Monday, February 2, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 35

1.      Using your Literary Terms packet, review the definitions of symbols and inferences.

2.      Write down what you think the cask in “The Cask of Amontillado” symbolized.

1. What other 5 things in the story might be considered symbols?
2. What other “casks” can you think of?
3. What is your “cask”?

                                                              i.      What are your goals? Dreams? What are you willing to risk in order to get it?

                                                            ii.      What if you find out that, like the Amontillado, your dream doesn’t exist? What if it will cost you your life to get it?

4. What is Poe trying to warn you about?
5. What does Fortunato’s death suggest about our own casks/focused intents?
6. Fortunato’s PRIDE/EGO is his ultimate downfall.

                                                              i.      What are other downfalls that people initially think are strengths?

3. PREVIEW the story on pages 333 – 338, “The Scarlet Ibis.”
4. Began reading the first half ONLY of “The Scarlet Ibis” pgs. 333 – 338 – paying special attention to the symbols - list 10 things that MIGHT BE SYMBOLS
5. Using the following format, write down 2 predictions about what you think will ultimately happen in “The Scarlet Ibis” (pg. 333) based on what you have read so far. Use this format for your predictions:
1. Because the story says, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________, I predict __________________________________.

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         Finish #4 and 5 (above)

·         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 = dict - therm

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 35

Collect homework: Open-notes, take-home test on Act 1 of Romeo & Juliet

Take Romeo & Juliet Act 1 Quotations test – “WHO SAID IT?”

COMPLETE # 1 – 5 below (TO BE COLLECTED)

1.      After turning in your test, use the list (in your textbooks) on page 805 and definition on page 1245 to write down 3 sets of foils from Romeo & Juliet (not including the example on page 1245 J)

2.      Write down what proof you have that each set of characters (that you listed above) are foils?

3.      Before reading Act 2, look at the 4 famous lines on pg. 846, lines 33-36 and paraphrase them into 4 easy to understand lines.

Read Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2 (pages 843-853)

4.      Write down what 4 things are being compared in the extended metaphor lines 177-184 (pg. 852)

5.        Draw a SMALL PICTURE of the following Shakespearean (extended) metaphor from Romeo and Juliet Act 2.2:

 

ROMEO
25                                                                   She speaks!
26   O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
27   As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
28   As is a winged messenger of heaven
 29   Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
30   Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
31   When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds
32   And sails upon the bosom of the air.

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

Finish 1 – 5 (above)

Friday, January 30, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 34

·         Collect yesterday’s classwork:

o   12 definitions + questions/answer key

o   Poe poster (with 20 titles and 4 character characteristics – STAPLED TO POSTER)

·         Collect:

• Completed vocabulary sheet (ex. I & II)

·         TAKE vocabulary test first…

• Take the “Cask of Amontillado” test.

·         After TURNING it in…

• On a clean sheet of paper, each student is to compose a NEW 3-word, then 15-word, then 35-word, then 100-word sentence (according to the same rules we used the other day.)
• The KEY RULE is they may not add another A, B, or C (subject, verb, or object)

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         Finish 3, 15, 35, 100-word sentences for Monday

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 34

1.      Finish OPEN-BOOK TAKE-HOME TEST (worth nearly 5 homework assignments).

2.      Complete a,b,c,d,e (below)…

a.       Choose one of the following characters from Romeo and Juliet.

·   1. Capulet 2. Lady Capulet 3. Nurse 4. Romeo 5. Juliet 6. Tybalt 7. Paris

b.      In one sentence, explain how this character would have behaved DIFFERENTLY than you (in some made up situation).

c.       In another sentence, explain why this character would have behaved DIFFERENTLY than you.

d.      Write up one sentence with a comma splice in it, then fix it with a FANBOYS and circle the FANBOY.

e.       Write up one sentence with an AAAWWUBBIS and circle the AAAWWUBBIS.

