ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 41
· Check homework: Complete backside of vocabulary handout (ex. 1 & 2)
· Take out your list of 10 items (that you made while reading the first half of the story)…
o Decide which ones are symbolic (and which are NOT).
o Next, for each item you believe is symbolic, write out a NEW CHART that explains what each item symbolizes. For example:
§ (pg. 338) “When Peter was ready to go to sleep, the peacock spread his magnificent tail, enfolding the boy gently like a closing go-to-sleep flower, burying him in the gloriously iridescent, rustling vortex.”
· On your chart, write:
o If the peacock represents Doodle, then the peacock’s magnificent tail (from Doodle’s made-up story) symbolizes how much Doodle loves his older brother.
· Finish yesterday’s 5 paragraph defense (re: The Scarlet Ibis)
Complete test review 1 – 8 (see below). TO BE COLLECTED THURSDAY FOR CREDIT.
TEST REVIEW:
1. Review terms: uneasiness, exhilaration, amusement
a. find an example of each in the story – write it out, word for word
2. Read page 338 – “go-to-sleep” flower…discuss vocabulary
3. Explain the vocabulary words in each of the following quotations:
a. “…gloriously iridescent vortex,” (pg. 338),
b. “With success so imminent…” (pg. 337)
c. “an invalid brother…” (pg. 334)
4. What 3 words would you use to describe Doodle’s brother while he was teaching Doodle to walk?
5. In "The Scarlet Ibis," Hurst (the author) uses natural elements of the setting to comment on the action of the story and the characters. These include plants, birds, insects, and weather phenomena. Make a list of 10 of these natural elements and write a paragraph on ONE of them, explaining how it relates to the action of the story or the characters themselves.
6. Write down BRIEF definitions for the following literary terms:
a. foreshadowing (pg. 1 on handout)
b. conflict (pg. 1)
c. theme (page 3)
d. allusion, (pg. 3)
e. metaphor, (pg. 4)
f. simile, (pg. 4)
g. symbolism, (pg. 4)
h. irony, (pg. 4)
i. oxymoron, (pg. 5)
j. juxtaposition, (dictionary)
k. antipathy, (dictionary)
l. apathetic (dictionary)
7. Using page 340 as a resource, figure out
a. About what year (pg. 340)
b. WHERE did this story take place?
8. There is an allusion on page 340 in the paragraph that begins, “It was Saturday noon…” – Read the whole paragraph and name the children’s story that is being alluded to.
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:
· Finish “Scarlet Ibis” test review (questions 1 – 8)
· Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (lesson 5)
· Study for Friday’s “Scarlet Ibis” test (pgs. 333 – 344)
ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 41
1. Take comma test today.
2. Started answering 49 questions about Romeo & Juliet Act 2
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:
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