1/31/18

Lit 8 - Due Thursday, 2/1 - Proofreading page 125, top and bottom.
Lit 6 Reminder: Nonfiction vocab test on Thursday, February 8, humorous commentary - anecdote.

1/30/18

Lit 6 - Due Wednesday, 1/31 - Proofreading page 33, top and bottom.
Lit 7 - Due Wednesday, 1/31 - Proofreading page 77, top and bottom.

1/29/18

Lit 8 - Wednesday, February 21 - 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.

1/26/18

English 7 - Thursday, 2/1/18 -Sentence Unit test. Students should study:
Classifying sentences according to use: declarative, imperative, interrogatory, exclamatory
Natural and inverted order: Natural order is subject before its verb. Inverted order is verb and then its subject.
What makes a sentence simple, compound, or complex.
How to diagram a simple and compound sentence.

1/25/18

English 8 - Monday, 1/29/18 - Sentence unit test. Students should study:
Classifying sentences according to use: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.
Natural and inverted order of a sentence.
What makes a sentence simple, compound, or complex.
How to diagram simple and compound sentences.

1/23/18

Literature 6:
Thursday, 1/25, journal check. Students should have 10 entries. I went over the requirements today in class.

1/18/18

Lit 6 - Thursday, February 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.

1/8/18

Lit 8 -
Due Wednesday, 1/10/18, proofreading, page 123, top and bottom.
Due Wednesday, 1/10 - journal check. Students should have 11 entries.
Lit 7 -
Due Wednesday, 10/10 - proofreading, page 75, top and bottom.
Lit 6 -
Due Wednesday, 1/10 - proofreading p. 31, top and bottom.