Tuesday, October 21, 2014

 

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 34

 

1.      Number a paper 1 – 8.

a.       Complete Symbolism handout 1 – 8.

2.      Read “The Scarlet Ibis” pgs. 338 – end – add 10 more things to your list (so you have 20 total) - things we think may prove to be symbolic.

a.       Tomorrow we will decide which of these 20 things are symbols and which are non-symbolic.

3.      Open your books to page 333. Using the first 2 paragraphs, answer the 8 questions that follow AND TURN IN ON CENTER TABLE WHEN FINISHED

 

Right there questions:

1.        Between what two seasons does this story begin?

2.        What is the oriole nest compared to?

Think and Search

3.        Explain what all the colors in this passage suggest?

4.        What is making the narrator remember Doodle?

Author and You

5.        This opening paragraph has a grim tone to it. How do authors create appropriate tones for horror stories?

6.        The oriole images in this passage are sad, depressing. How could the author have created a different emotion using the same bird images?

On My Own

7.        Think about a sad moment in your life. What symbols/images would you use to help convey the sadness of this moment?

8.        What is your opinion of death?

 

4.      In order, list all the events that happened in the last half-hour of Doodle’s life (beginning on page 342 “As soon as I had finished eating…” until the end of the story)

 

ENGLISH homework:

 

·         Finish 2, 3, 4 (above) for homework

·         Study for Friday’s fill-in-the blank Prefix test (the next 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” list) including the following prefixes from your sheet = re-, retro-, se-, sub-, super-, trans-, un- (or uni-), un-, bas, cap (or capt), cred