·   TO BE COLLECTED

3.      Take practice quotations test (from classroom blog)

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

·         Finish Act 1 packet (take-home test)

·         Study Romeo & Juliet Act 1 quotes on blog entry for Friday’s test…”Who Said It”

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 33

TO BE COLLECTED: With your literary terms handout, a phone, and/or a dictionary, write down the definitions and a test question (and answer) for the following 12 terms:

impunity
absconded
premeditated*
motley
surmounted
vowed
revenge
coat of “arms”
foreshadowing*
point of view*
imagery*
irony*

Complete the exercises on the backside of your vocabulary handout

Choose your favorite 6 or 7 titles and make a poster that looks like a stack of books.

You must include the AUTHOR’S NAME on each book.

• Staple your poster to last night’s homework (list of 20 titles).
• Write your name, date, hour on the back of your poster

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

Complete the exercises on the backside of your vocabulary handout (due tomorrow)

To study for Friday’s “The Cask of Amontillado” test (20 questions)

Study the use of the following terms/ideas in the story:

• impunity, absconded, premeditated, motley, surmounted, vowed revenge, coat of arms, foreshadowing, point of view, imagery, irony

Choose your favorite 6 or 7 titles and create a poster that looks like a stack of books.

• You must include the AUTHOR’S NAME on each book.
• Staple your poster to last night’s homework (list of 20 titles).
• Write your name, date, hour on the back of your poster

 Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 4: elude, fallow, blight…)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 33 

Number a paper 1 – 15. Read the following 15 quotes; without using your books, write down WHO SAID IT.

1.      Draw if you be men, Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

2.      I do but keep the peace.

3.      From those bloody hands, throw your mistempered weapons to the ground.

4.      My noble uncle, do you know the cause?

5.      In sadness cousin, I do love a woman.

6.      Go, sirrah, trudge about through fair Verona; find those persons out whose names are written there

7.      And if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine.

8.      Nurse, give leave awhile.

9.      And then my husband (God be with his soul!)

10.  Her wagoner, a gray-coated gnat

11.  She that makes dainty, she I’ll swear hath corns.

12.  For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night

13.  To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.

14.  You are a saucy boy.

15.  Go ask his name

 

ANSWER KEY: 1. Sampson 2. Benvolio 3. Prince 4. Benvolio 5. Romeo 6. Lord Capulet 7. Servant (no first name) 8. Lady Capulet 9. Nurse 10. Mercutio 11. Lord Capulet 12. Romeo 13. Tybalt 14. Lord Capulet 15. Juliet

ANNOUNCE that today’s open-book, take-home test packet will be graded AS A TEST GRADE and…

• is worth nearly 5 homework assignments.
• will require that you use your textbook glossary that begins on page 1240
• is due FRIDAY (not tomorrow)

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5: 

Study for Friday’s “Who Said It” test – use the below samples as a place to start:

Open- book, take-home test-packet on Act 1 due Friday

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 32

PD – DELAYED START SHORTENED CLASSES 2015

1.      Collect homework: subtext 1-20…

2.      Using your book (and your memory) write down any 4 things you learned about each character listed below:…(40 things total)…

1. Montresor
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

3.      Next, write down 2 silly book titles for each…(20 titles total)

(details) WORLD’S THINNIEST BOOK ASSIGNMENT (IRONIC BOOK TITLES):

·         Do this for all 10 authors/characters…

·         IMPORTANT:  Your titles MAY NOT include…

·         “How to…” or

·         “Dummies Guide to…” or

·         “Idiot’s Guide to…”

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         Finish the World’s Thinnest Book assignment

o   For each of the 10 characters

§  List 4 things we know about each of them

·         (40 total)

§  Create 2 book titles for each of the 10 characters

·         (20 titles total)

·         Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 4: elude, fallow, blight…)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 32

1.      Complete 1 – 20 – “The Comma Count is 32” – will review answers this week

2.      Watch OLD video: Act 1

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

Study for Friday’s “Who Said It” test – use the below samples as a place to start:

Monday, January 26, 2015

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 31

1.      Pick up this week’s vocabulary words (#4)

2.      DEFINITION: Foreshadowing: planting clues about what will happen later in a story

a.       Reviewed foreshadowing quotes we found before from “The Cask of Amontillado.”

