2/28/17

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 3/1 - lit binder check.

2/27/17

Literature 6 - Due Tuesday, 2/28, Antonym worksheet, page 12.
Literature 8 - Tuesday, 3/14 - Poetry vocab test. Connotation - rhythm.

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.

2/24/17

Literature 7 - Tuesday, 3/14 - 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.

2/23/17

Literature 7 - Due Friday, 2/24 - "Kiss" paragraph. Students are to ask parents if they need to wait until they are engaged to kiss someone. This assignment is in conjunction with the play we are reading about Anne Frank.
English 8 - Tuesday, 2/28 - Adjective unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

2/22/17

Literature 6: Wednesday, March 8 - Nonfiction vocab test - humorous commentary - anecdote.

Humorous commentary: Writing that contains amusing personal observations or opinions to help readers look at life a little less seriously.

Analytical essay: A short nonfiction composition that breaks down a big idea into parts. Helps the reader understand how the parts fit together and what they mean as a whole.

Tribute: A literary expression of gratitude or admiration to honor a special person. Describes a person’s traits.

Facts: Statements that can be proved true with reliable sources. Can be verified.

Opinions: Beliefs or judgments. Not subject to verification.

Character traits: The qualities that make a person, or even an animal, an individual.

Memoir: A biographical piece usually written by a relative or personal friend of the subject. Can be one person’s recollection or based on interviews and anecdotes of several people.

Anecdote: Brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event.

2/17/17

English 7 - Thursday, 2/23 - Adjective unit test. Folders will be collected at time of test.

2/14/17

Lit 8 - Due Thursday, 2/16 - Vocabulary worksheet, page 2.
Lit 7 - Due Thursday, 2/16 - Paragraph titled, "Where was God?' The paragraph must have at least 8 sentences, be typed and double-spaced, and printed in black ink. The paragraph must have a topic sentence. Students are to write about where they think God was during the Holocaust. Was He answering prayers? Did He intervene?

2/9/17

Literature 7 - Due Friday, 2/10 - Vocabulary worksheet, page 36.
Literature 8 - Due Monday, 2/13 - Synonyms worksheet, page 3.

2/7/17

Lit 8 - Due Wednesday, 2/8 - Proofreading handout page 125, top and bottom
Journal check tomorrow!
Lit 7 - Due Wednesday, 2/8 - Proofreading handout page 77, top and bottom.
Journal check tomorrow!
Lit 6 - Due Wednesday, 2/8 - Proofreading handout page 33, top and bottom.
Journal check tomorrow!

2/6/17

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 2/8 - Journal check. I went over the entries today in class.

2/3/17

English 7 - Due Tuesday, 2/7 - Worksheet, exercise 15.