12/10/20

 Reminder:

Wednesday, 12/16, lit 8 and lit 6 have vocab tests.

12/9/20

 Lit 8 - Thursday, 12/10 - Journal check. Students should have the following entries:

10/13 - Best Present

10.19 - Change the World

10/22 - Country

10.27 Anger

11/2 - Tell?

11/9 - Real me?

11/12 - Values

11/30 - Help

12/7 - Eve

Reminders - Wednesday, 12/16 - 6th and 8th grade vocab tests.

12/8/20

 Wednesday, 12/16 - vocab tests for 6th and 8th grades. Please make sure to make arrangements with me to take the test early if you will not be in school on the 16th.

6th - humorous commentary - anecdote

8th - Irony - caricature.

12/7/2020

 Lit 7 - Tuesday, 12/8 - Journal check. Students should have 5 entries - 

10/13 - secrets

10/16 - Fly/Land

10/23 - Survive?

11/3 - Inner-strength

11/17 - Poem - 16 lines, rhyming "Lost in the woods"\

Reminder Lit 8 and 6 - Wednesday, 12.16 - vocab tests

Lit 6  - humorous commentary - anecdote

Lit 8 - Irony - caricature

12/4/20

 Lit 7 - Tuesday, 12/8 - Journal check. Students should have 5 entries:

10/3 Secrets

10/16 Fly/Land

10/23 Survive?

11/3 Inner-strength

11/17 Poem -16 lines, rhyming, about being lost in the woods.

12/3/20

 Reminders:

Wednesday, 12/16 - vocab tests

Literature 6 - humorous commentary - anecdote

Literature 8 - Irony - caricature.

12/2/20

Please note: If you are going to be leaving early for Christmas break, please make arrangements with me to take the short story vocab test before you leave for the break. Thank you for your cooperation. God bless. 

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 12/19 - Short story vocab test on Irony - caricature:

Irony: Figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. Lighter than sarcasm.

Dramatic Irony: A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true.

Irony of situation: An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character or the reader.

Allusion: Reference in a work of literature to person, place, or thing in another work such as literature, music, history, painting, or mythology. Adds meaning to the story.

Willing suspension of disbelief: Reader voluntarily agrees to set aside what he knows to be true and accept what is presented as reality in the story.

Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words of a phrase. Consonant is picked to enhance meaning. (Huge, hooting, howling, hissing, horrible, bellow)

Point of view: The way an author chooses to see and tell a story.

First-person narrative: A character tells the story referring to himself as "I" and presenting only what he knows about events.

Inference: Reasonable conclusion one can draw from facts or evidence given.

Caricature: The distortion or exaggeration of the peculiarities in a character’s personality. Often for humorous effect.

 

11/30/20

Please note - If you are leaving early for Christmas break, please have your child make arrangements to take the test before you leave for Christmas break. Thank you for your cooperation. God bless.

 Literature 6 - Wednesday, 12/16 - Nonfiction vocab test on 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.

11/18/2020

 Tomorrow, Thursday, 11/19 - 6th, 7th, and 8th grade vocabulary tests!

6th - biography - humorous essay

7th - climax - symbol

8th - oxymoron - surprise ending

11/16/20

 Reminders:

Thursday, 11/19 - Literature vocab tests.

8th - oxymoron - surprise ending

7th - climax - symbol

6th - biography - humorous essay

11/12/20

 Reminders:

Thursday, 11/19 - Vocab tests

lit 6 - Biography - humorous essay

Lit 7 - Climax - symbol

Lit 8 - Oxymoron - surprise ending

11/9/20

 Reminders: 

Tuesday, 11/10 - English 8 adjective unit test

Thursday, 11/12 - English 7 adjective unit test

Thursday, 11/19 - vocab tests

Lit 6: biography - humorous essay

Lit 7: Climax - symbol

Lit 8: oxymoron - surprise ending.

11/6/20

 English 7 - Thursday, 11/12 - Adjective unit test. Folders are due at time of test. 

Reminder - English 8 adjective unit test is Tuesday, 11/10.

11/5/20

 English 8 - Tuesday, 11/10 - Adjective unit test. Folders due at time of test. Folders should have workbook exercises 10 - 18 and page 338 - "Adjective Challenge" on loose leaf. 

Reminder for lit 6, 7, and 8 - Vocab test on Thursday, 11/19

6th - biography - humorous essay

7th - climax - symbol

8th - /oxymoron - surprise ending.

