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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thursday, October 13, 2011

1st trimester – Day 25

WARMUP: On a paper, create 7 fill-in-blank sentences using 7 different vocabulary words from this week’s list (as preparation for tomorrow’s test)

PICKUP: Please pick up any graded assignments this hour on the side counter.

From memory, try to define all 3 types of irony underneath your 7 fill-in-blank sentences.

Discussed “irony” while looking at PowerPoint of cartoon examples of irony for inspiration

Added verbal irony to an excerpt of “The Cask of Amontillado”

Current class grades on all screens

Reviewed yesterday’s POV paper pdf’s on Elmo, discuss

World’s Thinnest Book assignment:

            What’s the name of a book that the following characters have no authority to write:

1.      Montresor ex. The American Girl’s Guide to Lasting Friendships
2.      Fortunato
3.      Luchesi
4.      Edgar Allan Poe
5.      John Allan
6.      Montresor’s servants
7.      The trowel
8.      The catacomb
9.      Fortunato’s jingling bells
10.  The bricks or mortar

Homework:

World’s Thinnest Book assignment (10 titles; 1 for each character listed above) – TO BE COLLECTED Friday (not today)

Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 3 – edifice, ambidextrous, etc.)

Complete “The Cask of Amontillado” packet with an open book (21 questions) – due Monday

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