Tuesday, October 11, 2011

1^st trimester – Day 23

Collect homework: 8 examples (2 of each) of mood, irony, foreshadowing, imagery from “Cask of Amontillado”

Number a paper 1 – 10…to take open-notes quiz (10 questions) on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone”

After turning in your test, begin completing the exercises on the back of this week’s vocabulary words handout (Lesson 3 – edifice, ambidextrous, etc.) - reviewed words, definitions, pronunciations

Read student work: yesterday’s POE-LIKE introductions

Watched short video of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and discussed the differences between the film adaptation and the written story

Begin homework: DIRECTIONS: Write a 3-word sentence (doer-doing-done to) like “Bayle collects shells” or “Jon hit the ball.” Next, expand it into a sentence of 15 words without losing the doer-doing-done to structure; Then again into a sentence of 35 words without losing the doer-doing-done to structure. And finally into a 100-word expansion…

As an example, here is a 15-word expansion for “Jon hit the ball.”

            In the middle of the sixth inning, Jon, the league leader, hit the curve ball.

Here’s a 35-word expansion example:

            In the middle of the sixth inning of a crucial game in last year’s pennant race, Jon, the league leader batting third, weakly but precisely hit on the nose the ball pitched with great velocity.

Here’s a 100-word expansion:

 In the middle of the sixth inning of a crucial game in last year’s pennant race, Jon, the league leader batting third, weakly but precisely hit on the nose the ball pitched with great velocity by the sure-to-be Hall of Fame hurler who had won his last five starts in an overwhelming fashion while going the whole nine innings and who therefore presented an intimidating image to anyone facing him, especially as the shadows lengthened over the mound, obscuring the mechanics of his delivery and rendering it difficult even to see the spheroid as it curved its sinuous way toward the plate.

Homework:

Finish writing your simple sentence (3 or 4 words) into 15-word, 35-word, and 100-word expansions (see above for details)

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