsby." So, if anyone has anymore interesting topics from this book....please please tell me and if possible, please tell me where to find relevant resources.If anyone of you have done an oral on The Great Gatsby before, please put it up, so I can see where to start as it is my first IB Oral!!! I would really appreciate your help.Thank you, Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cel Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Is it an informal or a formal oral? We got to prepare before-hand for the informal oral, but the formal one is impromptu. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceperson91 Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Is it an informal or a formal oral? We got to prepare before-hand for the informal oral, but the formal one is impromptu.Of course, it is an informal one because i am posting it on the forum and then asking for suggestions. How could it possibly be a formal one? I mean that is done on the spot, so how can I post it up for couple of days? Anyways... any suggests???? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Strida Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 well i did my world Lit on Chronicle, its not hard. focus on the Chronology.... thats the easiest. well if u want do well....GOOGLE is ur best friend =] Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turbo Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hey, I'm not sure if you already did your Great Gatsby oral, but when I was a sophomore my English teacher had us do "practice orals" and my partner and I did Gatsby. We basically focused on the morality found in it, and the ideas of good vs evil, very common ideas, I know. We started by having an intro and quotes of good v evil etc and then to get the class to participate we had the entire class stand up. We would ask a question like -do you believe that it was okay that Mr. Wilson shot Gatsby- (I don't remember exact q's or anything but an idea like that) and then we told the class that if they thought it was okay to move and stand on the left side of the room and if they thought it was not okay to stand on the right side of the room. Then we would call on a few students to get a discussion going... I'm not sure if this is common where you go to school but at my school this occurs every once in a while. Its a good idea for discussion starters and class participants. hope that helps Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iber2468 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Yikes, CDF and P&P are really bad books to be put side by side. Shame on your English teacher!For CDF: narration style, theme of death, foreshadowing Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Ive studied PandP and Chronicle, PandP is kinda obvious, just think of the significance of that extract on the rest of the book, what it tells your about the characters, the main themes, Pride, Prejudice, women, marrage, money.... and also Austins amazing writing style, how she pokes fun at steryotypes in collins and mrs bennet. hope that helps Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBStuck Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) Did anyone read ``A Clockwork Orange´´? I'm considering doing my oral presentation on it, but I don't know what is a good choice of topicIs it a good idea to talk about the film aswell?don't mention the movie.... an oral is supposed to be abot the book, and a specific idea.for example my oral was on the metamophasis by kafka, and some peopl talked about the reference to weather or color, i did my oral on the symbolism present in the novel and how it related back to the theme.in general try to mention the effect the literary device has on the reader... my teacher always stressed the importance of this. my english teacher this year syas that IB LOVES when you talk about tone, so i would ty to mention that too.i just gave my practice oral on poetry... it almost ate me alive.... i was so nervous.good luck to all. Edited February 7, 2008 by IBStuck Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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