Friday, February 6, 2015

ENGLISH - HOURS 1 & 3 - DAY 38

Take PREFIX/ROOT test.

Then open your books to page 333. Using the first 2 paragraphs, answer the 8 questions that follow ON PAPER, not the computer:

Right there questions:

Between what two seasons does this story begin?
What is the oriole nest compared to?

Think and Search

Explain what all the colors in this passage suggest?
What is making the narrator remember Doodle?

Author and You
This opening paragraph has a grim tone to it. How do authors create appropriate tones for horror stories?
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
Think about a sad moment in your life. What symbols/images would you use to help convey the sadness of this moment?
What is your opinion of death?

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)

READ the following article in order to answer the following questions: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/who-made-that-android-logo.html?_r=0

FILL IN THE FOLLOWING FORMS:





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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 38

Collect yesterday’s classwork/homework: three stages of the Balcony scene (Act 2.2)

REVIEW balcony scene…including the many taboo moments as well as the Shakespearean metaphors…“bird” metaphor (pg. 852 - Act 2.2.176 - 184)…

Read aloud - Act 2 - scenes 3, 4, 5, 6

Complete these 4 questions for each of the 4 scenes…(finish for homework)

1. Choose a character. What lesson(s) have I learned from this specific character in this scene?
2. This scene does not have a title. Give it a title and explain why.
3. What is the single most important word in this scene? Why?
4. What techniques did Shakespeare use in this scene to hold the readers’ interest?

ENGLISH homework - HOURS 4 & 5:

Finish reading Act 2 (pgs. 853 - 869) and complete 1-4 for each of the 4 scenes you read (Act 2, Scenes 3, 4, 5, 6)