Monday, March 31, 2014

3/31/14

Lit 6 - Due Tuesday, 4/1- Proofreading page47, top and bottom.

3/31/14

Lit 7 - Tuesday. 4/1 - test on figurative language.
Figurative Language
Figurative language is defined as an intentional departure from the normal order, construction, or meaning of words. It is meant to be interpreted imaginatively, not literally.
The following are examples of figurative language devices:
Simile: A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.” Example – My love is like the sun.
Metaphor: A direct comparison saying something is something else. Example – My love is the sun.
Onomatopoeia: Words whose sounds suggest their meaning. Examples – buzz, hiss, pop. This is often used in children’s literature to enhance readability and engagement.
Hyperbole: Extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect or humor. Example – This is the best cookie in the universe.
Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words in a phrase that are picked to enhance meaning.  This is also often used in children’s literature to enhance readability and engagement. Example – The bouncing, baby boy beamed with excitement.
Idiom: Language that can’t be interpreted literally. Idioms do not translate into other languages. Example – I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
Personification: Giving human qualities or characteristics to inanimate objects.  Personification is not usually used in contemporary realistic fiction. Example – Death walked up to the old man and said, “It is not yet your time.”

Friday, March 28, 2014

3/28/14

English 8 - Tuesday, 4/1 - Verb unit test. Folders are due at test time.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Friday, March 21, 2014

3/21/14

Lit 7 - Tuesday, 4/15 - Drama vocab test - costuming - flash-pot.
Costuming: The way the characters are dressed. Can be used to create mood, illusion, and set the piece in a particular time.
Plot: What happens in the story, may not be sequential. Has to hold the audience’s attention, visually interesting.
Theme: A universal truth about people – the things they do, the way they are, that can be applied to your life. Not a dippy moral.
Infer: A reasonable conclusion one can draw from facts or evidence given.
Aside: A character speaks directly to the audience. Through asides, characters in a play reveal directly to the audience their thoughts or other characters’ thoughts. Usually delivered in confidence pretending that other characters cannot hear.
Nota Bene, N.B.: Note well. Used to call attention to something important.
Flash-pot: A device that creates a burst of fire and smoke that creates a magical effect.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

3/20/14

Lit 8 - Due Monday, 3/24 - Proofreading page 131, top and bottom.
Lit 6 - Monday, 3/24 Journal Check.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

3/19/14

Lit 8 - Wednesday, 4/2/14 - Poetry vocab test:
Poetry Vocabulary
Connotation: Emotional impact attached to words beyond their literal meaning.
Paraphrase: Putting something into your own words. In poetry, you lose the musical quality and rhyme
Prose: The ordinary form of written language. Everyday speech.
*Personification: Giving human qualities or characteristics to inanimate objects or animals.
Narrative poem: A poem that tells a story in poetic form. Contains plot, setting, characters, etc. Relies on rhythm and rhyme. Organized in stanzas.
Stanzas: Groups of lines that form units in a poem.
 Ballad: A Narrative poem that tells a simple and dramatic story. Intended to be sung or recited. Has strong rhythms and rhymes.
*Juxtaposition: The placing of two images or ideas side by side allowing the reader to make the comparison. Not a direct comparison.
Rhythm: A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem. Usually contributes to meaning.

Friday, March 14, 2014

3/14/14

Lit 7 - Tuesday, 3/18 - Journal check. I reviewed the requirements with the class today.

3/14/14

English 7 - Tuesday, 3/18 - Test on tense and voice.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

3/11/14

English 8 - English handout , Exercise 46 due Thursday, 3/13.

Friday, March 7, 2014

3/17/14

English 8 - Monday, 3/10 - test on tense and voice.
English 8 Due Tuesday, 3/11 - English handout, exercise 50.