11/3/20

 Literature 7 - Thursday, 11/19 - Novel vocab test: climax - symbol:

Climax: That point in the story where you know that the dilemma has been resolved.

Denouement: What happens as a result of the dilemma being resolved.

Antagonists: Forces creating the dilemma. Must have both positive and negative forces or there is no dilemma. They can be a person, thing, situation, or belief.

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.

Parable: Short tale that illustrates a universal truth, a belief that appeals to all people.

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

Symbol: Something that has meaning in itself and also stands for or represents something else. (American flag – patriotism, Dove – peace, Crucifix – our faith)

 Literature 6 - Thursday, 11/19 - Nonfiction vocab test: Biography - humorous essay:

Biography: The story of someone’s life told by someone else. The subject is known and of interest to other people. Tells you the facts of the subject’s life and explains what these facts mean.

Narrative essay: A short nonfiction composition that tells a story that may focus on a character other than the writer.

Descriptive essay: A short nonfiction composition that uses vivid sensory details to describe people or places.

Personal essay: A short nonfiction composition that gives an informal account of an episode from a person’s own life.

Reflective essay: A short nonfiction composition that presents a writer’s thought about ideas or experiences.

Persuasive essay: A short nonfiction composition where a series of arguments are presented to convince readers to believe or act in a certain way.

Humorous essay: A short nonfiction composition meant to amuse readers. Writers sometimes create humor by contrasting the reality of the situation with the character’s mistaken views of what is happening.

11/2/20

 Literature 8 - Thursday, 11/19 - short story vocab test: oxymoron - surprise ending.

Oxymoron: Figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined for a certain effect. (Bittersweet, horribly good.)

Connotation: An emotional impact of a word or phrase beyond its literal meaning.

Science Fiction: A literary genre that deals with people or worlds that do not exist in our reality. Based loosely on scientific principles.

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.

 Chronological Order: The order in which events actually occur in time.

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

Red herring: False clue meant to mislead.

Foil: Anyone serving to set off/contrast someone different or superior.

Symbol: Something that has meaning in itself and also stands for or represents something else. (American flag – patriotism, Dove – peace, Crucifix – our faith)

Surprise ending: Unexpected twist at the end of a story that you did not predict. Must be believable. Use of foreshadowing to hint at the surprise so it is believable.

10/29/20

 Literature 6 - Monday, 11/2/20 - Journal check. Students should have 6 entries. I went over them today in class.

10/8 - Annie/Russell?

10/13 - Travel agency advertisement

10/14 - Help

10/22 - Pet

10/27 - Descriptive essay

10/29 - New Kid (1/2 page)

10/9/20

 Reminder - 

English 8 - Tuesday, 10/13 - Noun Unit test.

10/8/20

 Reminder:

English 8 - Tuesday, 10/13 - Noun unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

10/7/20

 Reminder: English 7 - Thursday, 10/8 - Noun unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

English 8 - Tuesday, 10/13 - Noun unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

10/6/20

 Reminder - 

English 7 - Thursday, 10/8 - Noun unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

10/5/20

Lit 7 -  Reminder- Tuesday, 10/6 - journal check

Lit 8 - Tuesday, 10/6 - Journal check. Students should have 5 entries:

9/3 - Story

9/8 - Change

9/15 - Too Difficult

9/21 - Problems

10/5 - Fit in

10/2/20

English 7 - Thursday, 10/8 - Noun unit test. English folders are due at time of test.

 Literature 7 - Tuesday, 10/6 - Journal check. I went over the entries today in class.

8/27 - Ideal Life

9/8 - Worst Sin?

9/11 - Lottery

9/15 - Kino or Juana?

10/2 - Want

Literature 6 reminder - Monday, 10/5, journal check. See Thursday's, 10/1, blog for entries.

10/1/2020

 Literature 6 - Monday, 10/5 - Journal check. I went over the specific requirements for each entry today in class. Students should have 5 entries since I graded it last:

9/21 - Stonehenge

9/22 - Mummy #1770

9/29 - Heritage

9/30 - Nature

10/1 - Tolerance

9/23/20

 Literature 8 - Friday, 9/25 - Simple Solutions Lessons 6, 7, and 8 due. These were done in class.

Literature 7 - Friday, 9/25 - Simple Solutions books will be collected. Students should have done Lessons 7, 8, 9, and 10 in class already. They will be doing Lesson 11 on Friday morning. I will be grading Lessons 6 - 11. 

