12/18/13

Literature 7 - Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - Drama vocab test - genre - dialogue.

Genre: A group, type, or classification of literature (Drama, short story, etc.).

Characterization: The developing of three-dimensional characters: not just what the person looks like, but who they are on the inside, what kind of person they are, what they stand for and believe. A good author shows you the personality through what a person says and does.

Casting: Picking the right person for the role.

Setting: Not just where and when the story takes place, but all of the visual details that make up the look of the drama. Limited by time, space, and money.

Staging: Creating the illusion of the setting.

Director: The person who translates the drama from the written word in to visual.

Dialogue: The words the character speaks.

12/18/13

Literature 6: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - Nonfiction vocab test - biography - humorous essay.

Biography: The story of someone’s life told by someone else. The subject is known and of interest to other people. Tells you the facts of the subject’s life and explains what these facts mean.

Narrative essay: A short nonfiction composition that tells a story that may focus on a character other than the writer.

Descriptive essay: A short nonfiction composition that uses vivid sensory details to describe people or places.

Personal essay: A short nonfiction composition that gives an informal account of an episode from a person’s own life.

Reflective essay: A short nonfiction composition that presents a writer’s thought about ideas or experiences.

Persuasive essay: A short nonfiction composition where a series of arguments are presented to convince readers to believe or act in a certain way.

Humorous essay: A short nonfiction composition meant to amuse readers. Writers sometimes create humor by contrasting the reality of the situation with the character’s mistaken views of what is happening.

12/18/13

Literature 8 - Tuesday, January 21, 1214 - short story vocab test: irony - caricature.

Irony: Figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. Lighter than sarcasm.

Dramatic Irony: A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true.

Irony of situation: An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character or the reader.

Allusion: Reference in a work of literature to person, place, or thing in another work such as literature, music, history, painting, or mythology. Adds meaning to the story.

Willing suspension of disbelief: Reader voluntarily agrees to set aside what he knows to be true and accept what is presented as reality in the story.

Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words of a phrase. Consonant is picked to enhance meaning. (Huge, hooting, howling, hissing, horrible, bellow)

Point of view: The way an author chooses to see and tell a story.

First-person narrative: A character tells the story referring to himself as "I" and presenting only what he knows about events.

Inference: Reasonable conclusion one can draw from facts or evidence given.

Caricature: The distortion or exaggeration of the peculiarities in a character’s personality. Often for humorous effect.

12/3/13

Literature 7 - Due Wednesday, 12/4 - Proofreading worksheet, page 69, top and bottom.

11/26/13

Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless you. Mrs. Costanzo

11/19/13

English 7 - Thursday, 11/21 - Pronoun unit test. Folders will be due at the time of the test.

11/14/13

Lit 8 - Monday, 11/18 - Essay test on Poe. Students should study their notes. Also due Monday - Proofreading page 117, top and bottom.

11/5/13

Literature  8 - Journal check on Wednesday, 11/6.
English 8 - Thursday, 11/7 - Pronoun unit test.
Literature 6 - Due Wednesday, 11/6 - Proofreading handout page 27, top and bottom.
English 7 - Wednesday, 11/6 - test on relative pronouns.

11/4/13

English 8 - Thursday, 11/7 - Pronoun unit test. Folders are due at test time.

11/1/13

English 7 Due Tuesday, 11/5 - Handout exercise 38old.
Wednesday, 11/6 - test on relative pronouns.

10/30/13

Lit 6 - Due Monday, 11/4/13 - Journal check. Students should have 7 journal entries. I went over them in class today. All entries must be written in the journal, not on loose paper stuck in the journal. Each must be a full page.

10/29/13

English 8 - Due Wednesday, 10/30 - English handout exercise 28 old.

10/29/13

English 7 - Due Wednesday, 10/30 - English handout exercise 35old.

10/29/13

Lit 6 - Due Wednesday, 10/30 - Proofreading handout, page 23, top and bottom.

10/24/13

English 8  - Monday, 10/28 - test on relative pronouns.

10/17/13

Literature 8 - Due Monday, 10/21 - Paragraph on how their parents met.
Literature 6 - Thursday, 11/14 - Nonfiction vocab test - Genre - Autobiography. Students were given the handout with the voab today.

10/16/13

English 7 - Due Thursday, 10/17 - Handout exercise 33, Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives.

