The Red Room

Here is the audio for the Red Room.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-qYE0JRpA

Here is the video for Tuesday:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYrqRhoquAY

Literary Elements in Short Stories and Poetry

This week we begin Unit 3: Literary Elements in Short Stories and Poetry. The entire week is a refresher, so many handouts for practice.

 Here is what we are doing this week:

Monday:  PowerPoint that covers the handout students were given.  Everything on the PowerPoint is on the handout.  We only had 2 additions:
1. Non-linear plot is when the story branches of using flashbacks/flashforwards or something that takes you off the straight path.  Think of the highway.  Every time you take an off ramp or make a U turn you are non-linear.
2. Second Person:  Although we don't use this in writing, it is when you say "you" and your" when giving instructions such as a recipe.

Tuesday: Today is setting and point of view practice through practice.

Wednesday: Today is Figurative Language & Simile/Metaphor practice.

Thursday: Today is Inference and irony practice.

Friday: Today is a bit different.  We are reading a story called "Natural Selection."  This story is satire.  We will read the story and answer the text dependent questions.

If you are absent any of these days, the handouts will be in your folder for you when you return.

Have a great week!!

Folder Check tomorrow

Don't forget your folder will be graded tomorrow.  Here is the list of what you are to have in it:

Folder Check 1 (10/17)

1.    I, Too Poem (9/3)

2.   Annotation Guide (9/3)

3.   Praise of the “F” Word (9/4)

4. 4 Tasks Notes (9/10)

5.   “On Compassion” (9/10)

6.  Academic Paragraph (9/12)

7.   Hooks and Attention Grabbers (9/18)

8.  Hook-Bridge-Thesis (9/18)

9.  Author’s Purpose Notes (9/30)

10.  Author’s Purpose WS 5 & 6 (9/30)

11.  Appeals Notes (10/7)

Unit 2 Review

Please make sure your review has these answers, and you will rock the Unit 2 Test.  All you need to study is this!  Good luck!

Unit 2 Review Key

Directions:  Fill in this paper using your notes or teacher review.

The four tasks of writing an academic paragraph are

1. Topic Sentence

2. Respond to the first sentence

3. Make your case

4. Remind the reader why

A topic sentence does three things, what are they?

1. Help organize the paragraph

2. Summarizes the information

3. Offers the topic and a controlling idea

A hook is the first sentence in your introduction paragraph used to capture the reader’s attention.

There are three main parts to the introductory paragraph, they are 1. hook, 2. bridge, and 3. thesis.

A filler sentence connects your hook to the thesis statement, move the reader from the instant hook to the main point of your essay, and serves as the bridge of your introductory paragraph.

There are three parts to making up a thesis statement, the topic , your argument, and 2-3 main points.

The thesis statement should express a main idea that links to supporting points in the body paragraph (yep, it’s true!).

The thesis statement appears in the first paragraph.

The best thesis statements are NOT formed in a question.

The conclusion paragraph summarizes your essay, shows you proved the point you set out to make, and leaves the reader remembering your main point.

Tone is how something sounds.

Logos is a persuasive technique that appeals to the intellect or logical reasoning.

Pathos is a persuasive technique that appeals to the emotions.

Kairos is the persuasive technique that appeals to urgency or a time to act now.

Ethos is a persuasive technique that appeals to the sense of credibility.

The topic sentence is the first sentence in each body paragraph.

A call to action is something the reader can do about what they’ve just read.

The test:

30 questions all multiple choice. 

Writing process: 11 questions

Three short readings: 5 questions

Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Kairos: 10 questions (6 general questions, 4 identifying questions)

Large passage: 4 questions

Wrapping up Unit 2

In these last two weeks of the first quarter we are wrapping up unit 2.  Here is the schedule of what we are doing:

October 7th: Appeals Power point and notes
October 8th: Ethos, Logos, Pathos Passages Worksheet practice
October 9th: Ethos, Logos, Pathos Quiz (Open Note) & begin review
October 10th: Finish review, and then go over review together
October 11th: Unit 2 Test

October 14th: NO SCHOOL  (YAY!!)
October 15th: Make up day for tests if you missed it Friday.
October 16th: PSAT day.  No work
October 17th: Organize folders for grading & Thesis practice if time allows
October 18th: Early Out (YAY!!)  If we didn't get to the Thesis practice we will do it today.

This will complete Unit 2, and the bridge days that follow.  Two units down, four to go!  :)

Three Box Comic

DIRECTIONS:  Create your own 3-box comic like you saw in class.  Sorry, I was not able to copy the comic over.

You need:

1.Fold your paper in 3 boxes like the example above. Use white paper.

2.Include pictures and dialogue that illustrates one of these tone words: afraid, angry, dreamy, happy, humorous, comical, joyful, sweet, sarcastic, or proud. Choose one.

3.Illustrate it as a comic. Write the tone word you chose on the front.

4.Put your MLA heading on the back.