Benchmarks: LA 1212.2.1.1: The student will analyze and compare historically and culturally significant works of literature, identifying the relationships among the major genres (e.g. setting, plot, characterization, conflict).
1. Essential Question: How are light and dark images uses throughout the story to define the boy's feelings? (Imagery) After you have read the story, write a paragraph imitating the author's use of light and dark. Remember scary movies, imagine how they always take place in the dark. Sometimes, when something bad is going to happen, the weather changes. Your turn!!!!
Objective: I will make inferences to determine why the characters act and think like they do.
2. Read Araby p. 1022. Araby is a poetic term for Arabia. English borrowed the word bazaar to refer to the open-air markets (like the swap shop).
3. Greek roots: phan or phen used in the word epiphany means to show, appear, or shine from imagination. The word fantasy comes from this. Define the following:
Phantasmagoria
Phenomenon
Fantastic
4. Answer questions on pg. 1029. 1-5. Be sure to write in questions, answer form.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Assignment 9-A Hanging
p.1167
Objective: I will be able to infer the author's perspective to understand the essay.
1. Essential Question: Do you believe some crimes merit the death penalty, or do you oppose any use of capital punishment? Write your view. Be sure to include examples of people you thought were innocent or guilty.
2 Vocabulary- Define the following words: anecdote, formality, genially, oscillate, and timorously. Now write the sentence each word was in.
3. Author's Perspective: To identify, you have to infer it from clues from details, opinions, or language. Make a list of details, opinions, and language that reveals the author's perspective as you read the story.
4. Clarifying Details: List words and phrases that the author uses to describe the prisoner.
5. Author's Style: p. 1170, first column/second paragraph. The author's style changes here. What can you infer about his perspective from this paragraph?
6. Theme: Themes are sometimes announced in the title or final words of the essay, but not always. How might the final six words of the story be the theme?
7. Hyperbole: The sentence (p. 1171) last sentence, second column--"Minutes seemed to pass" is marked as hyperbole by the word "seemed." Cany you recall a situation in which time seemed to stand still? Explain in a paragraph.
8. Irony: Find examples of irony in the story. Example: dead silence.
9. Inferring Mood: As everyone watching the hanging changes color, how do you think the mood changes at that moment?
10. Summarize what has occurred on p. 1172 first column/last paragraph which finishes in the second column.
11. How do you think the intrusion of the dog affects the mood of the essay?
12. What can you infer about the author's perspective on the subject of the essay by the notes you took for question #3.
Write a one paragraph answer with a topic sentence using evidence from the literature.
Objective: I will be able to infer the author's perspective to understand the essay.
1. Essential Question: Do you believe some crimes merit the death penalty, or do you oppose any use of capital punishment? Write your view. Be sure to include examples of people you thought were innocent or guilty.
2 Vocabulary- Define the following words: anecdote, formality, genially, oscillate, and timorously. Now write the sentence each word was in.
3. Author's Perspective: To identify, you have to infer it from clues from details, opinions, or language. Make a list of details, opinions, and language that reveals the author's perspective as you read the story.
4. Clarifying Details: List words and phrases that the author uses to describe the prisoner.
5. Author's Style: p. 1170, first column/second paragraph. The author's style changes here. What can you infer about his perspective from this paragraph?
6. Theme: Themes are sometimes announced in the title or final words of the essay, but not always. How might the final six words of the story be the theme?
7. Hyperbole: The sentence (p. 1171) last sentence, second column--"Minutes seemed to pass" is marked as hyperbole by the word "seemed." Cany you recall a situation in which time seemed to stand still? Explain in a paragraph.
8. Irony: Find examples of irony in the story. Example: dead silence.
9. Inferring Mood: As everyone watching the hanging changes color, how do you think the mood changes at that moment?
10. Summarize what has occurred on p. 1172 first column/last paragraph which finishes in the second column.
11. How do you think the intrusion of the dog affects the mood of the essay?
12. What can you infer about the author's perspective on the subject of the essay by the notes you took for question #3.
Write a one paragraph answer with a topic sentence using evidence from the literature.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Assignment 8-Words and Behavior
Read p. 1145.
Author's Purpose-This is an argumentative essay--the author wants to convince you.
1. Give examples of emotional appeal.
2. Which of the following statements best summarizes the argument of Huxley's essay?
a. The use of deceptive language allows people to disguise the fact that war and politics lead to murder, and cruelty.
b. By using deceptive wording, we often think of war as disagreements between individuals.
c. Language is a subject that is often not helpful during war.
3. Paraphrasing-Put into your own words Huxley's distinction between the force used by the police and the force used during war.
4. Diction- Why does Huxley choose to replace "force" with phrases including the words thermite, high explosives, and vesicants?
5. Summarize the following paragraph on page 1153 "The evil passions. . .
6. Analyze- What argument does Huxley give for why rulers "depersonalize their opponents?
Author's Purpose-This is an argumentative essay--the author wants to convince you.
1. Give examples of emotional appeal.
2. Which of the following statements best summarizes the argument of Huxley's essay?
a. The use of deceptive language allows people to disguise the fact that war and politics lead to murder, and cruelty.
b. By using deceptive wording, we often think of war as disagreements between individuals.
c. Language is a subject that is often not helpful during war.
3. Paraphrasing-Put into your own words Huxley's distinction between the force used by the police and the force used during war.
4. Diction- Why does Huxley choose to replace "force" with phrases including the words thermite, high explosives, and vesicants?