10/8/13

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 10/30 - short story vocab test - oxymoron - surprise ending.
Literature 7 - Tuesday, 10/29 - novel vocab test - climax - symbol.

10/8/13

Literature 6 - Tuesday, 1015 - Spelling test - luxuriating-dejected.

10/4/13

Literature 7 - Due Tuesday, 10/8, Proofreading handout, page 65, top and bottom.
English 7 - Tuesday, 10/8 - Test of the personal pronoun chart that is on the front page of the pronoun unit notes. I've shown the students what the test looks like. It is a blank chart that they must fill in.

9/30/13

English 8 - Tuesday, 10/1 - Test on the declension of the personal pronouns chart. It is on the front of their pronouns notes.
Lit 6 - Monday, 10/7 - Spelling test - admonition - carnage.

9/27/13

English 7 - Tuesday, 10/1 - Noun unit take-home test due, Handout exercise 19old.
Thursday, 10/3 - Noun unit test. English folders will be due at test time.

9/25/13

Literature 6 - Due Thursday, 9/26 - Journal check. Students should have 4 entries in their journals:
8/28 - "Rules"
9/3 - "Memories" (1/2 page)
9/17 - "Same"
9/25 - "History"

9/25/13

Literature 8 - Due Monday, 9/30 - Essay titled "Evil." Students should write an essay about whether there are evil people in the world or just people who do evil things. The essay should be a minimum of three paragraphs. It must be typed and double-spaced.

9/24/13

Literature 7 - Due Wed., 9/25 - Proofreading p. 61 - top and bottom.

9/24/13

English 7 - Due Wed., 9/25 - English handout Exercise 16old.

9/23/13

Literature 8 - Tuesday, 9/24 - Proofreading. page 107 top and bottom.
English 8 - Thursday, 9/26 - Noun unit test. English folders will be due at test time.
Literature 6 - Monday, 9/30 Spelling test - torrent - hueless.

9/20/13

English 7 - Due Tuesday, 9/23 - English handout exercise 14old.

9/18/13

Literature 6 - Proofreading, page 19, top and bottom.

9/17/13

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 9/18 - Journal check.

9/16/13

English 8 - Handout exercise 12 old due Tuesday, 9/17.

9/16/13

Literature 6 - Monday, 9/23 - spelling test - indulgently - deftly.

9/16/13

Literature 7 - Journal check on Tuesday, 9/17.

9/12/13

English 8 - Due Monday, 9/16 - English handout exercise 11.

9/6/13

English 7 - Tuesday, 9/10 - Test on nominative case uses for nouns.

9/6/13

English 8 - Monday, 9/9/13 - Test on nominative case uses for nouns.

9/4/13

Literature 7 - Thursday, 9/19 - Novel vocab test - Genre - Dilemma.

English 7 - Due Thursday, 9/5 - English handout - exercise 3.

9/4/13

Literature 6 - Tuesday, 9/10 - Spelling test - apprehensive-remorse.

9/3/13

Literature 8 - Due Wednesday, 9/4 - Proofreading page 101, top and bottom.

Literature 7 - Due Wednesday, 9/4 - Proofreading page 57, top and bottom.

8/29/13

English 8 - Handout ex 2Due Tuesday, 9/3.-
English 7 - Due Tuesday, 9/3 Handout exercise 2.

8/29/13

Literature 6 - Proofreading p.13 top and bottom.

8/27/13

Literature 8: Monday, 9/16 - Short story vocab test - protagonist - title.

Literature 6: Wednesday, 9/4 - Spelling test on the first 12 words on The Giver vocabulary handout - intrigued - distraught.

Literature 6 - Monday, 6/3 - Journal check:
4/18 - Stonehenge (1/2 page)
4/30 - Page 226, 7th grade text, 4 questions
5/2 - Page 50, 6th grade text, Critical thinking #1-4
5/14 - Three Wishes
5/16 - "The Girl Who Hunted Rabbits" list of similarities to our faith
5/21 - Looks
5/28 - Tiger/Brahmin (1/2 page) What did you learn about the Indian culture/values?

Literature 6:
Thursday, 5/23 - Vocab - myth
Wednesday, 5/29 - Vocab - fable
Monday, 6/3 - Vocab - folklore - exaggeration

Myth: 

·        Stories about gods and heroes.

·        Deals with right/wrong.

