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