1. Voice Lesson #6 Diction
2. Finish/continue reading Act 1 (1st - finished 3rd- will finish tomorrow)
3. Begin watching the film (1st block only)
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Agenda 1. Voice Lesson #6 Diction 2. Finish/continue reading Act 1 (1st - finished 3rd- will finish tomorrow) 3. Begin watching the film (1st block only)
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1. Voice Lesson #5 – 8-30-16 Compose a sentence using the following instructions: Write a simile comparing a tree with a domesticated animal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, read the following sentence: A rowan* liked a lipsticked girl. -Seamus Heaney, “Song,” Field Work *a small deciduous tree native to Europe, having white flower clusters and orange berries 1.Other than the color, what comes to mind when you think of a lipsticked girl? 2.How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with lipstick on? 3.Now, revise your initial simile, however this time, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked). 2. Continue reading Act 1 of The Crucible 3. Update character chart Agenda
1. Voice Lesson #4 -8-29-16 Write the following sentence: The man sighed hugely. -E. Annie Prouix, The Shipping News 1.What does it mean to sigh hugely? 2.How would the meaning of the sentence change if we rewrote it as: The man sighed loudly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finish the sentence below by writing an adverb. The man coughed _________. Your adverb should make the cough express an attitude. For example, the cough could express contempt, desperation, or propriety. Do not state attitude. Instead, let the adverb imply it. Be prepared to share your sentence. 2. Read the article, "Hysteria and Teenage Girls" Annotate the article focusing on what is the author's purpose 3. Assign roles for the play, The Crucible and begin reading Agenda 1. Voice Lesson #3: Diction 8-26-16 Consider the model sentence below: An aged man is but a paltry thing. A tattered coat upon a stick… - W. B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium,” On your paper answer the following questions. Be sure to answer ALL questions: 1.What picture is created by the word tattered? 2.By understanding the connotations, (an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning), of the word tattered, what do we understand about the persona’s attitude toward an aged man? 2. Introduction to The Crucible video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkBe_kHlGw 3. Take introduction notes on McCarthyism and The Crucible
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1. Unit 1 Test HW: Turn in essays to turnitin.com tonight by 11:59 PM if you have already done so. You can also resubmit an essay by this time if you would like. The turnitin.com login information will be sent via Remind if you need it. Agenda
1. Set-up Turnitin.com accounts - if you are absent you need to set up your account using this information in order to submit your paper. NO PAPER COPIES WILL BE ACCEPTED! 2. Rhetorical Analysis Essay - type essay in class All essays are due to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM Thursday 8/25/16 HW: Finish the study guides for tomorrow's Unit 1 Test Bring all COMPLETED study guides to class tomorrow Agenda 1. Voice Lesson #2: Diction 2. Read, Thomas Paine's "Essay Number 1" from The American Crisis 3. Go over Unit 1 Test Review 4. Begin working on the Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Agenda 1. Introduction to Voice Lessons: Voice Lesson #1 Diction 2. Edwards CEI peer review/review of how to write an effective CEI paragraph 3. Read Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention" - complete organizer HW: Read an excerpt from Thomas Paine's The American Crisis #1 and complete the organizer that goes along with it. Complete the organizer from Patrick Henry's speech as well. Both are due tomorrow in class. Here's a copy of the text that can be located online:
Agenda 1. Vocabulary Review - Kahoot 2. Unit 11 Vocabulary Quiz 3. Jonathan Edwards CEI in-class writing assignment How does Jonathan Edwards use persuasive appeals/techniques to get his message across to his audience in his sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God? (You may choose one appeal/technique) respond in CEI Remember 1.Underline the title of a sermon (Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God) 2.State the genre and title of the work 3.Do not use any personal pronouns (I, Us, We, Our…) or You/Your 4.Capitalize proper nouns 5.Include a lead-in for your evidence 6.Cite using Edwards last name and the page number of your evidence (Edwards 90). 7.You should 2-3 sentences in your interpretation 8.Include a concluding sentence after your interpretation, but avoid using “In Conclusion…” 4. Introduction to Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention" HW: Complete Edward's CEI if you did not in class Agenda 1. Vocabulary Exercises - Choosing the Right Word. Complete all sentences 2. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" graphic organizer round-robins (you will find this to be beneficial next week) HW: Study for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz over ALL 20 terms!
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