5. Summarize the following paragraph on page 1153 "The evil passions. . .
6. Analyze- What argument does Huxley give for why rulers "depersonalize their opponents?
Assignment 7-The Rocking Horse Winner
What do you think of when you hear the word luck? Are good luck and bad luck what they appear to be?
Read p. 1006
1. If you bet $5 on a horse race and your horse wins 50 to 1, how much money would you win?
2. Note the reference to Paul's eyes. How do they reflect his mental state?
3. What can the reader infer about the mother in the story based on the descriptions of her background, marriage, and relationship to her children?
4. What is the setting of the story?
5. Identify a simile that is used to describe Basset.
6. Why does Paul's gaze make Uncle Oscar uneasy?
7. Compare Pal's behavior at the racetrack with that of the Frenchman. Identify the irony in the two characters conflicting behavior.
8. What do Paul's eyes turning to stone and his mother's heart turning to stone symbolize?
9. How would you describe Paul's relationship with his mother?
10. Why is this ironic--"If you are lucky, you have money" in the light of how the story ended?
Read p. 1006
1. If you bet $5 on a horse race and your horse wins 50 to 1, how much money would you win?
2. Note the reference to Paul's eyes. How do they reflect his mental state?
3. What can the reader infer about the mother in the story based on the descriptions of her background, marriage, and relationship to her children?
4. What is the setting of the story?
5. Identify a simile that is used to describe Basset.
6. Why does Paul's gaze make Uncle Oscar uneasy?
7. Compare Pal's behavior at the racetrack with that of the Frenchman. Identify the irony in the two characters conflicting behavior.
8. What do Paul's eyes turning to stone and his mother's heart turning to stone symbolize?
9. How would you describe Paul's relationship with his mother?
10. Why is this ironic--"If you are lucky, you have money" in the light of how the story ended?
Assignment 6-The King is Dead
p. 889
How do you think you are perceived by others? This story is about situational irony. This occurs when what happens to a character is not what a character or reader expects.
1. Find examples of situational irony.
2. Think about the people in the room with the king. Did anything happen that would foreshadow any events?
3. This story has several elements of a folktale. List them.
4. Write a paragraph explaining what this story is about.
How do you think you are perceived by others? This story is about situational irony. This occurs when what happens to a character is not what a character or reader expects.
1. Find examples of situational irony.
2. Think about the people in the room with the king. Did anything happen that would foreshadow any events?
3. This story has several elements of a folktale. List them.
4. Write a paragraph explaining what this story is about.
Assignment 5- Letters
The popularity of letter writing during the 1700's resulted in collections of correspondence that have become an important part of English literary tradition. Lord Chesterfield wrote letters every day for more than 30 years.
p.555 from Letters to his Son
Read the poem. 1. What is your reaction to Chesterfield?
2. What attitudes and behavior seem to be the most important to Chesterfield? Write a paragraph giving examples from text and showing examples of parallelism. Support Chesterfield's relationship with his son. Support your ideas with evidence for the letter.
p. 559 Letter to her Daughter
Read Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's letter. 1.What generalizations can you make about 18th century views of education and marriage based on Lady Montagu's observations. 2.What is the tone of this letter?
3. Write a letter to your child giving advice about the future. If you do not have a child, write one for your future child.
p.555 from Letters to his Son
Read the poem. 1. What is your reaction to Chesterfield?
2. What attitudes and behavior seem to be the most important to Chesterfield? Write a paragraph giving examples from text and showing examples of parallelism. Support Chesterfield's relationship with his son. Support your ideas with evidence for the letter.
p. 559 Letter to her Daughter
Read Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's letter. 1.What generalizations can you make about 18th century views of education and marriage based on Lady Montagu's observations. 2.What is the tone of this letter?
3. Write a letter to your child giving advice about the future. If you do not have a child, write one for your future child.
Assignment 4-Selected Poetry
William Blake was an artist, a poet, and a visionary.
A symbol is a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself. A heart, for example, is a symbol for love.
Read p. 710- The Lamb and p.712- The Tyger
1. Compare the two poems. How are they alike? What is the tone? What is the imagery? What is the symbolism of each poem? Write a paragraph comparing the two and cite lines from the poems to support your answer.
2. Compare To an Athlete Dying Young -p. 965 to One and Twenty p. 964. These are two separate views on youth. What was the advice of the wise man? What is the advice in To an Athlete Dying Young?
3. Read Do Not Go Gently Into the Good Night -1088 What are the images of nature in this poem? What does the speaker mean by "that good night"? What does this poem mean to you? Write a paragraph.
4. Go to wikipedia and read the summary of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. After reading the summary, go to page 765 and read lines 610-617. How do these lines represent the moral of the poem?
A symbol is a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself. A heart, for example, is a symbol for love.
Read p. 710- The Lamb and p.712- The Tyger
1. Compare the two poems. How are they alike? What is the tone? What is the imagery? What is the symbolism of each poem? Write a paragraph comparing the two and cite lines from the poems to support your answer.
2. Compare To an Athlete Dying Young -p. 965 to One and Twenty p. 964. These are two separate views on youth. What was the advice of the wise man? What is the advice in To an Athlete Dying Young?
3. Read Do Not Go Gently Into the Good Night -1088 What are the images of nature in this poem? What does the speaker mean by "that good night"? What does this poem mean to you? Write a paragraph.
4. Go to wikipedia and read the summary of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. After reading the summary, go to page 765 and read lines 610-617. How do these lines represent the moral of the poem?
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