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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011

ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 4

  1. Write your name, date, and hour on your homework and put it out in front of you (to be collected)
  2. If you do not have your book, WITHOUT ASKING ME, go to locker and get your Literature book (the purple one).
    1. Then write your name on the inside cover
  3. Begin writing a paragraph with the word “I…” (TO BE COLLECTED)
    1. But pretend you are a deer on opening day of hunting, tell us what is happening and what you are thinking (inner conflict).
                                                              i.      EXAMPLE: “I never look forward to opening day…”
1.      share on Elmo?
  1. 60 second PREVIEW of “The Most Dangerous Game” – formed first impressions of short story
Began reading “The Most Dangerous Game” in Literature book pgs. 16 - 24

Began writing 3 predictions/inferences from the story using the following format: “Because the story says…I predict..."

ENGLISH Homework:

Finish 3 inferences for tomorrow.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 4

Check homework: Recall an incident from your past, one that had a profound effect on you, changing the course of your life.  Write the story of this incident in “Once upon a time” fashion, like a fairy tale. Write it down in a few sentences or paragraphs.
With your homework, identify the actions that took place in the story.
a.       What actions caused these actions and in turn caused others?
b.      How did you use actions to tell the story of this incident?
c.       Did you tell the story in linear sequence, or was there a reason to tell some parts of the story out of sequence?
d.      What role, if any, did chance, coincidence, accident, fate, the weather, or dumb luck play in the story?
Read pages 752-753 from Elements of Literature and take notes. Next, read page 759.

PLAYWRITING homework:

None.

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