SAT Words #121-130 Test on Friday, 3/4/2016 121. Ponderous: weighty; heavy 122. Protracted: drawn out; lengthy 123. Deference: a show of respect 124. Heretic: someone who goes against acceptable religious beliefs. 125. Paucity: scarcity 126. Profuse: very abundant; flowing 127. Conciliate: to soothe anger 128. Contrite: thoroughly sorry 129. Didactic: intending to teach 130. Digression: straying from the topic. edit. Literary terms Imagery: Imagery is the use of figurative language to paint a sensory picture for the reader. Example: “The greatest of funeral fires wound up to the clouds, it roared in front of the mound. Heads melted, wounds burst open, while blood gushed forth from the gashes in the bodies. …Their mightiest men had departed.” (Beowolf). Metaphor: A metaphor compares similar things or ideas WITHOUT USING like or as. Example: I see now that when Norma flowered in our garden I became a weed, allowed only to exist where I would not be seen.” (Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys). Irony: Irony is what results when the actual outcome differed from what is expected. Example: “Johnny had killed someone. Quiet, soft-spoken little Johnny, who wouldn’t hurt a living thing on purpose, had taken a human life.” (The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton). | Schedule for 2/29-3/4/2016 Monday, 2/29: "One Survivor Remembers." Tuesday, 3/1`: Night: Discussion and Analysis Wednesday, 3/2: Night: Discussion and Analysis Thursday, 3/3: Creative Writing Session #3 Friday, 3/4: SAT TEST 121-130, plus Irony, Metaphor and Imagery. Timed Write on Tolerance. Your observations and actions to be more tolerant and fight for the rights of others who are treated unfairly. What did you do to make a change to be more Tolerant of everyone you meet and interact with at school. |
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We begin a new unit on the Holocaust today. Our main piece of literature is the famous memoir by Elie Weisel, Night. We will also be looking at first hand accounts of Holocaust survivors and Rescuers. Our culminating project will be a synthesized essay using Holocaust poetry; excerpts from Night, current world events on genocide and first hand witness accounts answering the question : Do you have faith in humanity?
On March 8, 2015 we have the wonderful opportunity to go to the newly opened Holocaust Museum in Seattle. Monday, 2/22: Introduction to the Holocaust and WWII background. Documentary shown: "In Their Eyes," produced by the Holocaust Center for Education in Seattle. Tuesday, 2/23: Night Analysis and Group Discussion Wednesday, 2/24: Documentary, "One Survivor Remembers. The Gerta Weissman Story" and the Elie Wiesel interview with Oprah at Auschwitz. Thursday, 2/25: Creative Writing: Session #3 Friday, 2/26: SAT Vocabulary Test #111-120 and Literary Terms Test SAT Vocabulary Words: #111-120 Test on Friday, 2.26.2016 111. Dissonance: lack of agreement or harmony 112. Listless: without energy or enthusiasm 113. Philistine: one who lacks culture or taste 114. Scrupulous: concerned; conscientious; proper 115. Tentative: not final; uncertain 116. Adulation: adoration 117. Dogmatic: stubbornly opinionated 118. Futile: hopeless; without effect 119. Languid: slow and listless 120. Pious: religious; devout AND Literary Terms/devices used in literature to give depth, images, and detailed descriptions. Test with SAT Vocabulary words on Friday, February 26, 2016. You must be able to define and identify examples.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Allusion: Allusion is a direct or indirect reference to a significant person, event , time , or work of literature. Example: “Some talked of Gog, of his mysterious ways, of the sins of the Jewish people, and of their future deliverance. But I had ceased to pray. How I sympathized with Job! From the memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of a beginning consonant sound within a phrase or sentence. Example: --“we will sit down a little way within the wood, and rest ourselves” From the novel, The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds found within or at the end of words and phrase. Example: … “Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks.” From the play, “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare. When turning your essay in keep these things in mind:Have you checked all of your spelling and proper citations?
1st period: 10724542 Canady1 2nd period: 10724561 Canady2 The deadline is tonight by Midnight, at 1:01 am, on Saturday, 2/13 counts once day late -5. I will take off -5 points each day it is late, this will be deducted after paper has been graded. Your paper must be turned in over break, do not wait too long because the late points will add up fast. If you have an IEP or a 504, your deadline is Sunday night, 2/14 at midnight. We will be working on our Synthesized Literary Analysis for the next two weeks. Please be aware that we have daily due dates to keep everyone on track. Please look at weekly schedule to make sure you are getting checked off for each part by Mrs. Canady
Literary Synthesis Essay Structure Introduction:
TS = 1st Big idea CDs Embedded (Novel) CMs/Analysis CDs Embedded (Poem/song) CMs/Analysis CS Body Paragraph 2 TS = 2nd Big Idea CDs Embedded(Novel) CMs/Analysis CDs Embedded (Song Poem) CMs/Analysis CS Body Paragraph 3 TS = 3rd Big Idea CDs Embedded (Novel) CMs/Analysis CDs Embedded (Poem/ Song) CMs/Analysis CS Conclusion:
4. Summarize Big Idea #3 5. Final Statement your best COMMENTARY of the essay. What do you want to leave the reader knowing. Have you proven your thesis--if not add more commentary to make it crystal clear. Week of 2/1-2/5 2016
Monday, 2/1/2016: AQWF Movie Final hour of the film version of AQWF-- Compare and Contrast the movie with the novel. How does a visual representation enhance a novel? What is the film version unable to portray that was done so well in the novel? Homework: Please go over your summaries and character definitions for AQWF final test on the novel. It is “open book,” so you may label your book for easy reference. Tuesday, 2/2/2016: AQWF Comprehension Test Comprehension Test on the entire novel. Homework: Please study for the SAT Vocabulary Test #101-110, Friday, 2/5. Wednesday,2/3/2016: AQWF, CD Development Today we will identify the CD’s from the novel to match CD’s from our chosen poem. A total of 6 CD’s in pairs (3 sets), one from the novel paired with one from the poem/song lyrics. Homework: Please study for the SAT Vocabulary Test #101-110, Friday, 2/5. Thursday, 2/4/2016: AQWF, Topic Statements & Thesis Based on the theme chosen and CD’s we will create three solid TS and a two or three-pronged thesis to state our arguments. Homework: Please study for the SAT Vocabulary Test #101-110, Friday, 2/5. Friday, 2/5/2016: SAT Vocabulary Quiz #101-110. Computerized test on SAT Vocabulary Words #101-110. Begin composition of Body Paragraph #1. |
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