9/21/20

 Reminders:

Tomorrow, Tuesday, 9/22, vocab tests for literature 6, 7, and 8.

Lit 8 - protagonist - title

Lit 7 - genre - dilemma

Lit 6 - genre - autobiography

9/17/20

 Reminders - Tuesday, 9/22 - vocab tests

Lit 8 - protagonist - title

Lit 7 - genre - dilemma

Lit 6 - genre - autobiography.

9/15/20

 Reminders:

Lit 8 - Tuesday, 9/22 - short story vocab test on protagonist - title.

Lit 7 - Tuesday, 9/22 - novel vocab test on genre - dilemma

Lit 6 - Tuesday, 9/22 - nonfiction vocab test on genre - autobiography.

9/11/20

 Reminder:

Literature 7 - Tuesday, 9/22 - Novel vocab test on genre - dilemma. Students must memorize the complete definition. 

Novel Vocabulary

Genre: A group, type, or classification of Literature. (Novel, Poetry, etc.)

Plot: What happens in a story. Multiple plots and subplots in a novel

Setting: Where the story takes place. Includes description and sensory images. Multiple settings in a novel.

Title: Name of story. Often an important key into the meaning of the story.

Characterization: Drawing of three-dimensional characters including looks, personality, character traits.

Dilemma: A struggle between opposing forces. The conflict can be internal or external. It’s often a problem the protagonist needs to solve or a realization that he needs to have.

Lit 8 - Tuesday, 9/22 - short story vocab test - protagonist - title

Lit 6 - Tuesday, 9/22 - nonfiction vocab test - genre - autobiography.

9/10/20

 Grade 8 - Friday, 9/11, Simple Solutions, Lessons 1-5, are due. These lessons were all done in class.

Grade 7 - Friday, 9/11 - Simple Solutions, Lessons 1-6 are due. These lessons were all done in class.

9/9/20

 Reminders:

Lit 6 - Tuesday, 9/22, nonfiction vocab test on genre - autobiography.

Lit 7 - Tuesday, 9/22, novel vocab test on genre - dilemma

Lit 8 - Tuesday, 9/22, short story vocab test on protagonist - title.

English 7 and 8 - I will be collecting Simple Solutions workbooks to grade. Tomorrow, I will post the specific lessons in Simple Solutions that should be complete. 

9/8/20

 Literature 6 - Wednesday, 9/9, journal check. I will collect the literature journals (Composition books)  tomorrow. Students should have the following in their journals:

8/26 - Letter - Full page

9/2  - Page 587 - Astronaut or science reporter? Full page

9/3 - Bedroom description - 1/2 page

9/8 - Good side - Full page

Literature 8 - Tuesday, 9/22, short story vocab test on protagonist - title:

Short Story Vocabulary

Protagonist: The main character of the story. Can be one person or a group of people. Always faces a dilemma and present in the climax. Always has some revelation or realization that he needs to have.

Dilemma: A struggle between opposing forces. The conflict can be internal or external. It’s often a problem the protagonist needs to solve or a realization that he needs to have.

Climax: That point in the story where you know that the protagonist has resolved his dilemma. It must be a direct quote from the story. The protagonist must be present in the climax.

Denouement: What happens as a result of the protagonist solving his dilemma. Not every story has one.

Antagonists: Forces upon the Protagonist creating his dilemma. Must have both positive and negative forces or there is no dilemma. They can be a person, thing, situation, or belief.

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.

Characterization: A drawing of three-dimensional characters that include looks, personality, character traits. In a short story it needs to be done quickly.

Plot: What happens in a story. Limited in a short story.

Setting: Where the story takes place. Includes description and sensory images.

Title: Name of the story. Often an important key into the meaning of the story.

9/4/20

 Literature 7 - Tuesday, September 22 - Novel vocab test on genre - dilemma. I only give the students the words, and they have to write out the complete definition for each word. Students were given a hard copy of the vocabulary, and it should be in their literature binders under the "Novel Vocab" tab. It is also posted on the school website under the literature link. I have also posted the words below:

Novel Vocabulary

Genre: A group, type, or classification of Literature. (Novel, Poetry, etc.)

Plot: What happens in a story. Multiple plots and subplots in a novel

Setting: Where the story takes place. Includes description and sensory images. Multiple settings in a novel.

