4/30/15

Lit 7 - Due Friday, 5/1 - Proofreading, p. 97.

4/28/15

Lit 6 - Due Wednesday, 4/29 - proofreaqding page 47 top and bottom.
Lit 7 - Tuesday, 5/12 - drama vocab test - soliloquy - euphemism.

Soliloquy: A speech in which a character talks to himself or the audience and reveals what he is thinking. Longer than an aside.

Scrim: A light, semi-transparent curtain.

Protagonist: Main character of a story, can be one person or a group of people.

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

Parody: A humorous mimicking of a serious piece of literature.

Flashback: A literary device where an event from the past is inserted into the present. Seems as if it is happening in present time. Shows how the present is influenced by the past.

Foreshadowing: A device where the author gives clues that hint at later events in the story. Makes surprise endings more believable.

Euphemism: A nice way of saying something that is not usually nice (fat = big bones).

4/27/15

Lit 8 -
Due Tuesday, 4/28 - Proofreading p. 131 (Back side of Coed Competitive Sports.)
Monday, 5/11 - Poetry vocab test - alliteration - stereotype.

*Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words in a phrase. Picked to enhance meaning.

*Onomatopoeia: The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. (Buzz, Whir)

* Symbol: Any person, place, or thing that has meaning in itself and also stands for or represents something else. (Flag – nation, Dove – peace.

*Parallel structure: The repetition of a grammatical structure. ( Example on pg. 556 & 565)

Lyric poetry: Poetry that expresses the poet’s thoughts and feelings. Creates a mood through vivid images, descriptive words, and the musical quality of the lines.

*Sensory language: Language that appeals to the senses.

Free verse: Poetry with irregular rhythms and varied line lengths. Free of traditional forms of poetry. Similar to regular speech.

Concrete poetry: Poetry in which the shape of the poem on the page resembles the subject of the poem.

Stereotype: an oversimplified mental picture or judgment.

Lit 6 - 

Monday, 5/4 - Vocab test on the words myth and fable:

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.

4/23/15

English 8 - Exercise 79 due Monday, 4/27.
English 7 - Thursday, 4/30 - verb unit test. Folders are due at test time.

4/16/15

Lit 8 - Monday, 4/20 - Crafted journal poem due. It must be typed.
English 8 - Tuesday, 4/21 - verb unit test. English folders will be due at time of test.

4/15/15

Lit 8-
Due Thursday, 4/16 - Metaphor/simile worksheet.
Due Monday, 4/20 - crafted journal poem. I gave directions for this in class. It must be typed.
Lit 7 - 
Due Thursday, 4/16 - Metaphor/simile worksheet.
Lit 6-
Due Thursday, 4/16 - Metaphor/simile worksheet.

4/14/15

Lit 6 -
Wednesday, 4/15 - Journal check and Proofreading, page, 45, top and bottom.
Monday, 4/27 - Vocab test on the word "Folktale."

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

Lit 7 - Due Wednesday, 4/15 - proofreading p. 95 top and bottom.
Tuesday, 4/28 - Drama vocab test costuming - flashpot.

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.

4/13/15

Literature 8
Due Tuesday, 4/14/15, Proofreading p.129 ( Coed Competitive Sports) and journal check.
Monday, 4/27/15 - Poetry vocab test - rhyme - imagery:

Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to one another in a poem.

End Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words which occurs at the end of two or more lines.

Refrain: A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that are repeated regularly in a poem.

Infer: A reasonable conclusion one can draw on clues or evidence given.

Figurative language: Language that is meant to be interpreted imaginatively, not literally. (I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)

*Simile: A comparison between two basically unlike things using the words "Like" or "AS." (She is like the sun.)

*Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things saying something is something else. Doesn’t use "Like" or "As." (She is the sun.)

*Extended metaphor: A comparison that makes more than one continued point of comparison.

*Imagery: The use of vivid language to describe people, places, things, and ideas. Creates a mental picture. Suggests how things look and also how they sound, smell, taste, and feel.