·        Explains world in human terms.

·        Explains natural occurrences.

Fable:

·        Teaches lessons at end of story.

·        Short.

·        Underdeveloped characters, situations, conflicts.

·        Animals act like humans.

·        Points out our human failings/weaknesses.

Folklore: Records the customs, traditions, and beliefs of people.

Yarn: A tale or story filled with exaggeration. The subject is the best, worst, or most unusual of its kind.

Conflict: A struggle between opposing forces. It can be internal or external.

Folkhero: An extraordinary person, glorified for his/her wonderful qualities that are far superior to the common man.

Exaggeration: Overstatement, often used for a humorous effect.

Literature 8 - Thursday, 5/23 - Poetry vocab test - Onomatopoeia - stereotype.

Literature 6 - Monday, 5/20 - Myth vocab test - Definition of folktales only.

Folktales:

·        Communicates values/ideals.

·        Composed orally.

·        Passed by word of mouth.

·        Anonymous.

·        Has heroes, amazing feats of strength or daring.

·        Solves problems.

·        Uses repetition to make easy to remember.

·        To be authentic, must have at least two versions

English 7 - Adverb unit test - Wednesday, May 15. Folders are due at test time.

Literature 6 - Monday, May 13 - Test on vocab - Just the definition of legend.

Myth Vocabulary

Legend:

·        Traditional story about the past

·        based on real people/events

·        passed down by word of mouth.

·        Details increasingly exaggerated.

·        Have fantastic details, larger than life characters, amazing feats.

·        Reveals culture's attitudes/values.

English 8 - The adverb unit test is moved to Monday, May 13.

English 8 -
Due Tuesday, 5/7 Adverb unit take-home tests, exercises 97old and 85.
Thursday, 5/9 - Adverb unit test/folders

Literature 7 - Thursday, 5/9 - Drama vocab test - soliloquy - euphemism.

Literature 6 - Due Monday, 4/29 - Proofreading worksheet, page 55, top and bottom.

Literature 7 - Due Friday, 4/26 - Proofreading worksheet, page 95 top and bottom.

Literature 8 - Due Tuesday, 4/23 - Proofreading, page 143, top and bottom.

English 7 - Due Tuesday, 4/23 - English handout, exercise 83.

Literature 8:
Thursday, 5/9 - Poetry Project due. Students have a handout of project requirements.
Thursday, 5/23 - Poetry vocab test - Onomatopoeia - stereotype.

Lit 7 -
Thursday, 4/18 - proofreading p79 top and bottom.
Friday, 4/19 - Test on figurative language handout.
Thursday, 5/9  Drama vocab test - soliliquy - euphemism

Lit 6 Wed, 4/17  - proofreading p49 - top and bottom.

English 8 - Due Tuesday, 4/16 - English worksheet, exercise 79.

Lit 6 - Due Thursday, 4/11 - Typed essay on what it would take to convince you that the Loch Ness monster really exists. This must be a minimum for 3 paragraphs.
Due Thursday, 4/11 - Verb unit take-home test.
Friday, 4/12 - Verb unit test. Folders will be due at test time.

Literature 8:
Thursday, 4/11 - Journal check. Students should have 10 entries. I went over the specific entries today with the class.

Literature 7 - Wednesday, 4/10, journal check. I went over what needs to be in the journal with the class today.

Literature 6 - Journal check tomorrow, Wednedsay, 4/10. Students should have 12 journal entries. I reviewed each entry with them today in class.

Literature 8:
Due Wednesday, 4/10 - Proofreading page 119, top and bottom.
Wednesday, 4/24 - Poetry vocab test, rhyme - imagery.

English 8:
Due Wednesday, 4/10 - Verb unit take-home test.

Literature 8:
Thursday, 3/21 - Test on the figurative language handout that was given out.
Thursday, 3/28 - Poetry vocab test - connotation - rhythm.

English 7 - Tuesday, 3/12 - test on tense and voice.

English 7 - Thursday, 3/7 - Test on tense and voice. If we have any snow days, the test will be pushed ahead accordingly. I need one day to review, and the test will be the following day. If we have a snow day on Wednesday, 3/6. I'll review on Thursday and the test will be on Friday.
Lit 7 - Due Wednesday, 3/6 - Proofreading page 77, top and bottom
Tuesday, 3/26 - Drama vocab test - costuming - flash pot.