Title: Name of story. Often an important key into the meaning of the story.

Characterization: Drawing of three-dimensional characters including looks, personality, character traits.

Dilemma: A struggle between opposing forces. The conflict can be internal or external. It’s often a problem the protagonist needs to solve or a realization that he needs to have.

9/3/20

 Literature 6 - Tuesday, September 22 - Nonfiction vocabulary test on "genre" through "autobiography." On the test, students will just be given the vocab words, and they must write out the complete definition. Students were given a hard copy of the nonfiction vocabulary, and it should be in their lit binders under the "Nonfiction Vocab" tab. It is also posted on the school website under the literature link. I am also including the words below:

Nonfiction Vocabulary

Genre: A group, type, or classification of Literature. (Short Story, Poetry, etc.)

Letter: A written communication from one person to another. In personal letters writer shares information, thoughts, and feelings with one other person.

Journal: A daily account of events and the writer’s thoughts and feelings about those events.

Media accounts: Reports, explanations, opinions, and descriptions written for television, radio, newspapers, and magazines.

Essay: A short piece of nonfiction in which a writer presents a personal view of a topic.

Expository essay: A short, nonfiction piece that explains or gives information about a topic.

Autobiography: The story of a person’s life written by that person. Includes key events of a person’s life and reveals his struggles, values, and ideas.

9/1/20

 Literature 7 and 8 students need to bring in a novel to read when my classes are being covered by someone else. They will be doing a reading journal where they will record major plot points, setting, characters, and theme as they are reading. This will be done on loose leaf and turned in for a grade. 

English 7 and 8 students should be bringing their English notes home every night that we have class to study and review what we have covered. Parents - please check your child's yellow English folder for grades on returned papers. 

3/13/20

Reminders:
Lit 7 - Due Tuesday, 3/17 - "Where Was God?" essay .
Tuesday, 3/24 - Drama vocab test on costuming - flash-pot.
Lit 8 - Tuesday, 3/24 - Poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 3/31 - Myth vocab test on "Legend" and  "Myth."

3/12/20

Reminder: All students must log in to my google classroom. Students were given the class code and were told to put it in their agendas.
Lit 7 -  Due Tuesday, 3/17 - Essay (3 paragraphs) titled "Where Was God?" Students should discuss why they think God did not seem to answer the prayers of the Jews during the Holocaust. We did discuss this assignment in class.

3/9/20

Literature 6 - Tuesday, 3/31, 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.

3/6/20

Literature 8 - Tuesday, March 24 - Poetry vocab test on connotation - rhythm.
Literature 7 - Tuesday, March 24, drama vocab test on costuming -- flash-pot.

3/3/20

Lit 8 - Tuesday, March 24 - 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.

Lit 7 - Tuesday, March 24 - Drama vocab test on 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.

3/2/20

Lit 7 - Tuesday, 3/3 - Journal check.

2/27/20

Lit 7 - Tuesday. 3/3, journal check. Students should have the following 4 entries:
1/24 - Reputation - What is your reputation? Students should talk about their reputations with parents, teachers, and friends. Is your reputation what you want it to be? How can you improve it?
2/4 - Page 681 - How well does Scrooge live up to the promise he makes to change and keep Christmas in his heart all year long?
2/18 - Diary entry
2/27 - Diary entry
While we are reading a play based on Anne Frank's diary, students' journal entries will be in the form of diary entries. They should write about what is going on in their lives and what they think and feel about what is going on.

2/24/20

English 7 reminder: Tuesday, 2/25 - Sentence unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

2/21/20

Lit 6 - Monday, 2/24 - Journal check. Students should have 8 entries.
English 7 - Tuesday, 2/25 - Sentence unit test. Folders are due at test time.

2/20/20

Lit 6 Monday, 2/24 - Journal check. Students should have 8 entries. I went over them in class today.
English 7 - Tuesday, 2/25 - Sentence Unit test. Folders due at test time.

2/19/20

English 7 - Tuesday, 2/25 - Sentence Unit test. Folders are due at time of test.

2/18/20

English 8 - Wednesday, 2/19 - Sentence Unit test and folders due.

2/13/20

English 8 - The Sentence unit test has been moved to Wednesday, 2/19.

2/12/20

English 8 - Tuesday, 2/18 - Sentence Unit test. Folders will be due at time of test. 

