3/28/19

Lit 8 - Wednesday, April 3, poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.

3/27/19

Reminders:
Lit 7 - Thursday, 3/28 - drama vocab test on soliloquy - euphemism
Lit 8 - Wednesday, 4/3 - poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.

3/26/19

Reminders:
Lit 7 - Thursday, 3/28 - drama vocab test on soliloquy - euphemism.
Lit 8 - Wednesday, 4/3 - poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.

3/8/19

English 8 - Wednesday, 3/20 - Adjective unit test during literature class. Folder is due at time of test.
Lit 7 - Thursday, 3/28 - drama vocab test on soliloquy - euphemism.
Lit 8 - Wednesday, 4/3 - poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.

3/14/19

Lit 7 - Due Friday, 3/15 - Journal check. Students should have 5 entries.

3/13/19

Lit 7 - Due Thursday, 3/14 - Proofreading page 75, top and bottom.
Lit 8 - Wednesday, 4/3 - Poetry vocab test on 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.

3/12/19

Lit 6  - Due Wednesday, 3/13 - Proofreading page 31, top and bottom.
Lit 7 reminder - Thursday, 3/28 - Drama vocab test - soliloquy - euphemism.

3/8/19

Literature 7: Thursday, 3/28 - drama vocab test on 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).

3/7/19

Lit 7 - Due Friday, 3/8 - Paragraph titled "Kiss." Students should ask a parent if he or she is allowed to kiss someone before being engaged. This ties in to our reading of a play based on Anne Frank's diary. It must be typed and double-spaced.
English 7 - Friday, 3/8 - Adjective unit test.

3/6/19

Lit 7 - Due Tuesday, March 12 - Essay titled "Where Was God During the Holocaust?"  It should be at least three paragraphs, typed, and double-spaced. Students should write about why God did not seem to answer the people's prayers during the Holocaust.

3/5/19

English 7 - Friday, 3/8, adjective unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

3/4/19

Literature 6 - Tuesday, 3/5 - journal check. Students should have 10 entries.