4/29/19

Lit 6 - Monday, 5/13 - Vocab test on Folktale and fable.

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

Fable:

·        Teaches lessons at end of story.

·        Short.

·        Underdeveloped characters, situations, conflicts.

·        Animals act like humans.

·        Points out our human failings/weaknesses.

Lit 8 - Monday, 5/13 - poetry vocab test on 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.

4/16/19

Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/17 - Vocab test on "legend" and "myth."

4/15/19

English 7 - Tuesday, 4/16 - test on tense and voice.

English 8 - Tuesday, 4/16 - test on tense and voice.

Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/17 - vocab test on "Legend" and "myth."

4/12/19

English 8 - Tuesday, 4/16 - Test on tense and voice.
English 7 - Tuesday, 4/16 - Test on tense and voice.
Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/17 - vocab test on "legend" and "myth"

4/10/19

Lit 7 - Due Thursday, 4/11 - Proofreading page 71, top and bottom.
Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/17 - Myth vocab test on "legend" and "myth."

4/9/19

Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/17 - Myth vocab test on "legend" and "myth."

4/8/19

Literature 8 - Due Tuesday, 4/9 - Journal check. Students should have 7 entries. I went over them today in class.

4/5/19

Lit 6 - Due Monday, 4/8- Proofreading page 35, top and bottom
Lit 6 Wednesday, 4/17 - myth vocab on "legend" and "myth."
Lit 8 - Due Monday, 4/8 - proofreading page 123, top and bottom.

4/4/19

Lit 6 Due Monday, 4/8 - Proofreading page 35, top and bottom.
Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/17 - myth vocab test of legend and myth.
Lit 8 0 Due Monday, 4/8 - Proofreading page 123, top and bottom.

4/2/19

Lit 8 - Wednesday, 4/3 - poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.
Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/3 - journal check. Students should have 4 entries. I went over them today in class.
Lit 6 - Wednesday, 4/17 - myth vocab test on "legend" and "myth."

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.

Myth: 

·        Stories about gods and heroes.

·        Deals with right/wrong.

·        Explains world in human terms.

·        Explains natural occurrences.

4/1/19

Lit 8 - Wednesday, 4/3 - poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.