2/6/2020

Dear Parents,

Please do not send your child to school with gum. As per our handbook, a child who is chewing gum will receive a conduct warning. Thank you for your support.

1/29/20

Reminder: Thursday, 1/30 - drama vocab test on genre - dialogue.

Dear Parents,
Please check your child's school supplies. Many students are out of loose leaf paper and are borrowing it from other students on a regular basis. Thank you for your support. 

1/27/20

Reminders:
Lit 8 - Tuesday, 1/28 - short story vocab test on irony - caricature.
Lit 7 - Thursday, 1/30 - drama vocab test on genre - dialogue.
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 1/28 - nonfiction vocab test on humorous commentary - anecdote.

1/24/20

Reminders:
Lit 8: Tuesday, 1/28 - short story vocab test on irony - caricature.
Lit 7 - Thursday, 1/30 - drama vocab test on genre - dialogue.
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 1/28 - nonfiction vocab test on humorous commentary - anecdote.

1/22/20

Reminders:
Lit 8 - Tuesday, 1/28 - Short story vocab test on irony - caricature.
Lit 7 - Thursday, 1/30 - drama vocab test on genre - dialogue.
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 1/28 - nonfiction vocab test on humorous commentary - anecdote.

1/17/20

English 7 - Wednesday, 1/22, - test on classifying sentences according to use: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.
Reminder:
Lit 7 Journal check on Tuesday, 1/21.

1/16/20

Literature 7 - Tuesday, 1/21 - Journal check. I went over the entries today in class. Students should have 6 entries.
10/11-  Hatchet
10/18 - Ideal Life
11/5 - Lottery
11/14 - Kino or Juana?
11/26 - Theme of The Pearl
1/17 - Chains (We will be doing this in class tomorrow, 1/17)
Reminders:
 Lit 8 Tuesday, 1/28 - short story vocab test on irony - caricature
Lit 7 - Thursday, 1/30 - drama vocab test on genre - dialogue
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 1/28 - nonfiction vocab test on humorous commentary - anecdote.

1/15/20

Lit 7 - Thursday, 1/30 - drama vocab test on genre - dialogue:

Drama Vocabulary

 Genre: A group, type, or classification of literature (Drama, short story, etc.).

Characterization: The developing of three-dimensional characters: not just what the person looks like, but who they are on the inside, what kind of person they are, what they stand for and believe. A good author shows you the personality through what a person says and does.

Casting: Picking the right person for the role.

Setting: Not just where and when the story takes place, but all of the visual details that make up the look of the drama. Limited by time, space, and money.

Staging: Creating the illusion of the setting.

Director: The person who translates the drama from the written word in to visual.

Dialogue: The words the character speaks.

1/14/20

Lit 6 - Wednesday, 1/15 - Journal check. Students should have 4 entries. I went over them today in class.
Reminders:
Lit 8 Wednesday, 1/15 - Journal check
Lit 8 - Tuesday, 1/28 - Short story vocab test on irony - caricature
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 1/28 - Nonfiction vocab test on humorous commentary - anecdote.

1/13/20

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 1/15, - journal check. Students should have 13 entries. I went over the entries today in class.
Reminders:
Lit 8 - Tuesday, 1/28 - short story vocab on irony - caricature.
Lit 6 - Tuesday, 1/28 - nonfiction vocab on humorous commentary - anecdote.

1/10/20

Lit 8 - Tuesday, 1/28 - short story vocab test on irony - caricature:

Irony: Figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. Lighter than sarcasm.

Dramatic Irony: A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true.

Irony of situation: An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character or the reader.

Allusion: Reference in a work of literature to person, place, or thing in another work such as literature, music, history, painting, or mythology. Adds meaning to the story.

Willing suspension of disbelief: Reader voluntarily agrees to set aside what he knows to be true and accept what is presented as reality in the story.

Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words of a phrase. Consonant is picked to enhance meaning. (Huge, hooting, howling, hissing, horrible, bellow)

Point of view: The way an author chooses to see and tell a story.

First-person narrative: A character tells the story referring to himself as "I" and presenting only what he knows about events.

Inference: Reasonable conclusion one can draw from facts or evidence given.

Caricature: The distortion or exaggeration of the peculiarities in a character’s personality. Often for humorous effect.

1/9/20

Literature 6 - Tuesday, 1/28, nonfiction vocab test on 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.

1/6/20

English 8 - Tuesday, 1/7/20 - Test on classification of sentences according to use: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.