Binder Check

Binder Check 2

Notes

_____ Table of Contents

_____ Expectations/Syllabus

_____ Academic Writing

_____ Five Elements of Plot

_____ General Rules of Notice

_____ Writing a Literary Analysis Paper

_____ October Calendar

_____ Persuasive Outline Notes

_____ Persuasive Appeal Notes

_____ Red Room Vocabulary

_____ Poetry Notes

_____ More Poetry Notes

_____ November Calendar

_____ TPCASTT Notes

_____ Literary Elements Notes

Literature

_____ Table of Contents

_____ “On Dumpster Diving” Article

_____ “Serving in Florida” Article

_____ My Journey

_____ “The Joy of Reading and Writing”

_____ “The Yellow Wallpaper”

_____ “On Compassion”

_____ “The Red Room”

_____ “The Devil & Tom Walker” Skill Builder

_____ “The Devil & Tom Walker” Story Board

Prompts

_____ Table of Contents

_____ Author Dialogue

_____ “The Joy of Reading and Writing” (TJoRaw) Summary

_____ “On Compassion” Prompt

_____ Metaphor Poems

Writing / Vocabulary

_____ Table of Contents

_____ My Goals Essay

_____ Letter of Introduction

_____ Off Your Noodle Essay

_____ Literary Precis Format

_____ “The Yellow Wallpaper” Analytical Essay

_____ Review 1-7

_____ Analyzing Sources

_____ Homonyms Packet

_____ Persuasive Outline

_____ TPCASTT

_____ Roll a Word

Tests/Quizzes

_____ Table of Contents

_____ Genre Quiz

_____ Syllabus/Expectations Quiz

_____ Unit 1 Test

_____ Poetry Quiz

_____ “The Devil & Tom Walker” Test

Total: ______ / 48      Grade ______

Vocabulary Review 1-3

Welcome Back!!

Hi everyone!  I hope you had a great Thanksgiving break.  We have a few more weeks until semester exams, and Christmas break.  Wow, this year is going quickly.  I'll see you all tomorrow!  Enjoy your last few hours of rest and relaxation.  ;)

The Devil and Tom Walker Review

Here is the review for Thursday's test.

“The Devil and Tom Walker” Review

(No, you may not use this during the test.  Study this information)

Know these terms:

Hypocrite         Hypocrisy         Parsimonious                Ostentatious

Humble Irony                Foreshadowing Theme

Symbolism        Flashback         Humble

Who is being described here?

“Swarthy and dingy, and begrimed with soot” __________________________

“A great man had fallen in Israel” __________________________

“Meager, Miserly” ____________________________

“Driving shrewd bargains with the Indians” _______________________________

“Voice was often heard in wordy warfare” ______________________________

“Seem to petition deliverance from the land of famine” __________________________

Who is the protagonist?

Who is the antagonist?

What is the setting (place and year)?

What is the main conflict?

Know the names used for the Devil.

What is Tom’s relationship with his wife?

Is Tom a humble man?

Know who Tom’s customers were.

What happens to Tom at the end of the story?

Word List 11 (11/13)

Word List 11

Cessation (n)                           Juxtapose (v)

Delineate (v)                           Kinetic (adj.)

Desiccated (adj.)                     Lachrymose (adj.)

Elixir (n)                                  Languid (adj.)

Epitome (n)                             Legerdemain (n)

Fetish (n)                                 Libertine (n)

Fissure (n)                               Scintillate (v)

Garrulous (adj.)

* Desiccated (v) dried up
*Lachrymose (adj) tearful, weepy
*Legerdemain (n) sleight of hand; deception

Literary Elements Notes (11/7)

Here are the notes from the 7th.  This was a chore getting them posted.  Ugh!  If you were absent please copy these notes down and put them in your binder.  It is number 14 under notes.

Word List 10

Adulterate (v)                         Idolatry (n)

Bucolic (adj.)                          Immutable (adj.)

Caveat (n)                               Impecunious (adj.)

Defile (v)                                 Impious (adj.)

Diadem (n)                              Onus (n)

Emanate (v)                            Redolent (adj.)

Garish (adj.)                            Sedition (n)

Gratuitous (adj.)

*Caveat (n) A warning