3.      TO BE COLLECTED: Complete 2 handouts on FORESHADOWING.

4.      DEFINITION: Subtext: what we imagine a person is thinking while they say or do something else.

a.       ADD TO the bottom of YOUR FORESHADOWING ANSWERS: Choose 20 different points in the story, beginning on pg. 288 and ending at “…the clamorer grew still.” (pg. 292) For each of your 20 points,

                                                  i.      write down a line/sentence of the story…word for word, then

                                                ii.      ADD SUBTEXT from Fortunato’s point of view.

1.      Finish for homework.

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

Number a paper 1 – 20…choose 20 points in the story, beginning on pg. 288 and ending at “…the clamorer grew still.” (pg. 292) For each point, (a) quote the text and then (b) ADD SUBTEXT from Fortunato’s point of view.

Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (Lesson 4: elude, fallow, blight…)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 31

o   Using your book, list 6 different things that happened in Act 1.5.

·         A brief summary of Act 1.5 from:

http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html

Act 1, Scene 5: At Capulet's house, Romeo and his friends enter as preparations are being made for the dancing. The musicians are tuning up, and the servants are hurrying to clear away the remains of the feast. . . . Capulet enters, greets the masked strangers, and invites them to dance. Romeo sees Juliet and says to himself that this is the first time he's seen true beauty. Tybalt recognizes Romeo and sends for his sword, but Capulet orders Tybalt to do nothing. Saying that he'll make Romeo pay, Tybalt leaves. . . . Romeo holds Juliet's hand, and begs a kiss, which she gives him. They kiss again, and then both are called away. As everyone is leaving, they each learn the name of the other, and they each exclaim upon the fate that has made each fall in love with his/her enemy.

·         Write an example of a compound sentence.

• What makes it “compound”?

Comma notes:

·         Discussed the evil comma splice and how to eliminate it from sentences

o   (INCORRECT): The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, she is rather tall.

o   (CORRECT): The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, FANBOYS she is rather tall.

§  For: cause/effect
And: addition
Nor: choice
But: contrast
Or: choice
Yet: contrast
So: result

·         Practice identifying comma splices

ADD TO NOTES:

a.       AAAWWUBBIS – After, Although, As, While, When, Until, Before, Because, If, Since) at the beginning of one of the independent clauses and joining the two independent clauses.

b.      Add 2 of the following 4 examples TO YOUR NOTES: 

1. If you do not understand the directions, you can read them again.
2. Before you write the sentence, you should read other people's sentences.
3. After you have read them all, you can try to use a different AAAWWUBBIS word.
4. Although you may not understand all this, you can follow the examples.

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

Study for Friday’s “Who Said It” test – use the below samples as a place to start:

Friday, January 23, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 30 

Take Prefix test #3

·         Take out your 15-word sentence from yesterday.

·         Write down these 7 labels into your NOTES:

o   1.when 2.who 3.which one 4.what kind 5.where 6.how 7.why

·         Remember the RULE:

o   When expanding your sentence, you may not ADD and an A, B, or C.

·         Now, expand your 15-word sentence into a sentence of 35 words without losing the A, B, C (doer-doing-done to) structure…then expand it to 100 words…same rules.

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

none

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 30

1. Write down 7 important quotations from 7 different characters from Romeo & Juliet Act 1. (pages 807 - 839)

2.  Watch Act 1 on video 

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

None

Thursday, January 22, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 29

Collect homework: Questions 1 – 9 (Cask of Amontillado)

·         Watch short videos of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe (Flocabulary, short film pts. 1&2)

·         Take out a clean piece of paper…

DIRECTIONS:

1. Write a 3-word sentence (doer-doing-done to) like:

“Bayle collects shells” or “Jon hit the ball.”

2. LABEL the 3 parts: A, B, C
3. RULE: You may not ADD an A or a B or a C.
4. Next, expand it into a sentence of 15 words without losing the doer-doing-done to structure.
1. 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.

NOTE: The writer answered WHEN (sixth inning)?

WHO (the league leader)? WHAT KIND (curve)?

