COLLECT HOMEWORK: Follow up on “eye” – Write the opening paragraph of a POE-LIKE story that introduces the disagreeable characteristic that you have tracked/counted these past few days…
FINISH completing the exercises on the back of this week’s vocabulary words handout (Lesson 3 – edifice, ambidextrous, etc.) - reviewed words, definitions, pronunciations
Hand back tests – place in classroom folder
Reviewed “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe - Why did Montressor repeatedly offer to let Fortunato leave the catacomb? What did Montressor “dislike” about Fortunado? Etc.
Take out your Literary Terms packet and review definitions of: mood, irony, foreshadowing, imagery
REMINDER: tomorrow: Open-notes test on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone”
Found and wrote out 8 examples (2 of each) of mood, irony, foreshadowing, imagery from “Cask of Amontillado” (pgs. 286 – 292 in textbook or http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html ) – DIRECTLY QUOTING THE TEXT- WORD FOR WORD for each example – TO BE COLLECTED
ENGLISH homework:
Finish “8 examples” assignment above
Open-notes test tomorrow on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone”
Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 3 – edifice, ambidextrous, etc.)
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PLAYWRITING – Day 25
Read another Christopher Durang short: “Canker Sores and Other Distractions”
Begin reading about PROPER script format and make appropriate changes to your script (time-permitting) using the website: http://www.playwriting101.com/
In the computer lab we continued scripting our 5 minute scene (approx. 5 pages) considering situation, conflict (real or imagined), journey, and theatricality – 5 PAGES MINIMUM – due Friday
PLAYWRITING homework:
5-minute script due Friday
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