3/27/15

Eng 7 - Due Tues. 3/31 - Handout Exercise 60.

3/24/15

English 8 - Due Thursday, 3/26 - Handout exercise 47.

3/19/15

Literature 7 -Due Tuesday, 3/24 -  Paragraph titled "Where was God?" It must be typed and double-spaced. Students should give their opinions on where God was during the Holocaust. We discussed in class today what the paragraph should be about.
English 7 - Remember the tense and voice test on Tuesday, 3/24.

3/18/15

Literature 6 - Wednesday, 4/1 - Myth vocab test - the word "legend." The definition has 6 bullets.

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.

3/17/15

English 7 - Due Wed., 3/18 - Handout exercise 53. Study helping verbs for simple and compound tenses.

3/12/15

English 8 - Tuesday, 3/17 - Test on tense and voice.
Lit 8 - Tuesday, 3/31 - Poetry vocab test - connotation - rhythm

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.

3/4/15

Lit/Eng 8: All due Monday, 3/9/15:
Journal entry - "Nature vs. nurture - this was explained in class.
Synonyms/antomyns worksheet
Homophone worksheet
English handout, exercise 42 - active/passive voice.
Lit/Eng 7: All due Mon., 3/9/15:
Homophones worksheet
Proofreading, page 93, top and bottom
Diary entry in journal
English handouts - exercise 9, ex. 63 old (if not finished in class), and ex. 64 old.
Lit 6: All due Monday, 3/9/15:
Homophone worksheet
Expository essay - must be typed and double spaced.
It should be a minimum of 10 sentences with a topic sentence and supporting details.
The essay should give information on a topic that they know about that is of particular interest to them. Please remember that it should give facts or information on the topic. It could, for example, be on a particular breed of dog. They would give information about the characteristics of that type of dog.

3/3/15

Lit 8 - Due Wed, 3/4 - animal analogies worksheet.
Eng 8 - Due Wed, 3/4 - Handout Ex. 44old.
Lit 7 - Due Wed. 3/4 - Synonyms/ antomyns worksheet.
Lit 6: Due Wed., 3/4
Paragraph on what it would take you to believe in the Loch Ness Monster.
Requirements:
Typed, double-spaced
Minimun of 10 sentences
Title: The Loch Ness Monster
Topic sentence: For me to believe in the Loch Ness Monster...
Supporting details
Graded also for grammar and spelling