--Read chapters 5-8 of Things Fall Apart
--Complete your study guide for chapters 5-8 in your journal
--Turn in your signed grade printout
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Homework!
--Lesson 9 vocabulary note cards
--Turn in the contract for your research paper
--Study Guide for Chapters 1-4 of Things Fall Apart
--Turn in the contract for your research paper
--Study Guide for Chapters 1-4 of Things Fall Apart
Friday, January 11, 2008
Last homework of the semester (besides studying!)
--Write a practice essay in your journal... 5 paragraphs. Any topic!
Monday, January 7, 2008
2008 will be great!
It's final time! The focus of the next few classes will be on SKILLS that we have learned.
Homework - Write 20 vocabulary questions (for the final). Use the review sheet to study!
This is what you are working on (I passed this out in class today, but I'm posting it here in case anyone loses it):
Semester One Review – What Have You Learned So Far?
This is your chance to show me what you have learned… and possibly write your own test. I do not test by asking you random literal recall questions about books you read ages ago. It’s not fair and it’s not purposeful. I will test you on the skills you have acquired this semester.
In the next few classes, you will write questions that demonstrate your understanding of the following concepts. Today, you will work in pairs, using Maus for literary terms questions, theme, short answer and essay questions. In the next class period we meet, your group will choose a short story from the Points of View anthology, read it, then do the same thing.
Vocabulary
Literary Terms – you will have to be able to identify these. For example, I might give you a line from Romeo and Juliet and have you identify the literary device used in that line.
These are the terms we have had this year: characterization, conflict, metaphor, (point of view: first person, third person limited, third person omniscient), paradox, allusion, antagonist, dialogue, diction, epithet, hero, hyperbole, simile, stereotype, alliteration, assonance, climax, connotation, consonance, exposition, falling action, flashback, irony, symbol, epic, foil, epic simile, tone, denotation, foreshadowing, in medias res, onomatopoeia, meter, mood, allegory, comic relief, drama, dramatic irony, monologue, oxymoron, soliloquy, stanza, unreliable narrator, style, blank verse, couplet, elegy, enjambment, epigram, epitaph, free verse, haiku, limerick, sonnet, ballad, cliché, end rhyme, farce, foot, lyric, narrative poem, parody, personification, quatrain, act, fable, folk tale, homonym, homophone, legend, rhyme scheme, rhythm, scene, subplot
Other words – you’ll have to get the lists out! For example, I might ask you to define the word as used in a sentence, or have you choose the definition, or write a sentence using one or two of the words at a time.
Theme – you will read a piece of short fiction and you will identify its theme
Thesis statements – you will write an essay, possibly on the piece of short fiction, and you will have to use a clear thesis in the proper format
Using proper grammar – You may have to answer short questions on the piece of short fiction which show me that you know how to write with clarity, cohesiveness and maybe stylistic flair.
Writing – You will write an essay using the 5 paragraph format. Feel free to provide me with possible essay topics. Usually, I give students a choice of topics. I haven’t decided whether to have you respond to literature or have a topic for you.
Homework - Write 20 vocabulary questions (for the final). Use the review sheet to study!
This is what you are working on (I passed this out in class today, but I'm posting it here in case anyone loses it):
Semester One Review – What Have You Learned So Far?
This is your chance to show me what you have learned… and possibly write your own test. I do not test by asking you random literal recall questions about books you read ages ago. It’s not fair and it’s not purposeful. I will test you on the skills you have acquired this semester.
In the next few classes, you will write questions that demonstrate your understanding of the following concepts. Today, you will work in pairs, using Maus for literary terms questions, theme, short answer and essay questions. In the next class period we meet, your group will choose a short story from the Points of View anthology, read it, then do the same thing.
Vocabulary
Literary Terms – you will have to be able to identify these. For example, I might give you a line from Romeo and Juliet and have you identify the literary device used in that line.
These are the terms we have had this year: characterization, conflict, metaphor, (point of view: first person, third person limited, third person omniscient), paradox, allusion, antagonist, dialogue, diction, epithet, hero, hyperbole, simile, stereotype, alliteration, assonance, climax, connotation, consonance, exposition, falling action, flashback, irony, symbol, epic, foil, epic simile, tone, denotation, foreshadowing, in medias res, onomatopoeia, meter, mood, allegory, comic relief, drama, dramatic irony, monologue, oxymoron, soliloquy, stanza, unreliable narrator, style, blank verse, couplet, elegy, enjambment, epigram, epitaph, free verse, haiku, limerick, sonnet, ballad, cliché, end rhyme, farce, foot, lyric, narrative poem, parody, personification, quatrain, act, fable, folk tale, homonym, homophone, legend, rhyme scheme, rhythm, scene, subplot
Other words – you’ll have to get the lists out! For example, I might ask you to define the word as used in a sentence, or have you choose the definition, or write a sentence using one or two of the words at a time.
Theme – you will read a piece of short fiction and you will identify its theme
Thesis statements – you will write an essay, possibly on the piece of short fiction, and you will have to use a clear thesis in the proper format
Using proper grammar – You may have to answer short questions on the piece of short fiction which show me that you know how to write with clarity, cohesiveness and maybe stylistic flair.
Writing – You will write an essay using the 5 paragraph format. Feel free to provide me with possible essay topics. Usually, I give students a choice of topics. I haven’t decided whether to have you respond to literature or have a topic for you.
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