Literature 6 -
Due Wednesday, 3/6 - Proofreading, page 43, top and bottom.
Monday, March 25 - Nonfiction vocab test - humorous commentary - anecdote.

Literature 8 - Due Tuesday, 3/5 - Proofreading page 127, top and bottom.

English 8 - Monday, 3/4 - Test on tense and voice.

Lit/English 7 - Due Tuesday, 2/26:
English handout, exercise 47
Journal check - Four diary entries
"Kiss" paragraph - Students are to ask a parent or parents if they are supposed to wait until they are engaged to kiss someone. This should be typed and a minimum of 7 sentences.

English 8 - Due Thursday, 2/21 - Handout exercise 44.

Literature 7 - Due Tuesday, 2/19 - Essay titled "Where was God during the Holocaust?" This should be a minimum of three paragraphs, with a minimum of five sentences in each paragraph.

English 7 - Due Wednesday, 2/6 - Adjective unit take-home test.

Literature 6 - Due Tuesday, 2/5 - Proofreading page 37 top and bottom.
Literature 8 - Due Tuesday, 2/19 - 3rd draft of original short story. The 2nd draft must be turned in with the 3rd.
English 8 - Thursday, 2/7 - Adjective unit test/folders.
English 7 - Thursday, 2/7 - Adjective unit test/folders.

English 7 - Due Tuesday, 2/5 - Handout exercise 20.

Literature 6 - Monday, 2/4 - Test on figurative language: Simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, alliteration, idiom, and personification. We have been working on this in class for 2 days, and students have been taking notes. Please make sure they have their notes with them to study for the test.

English 7 - Due Friday, 2/1 - English handouts, exercises 18 and 19.

Literature 8 - Tuesday, 2/12 - Short story vocab test - Irony - caricature.
Literature 7 - Friday, 2/15 - Drama vocab test - Genre - dialogue.

Literature 6 - Thursday, 1/31 - Journal check.
Topics:
11/14 Athlete
11/20 Roberto Clemente 1/2 page
11/26 Difficult People
12/10 Famous Parents?
12/17 Exciting
12/18 Page 581, question #5 from 7th grade text 1/2 page
12/19 Good Side?
1/3 Caged Bird? 1/2 page
1/10 "Into This Air" 1/2 page
1/16 Help

Please remember that there is a vocab test tomorrow.

Literature 6 - Just a reminder that the nonfiction vocab test is this Thursday, 1/31 - biography - humorous essay.

Literature 7 - Due Thursday, 1/24 - Proofreading handout page 91, top and bottom.

Literature 6 - Due Wednesday, 1/23 - Proofreading handout page 25 top and bottom.

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 1/23 - Journal check.

English 8 - Due Thursday, 1/17 - English handouts, exercises 10 and 11.

Literature 6 - Thursday, 1/31 - Nonfiction vocab test - biography - humorous essay.

Biography: The story of someone’s life told by someone else. The subject is known and of interest to other people. Tells you the facts of the subject’s life and explains what these facts mean.

Narrative essay: A short nonfiction composition that tells a story that may focus on a character other than the writer.

Descriptive essay: A short nonfiction composition that uses vivid sensory details to describe people or places.

Personal essay: A short nonfiction composition that gives an informal account of an episode from a person’s own life.

Reflective essay: A short nonfiction composition that presents a writer’s thought about ideas or experiences.

Persuasive essay: A short nonfiction composition where a series of arguments are presented to convince readers to believe or act in a certain way.

Humorous essay: A short nonfiction composition meant to amuse readers. Writers sometimes create humor by contrasting the reality of the situation with the character’s mistaken views of what is happening.

English 7 - Tuesday, 1/15 - Sentences unit test. Folders are due at the time of the test.

English 8 - Monday, 1/14 - Sentences Unit test. Folders will be due at that time.

Lit 6 - Due Thursday, 1/10 - Proofreading page 31 top and bottom.

Literature 8 -
Due Thursday, 1/10 - Essay titled "Punishment." Students are to write an essay on whether or not Nolan's punishment fit his crime.
Due Thursday, 1/24 - Second draft of original short story. This draft will be graded for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. They must turn in their first draft with the second, or they will lose 20 points.

Literature 8 - Due Tuesday, 1/8 - Proofreading page 131, top and bottom.