5. Expand your same sentence to 35-words…same rules.

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         Study for Friday’s fill-in-the blank Prefix test #3 (the next 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” list) including the following prefixes from your sheet = # 23 – #33 (re – cred)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 29 

Take Dramatic Literary Terms test)

TO BE COLLECTED:

1.      Sketch a simple picture of Queen Mab and her carriage according to Mercutio’s description.

2.      ADD 10 quotes to each piece of your drawing…

§  Next to each detail you drew, write in the word-for-word quotation from the speech that told you what to draw…

·         For example:

1.      “Her wagoner, a small, gray-coated gnat”

2.      “Her whip, of cricket’s bone; the lash, of film”

After turning in your drawing and without opening your book, name 4 things you guess will happen when Romeo & his posse crash the Capulet party? 

Read Act 1.5, pgs. 833 - 839

·         TO BE COLLECTED TOMORROW (staple these together)…

1.      Answers to questions 1 - 10 (from yesterday)

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

Finish your drawing of Queen Mab and her carriage (see page 830-831 for 10 details)

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 28

·         TAKE POE TEST:

·         Look over your 11 prefixes…then…on a clean paper, draw a T-chart with 3 columns (labeled: prefix, meaning, example) and number it 1 - 11…then, from memory, try to fill in all the blanks.

·         Take out a blank piece of lined paper

• Divide “The Cask of Amontillado” story into 4 sections (pg. 288, pg. 289, pgs. 290-291, pg. 292)

·         For each of the following pages, write down the 7 most important things on each page (28 total) of “The Cask of Amontillado.” page 288, 289, 290-291, 292

Write down a theme for “The Cask of Amontillado.” In other words, what do you think the author hoped we would learn about life after reading his story?

• Nothing obvious…do not write that we should not go to carnivals. This is NOT theme. Themes are deeper than that.

·         Finish the 9-question “The Cask of Amontillado” assignment

• TO BE COLLECTED TOMORROW

Answer the following questions about “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

1. Why did Montressor repeatedly offer to let Fortunato leave the catacomb?
2. What did Montressor “dislike” about Fortunato?
3. Why did Montressor keep mentioning the niter?
4. Who was Luchesi and what was his profession?
5. Draw a picture of Montressor’s coat of arms (see pg. 289)
6. List the order of emotions that Fortunato experiences once chained to the wall. (starting on pg. 291) There are 8 total.
7. How does Poe show us that Fortunato is getting more drunk? List 2 examples.
8. Poe uses both Latin and Italian language in this story. Write down one example of each language from the story.
9. Take out your Literary Terms packet and review definitions of: mood, irony, foreshadowing, imagery
1. Write down 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 – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         Finish 1-9 Cask of Amontillado questions (see above)
·         Study for Friday’s fill-in-the blank Prefix test #3 (the next 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” list) including the following prefixes from your sheet = # 23 – #33 (re – cred)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 28

Collect homework: 7 characters from Act 1 – love and marriage

Using your Literary Terms handout, answer the following:

1. What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?
2. Write a sentence that contains an allusion to Santa Claus.
3. Create an epithet for the celebrity of your choice.
4. Name the oxymoron for each of the following words: apart, blame, rare, vertical, loose, plural
5. What literary term means emotional relief?
6. What’s the definition of a couplet?
7. How do you suppose “blank verse” got its definition?

Answer the following 4 questions…write about why some people think each of the following kinds of dreams are important…

1.       the ones we dream at night,

2.       the ones we have while awake, and

3.       the ones we have for our futures

4.       Where do you think dreams come from?

Watched video on dreaming… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU&feature=player_embedded#!

Using your textbooks Act 1.4 lines 71 – 88 (pg. 830-831), name the dreams that Queen Mab delivers for each of the following characters?

