August 21, 2017 - August 25, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, August 21st: 
 George helped the students sign on to schoology.
Gave background and context to The Handmaid’s Tale
Read excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale
Analyzed it a bit; went over the first two analytical questions -  
1.     Write down all the associations you have about glass and ice cubes.
2.     What shared properties do glass and ice cubes have?
Questions will be due on Wednesday, August 23rd.
Vocabulary Unit 1 will be due on Tuesday, August 22nd.


Tuesday, August 22st: 

Collected the Unit One Vocabulary Homework

Worked on the excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale
Create a graph to analyze the text
Figurative Language
Example:
Character
Relationship
Power
Purpose
Imagery
Her large hands deft, indifferent
Martha
Competent, in-charge, wielding knife
In control
To show that she has been granted power by the authorities
Personification
Hands can’t be indifferent




Imagery
“On the white enamel surface is a pile of radishes
neutral


Implies coldness, sterility – the opposite of fertility; clinical

Carter and Angela acted out scene from A Handmaid’s Tale 
Homework: 
Questions over A Handmaid's Tale will be due tomorrow. 
 Vocabulary Workshop; Unit 1; #11 - #20 will be due on Tuesday, August 29th.

Wednesday, August 23rd: 
In a well-organized essay, analyze Margaret Atwood's use of figurative language to create tension in the scene between Offred and Rita.

Write two paragraphs more on the prompt. You may use your annotations, chart, and answers from A Handmaid's Tale questions.

Shared and/or discussed their essays:
Sidney, Kais, Daireen, Oscar,

Thursday, August 24th: 

How to do the vocabulary:

1.     Approbation

Definition: 

Part of Speech: Noun
Etymology: Latin
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Original Sentence
1.
2.
Literary Source:
1.     (Please cite)
Second half #11 – 20 will be due on Tuesday, August 29th.

Please bring your Perrine’s Literature book tomorrow, Friday, August 25th.
HW assigned: Perrine’s, “Proving Your Point”, page 11; “Introducing Quotations”, page 15; “Grammar”, page 30, “Punctuation”, page 31; due Thursday, August 31st.

Passed out excerpt from James Joyce’s The Dead. Annotate it! Read and discuss!
 Look for all references to: time
death, bravery vs. cowardice; weakness vs. strength, etc.

Look for examples of imagery, tone, diction (word choice), and motif that provide insights into the character of Gabriel.



Motif: recurring imagery

Time:

An hour ago

Gabriel is reflecting on the events of the night

What will proceed in the future?

Her shoes are worn

Soon perhaps

In that time of her first girlish beauty

She too will soon be a shade (ghost or disembodied spirit)

Yes, yes, that will happen soon.

Friday, August 25th: 
Mandatory PAM/NMA Assembly

For Monday, April 28th: 
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Please pass out the “Types of Prose Passage Essay Questions” handout. Tell them to finish annotating the excerpt from “The Dead”, if they haven’t finished, and then read pages 66, 67, and 68, and try their hand at writing an opening paragraph on the following prompt:

In the following passage from the short story, “The Dead”, James Joyce presents an insight into the character of Gabriel.  Write a well-organized essay in which you discuss various aspects of Gabriel’s character that Joyce reveals to the reader and to Gabriel. Refer to such techniques and devices as imagery, point of view, motif, diction, and syntax.

After they have worked on their opening paragraph, allow them to work on their Perrine’s homework, which is:

HW assigned: Perrine’s, “Proving Your Point”, page 11; “Introducing Quotations”, page 15; “Grammar”, page 30, “Punctuation”, page 31; due Thursday, August 31st.



 





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