1.        Lovers dream of:

2.        Courtiers (first mention) dream of:

3.        Lawyers dream of:

4.        Ladies dream of:

5.        Courtiers (second mention) dream of:

6.        A parson dreams of:

7.        A soldier dreams of:

8.        Why do you suppose Mercutio tells such a fantastic story to Romeo?

Re-read Romeo’s mention of his two “dreams” in Act 1.4…

·         DREAM 1 - Lines 48 – 49

·         DREAM 2 - Lines 106 – 111

9. Summarize what Romeo is saying in Dream 2?

10. What do both of these dreams tell us about Romeo?

ENGLISH homework:

·          Study for test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout

o    TO STUDY, create test questions for each of the terms.

§   Remember, you will be given definitions and examples of each…you will be asked to identify which term applies.

·          Use the link below to practice for the test with the Jeopardy game:

o   http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201212/game1332198539.php

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 27

·         Using your brain, a phone, and a dictionary…FINISH “cloze” reading (handout 1- 30) of annotated version of first page of “The Cask of Amontillado” - see pg. 286 in Literature book

o   TO BE COLLECTED

·         Read “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 286 – 292)

To be collected:

Answer the following questions about “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

1. Why did Montressor repeatedly offer to let Fortunato leave the catacomb?
2. What did Montressor “dislike” about Fortunato?
3. Why did Montressor keep mentioning the niter?
4. Who was Luchesi and what was his profession?
5. Draw a picture of Montressor’s coat of arms (see pg. 289)
6. List the order of emotions that Fortunato experiences once chained to the wall. (starting on pg. 291) There are 8 total.
7. How does Poe show us that Fortunato is getting more drunk? List 2 examples.
8. Poe uses both Latin and Italian language in this story. Write down one example of each language from the story.
9. Take out your Literary Terms packet and review definitions of: mood, irony, foreshadowing, imagery
1. Write down 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 – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         REMINDER:

o   OPEN-Notes POE test on Wednesday...take additional notes using these websites:

§  “Lov’d Alone” by Catherine Gourley: Find the complete text online: http://www.literarywonderland.com/wp-content/Websites/poe/LovdAlone.pdf

§  Introductory pages on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone” for an open-notes test next week

·         Our textbook is online at

o   http://my.hrw.com/

o   Username – rfc2018    Password – onlinebook

·         Study for Friday’s fill-in-the blank Prefix test #3 (the next 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” list) including the following prefixes from your sheet = # 23 – #33 (re – cred)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 27

o   Pick up your WEBQUEST

o   Watch “How and Why We Read – Crash Course” video (7 minutes)

o   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Z0VynTR84

ACTIVITY TO BE COLLECTED TOMORROW:

1.      Using your “Dramatic Literary Terms to Know” handout…

a.       create 7 Jeopardy-like questions (and answers)

b.      write an epithet for yourself

c.       In a paragraph of 4 sentences or more, describe how a person forms an opinion about love or marriage.

d.      In another paragraph, write about your feelings and attitudes about love and marriage.

e.       If some people would INFER that if a person says, “I love horror movies” that same person is also either…

                                                  i.      weird, violent, creepy, scary, fearless, sad, or they like adrenaline rushes, or are evil, or violent, or bored…

                                                ii.      Name 4 things some people might INFER about someone who says, “Nothing happened at school today.”

2.      INTRODUCTION: Today you will use the first 3 scenes of Act 1 to explore LOVE and MARRIAGE and identify each of the 7 main characters experience with, feelings about, or attitudes toward love and/or marriage.

a.       DIRECTIONS: Complete i, and ii for each of the 7 characters below:

Scene 1 Romeo Benvolio

Scene 2 Paris Capulet

Scene 3 Juliet Lady Capulet Nurse

 

                                                  i.      Write the words, “Because (character) says, “_______(fill-in with word for word quote)______________________________” (about love or marriage), the following story about him must be true:  ________(not obvious)______________.

1.      Do not simply say, “Because he says _______, he is creepy.”

                                                ii.      Write the line numbers for each quote (ex. Act 1.2.34-39)

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

·         Finish assignment above: 7 characters from Act 1 – love and marriage

·         Study for test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout – be able to identify both the definitions and examples of each term

·         Use the link below to practice with the Jeopardy game:

o   http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201212/game1332198539.php