English 11/12

On Friday, we will have a vocabulary quiz with these words: lather (n,v), mutilated (v), feigned (v), faction (n), obliged (adj,v), astray (adv), conscientious (adj), excursion (n), rejuvenate (v), glistening (adj), ineradicable (adj), scarlet (adj), and avenger (n). Please start reading Water for Elephants.  You should average 15 pages a day.  We will have our first literature circle next Thursday.

English 11/12

Please complete the white review sheet. We will go over it together on Monday. Also, complete the questions on "Just Lather That's All". Your new vocabulary words are: lather, mutilated, feigned, faction, obliged, astray, conscientious, excursion, rejuvenate, glistening, ineradicable, scarlet, and avenger.

English 11/12

Begin using the large white short story sheet to review for your unit test next week. Our next vocabulary quiz will be on Thursday. Finally, please read the yellow sheet entitled "Theme and the Short Story".

 Here are the links to the two student films of "Hills Like White Elephants" courtesy of Maryam.  Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjJ4HE6woc

and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKSx2ye47g&feature=fvwrel

English 11/12

Please finish the questions on "Hills Like White Elephants" tonight. Start reviewing for the short story unit exam next Monday. In addition, the vocabulary quiz on Thursday will cover these words: profuse (adj), boisterous (adj), reprimand (n), civic (adj), scold (n), recital (n), perfunctory (adj), crane(v), interminable (adj), petulantly (adv), jovial (adj), and lapse (n, v, or adj).

English 11/12

Please finish the final five questions on "The Lottery" and look up the vocabulary words for the story as well (profuse, boisterous, reprimand, civic, scold, recital, perfunctory, craned, interminable, petulantly, jovial, and lapse).

Finally, please read the two handouts on point of view (POV). Have a good weekend.

English 11/12

Tomorrow is the vocabulary quiz.  We will also go over the answers to "The Lottery".  Here is one of the short videos on irony that I wanted to show you in class today:

English 11/12

We will have the in-class composition tomorrow. The vocabulary quiz will be on Friday. Have a great evening.

English 11/12

There will be another vocabulary quiz on Friday. Your words are: indolent (adj) , dilapidated (adj), surfeited (v), leisurely (adv), waning (adj), lingering (adj), grinding (adj), lyric (adj), chant (n or v), insistent (adj), ceaseless (adj), splurge (v), peculiar (adj), overripe (adj), unbidden (adj), and splatter (v).

You will notice that waning, lingering, and grinding are adjectives which have been formed from verbs. Sometimes the present participle form of a verb (verb plus "ing") becomes an adjective. Such adjectives are called "participle adjectives". For example, the verb "to roll" becomes an adjective in the adage "A rolling stone gathers no moss."

On Wednesday, there will be an in-class character analysis of either the grandson or grandfather in "A Handful of Dates". You will decide which character you wish to discuss.

English 11/12

Hello everyone,

This weekend, please review the two yellow handouts (Purpose and the Short Story and Plot/Character and the Short Story) as we will have a small quiz on the terms in bold on Monday.  I might ask you a few questions on escape versus interpretive literature too.

Also, please answer the two questions on the "Handful of Dates" question sheet that we worked on in class.  In addition here are four more questions on the short story that I would like you to complete:
1.  A flashback is "a literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative".  Give an example of a flashback from this story in which the reader learns something about Masood.
2. How is the information "...the Sheik...asked me to...recite the Chapter of the Merciful" significant to the story?
3. What is significant about the boy's final act in the story?  What is significant about the location of this act?  Remember, in a short story, every detail must have meaning to give the piece of writing artistic unity.
4. In this story, Masood and the grandfather are opposites in many ways.  Why is it important to have these contrasting characters in the story?  That is how do these two characters serve the purpose of the story?

Thank you, Maryam, for this very interesting website where people can listen to podcasts of great short stories.  Listen to "A Handful of Dates" here (the story begins about one minute into the podcast):

http://www.miettecast.com/2008/03/20/a-handful-of-dates/


Finally, here is the short video clip from the movie The Bear that I tried to show you in class today.  Take a look at it and then chart the plot of this four minute story on the yellow plot diagram sheet using terms such as "exposition" and "conflict" etc.  Do not worry about the two "plot points" as we have not discussed those in class yet.  Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLCJKoot4U&feature=related

Enjoy your weekend!

English 11/12

Your vocabulary quiz is tomorrow. Please also look over the worksheets on "A Handful of Dates". Thanks also to James about the word, "yield"!

English 11/12

We will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday. Please also look up these words for tomorrow: ablation, indolent, dilapidated, surfeited, leisurely, waning, lingering, locust, and cicada.

English 11/12

We will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday. Your words are: bisect (v), foul, infamy, macabre, cherish (v), dissuade (v),  boundless, fuse (v),  catastrophic, impetuous, foolhardy, overbearing, layman, and inadequate.

Please also look over the questions on " The Japanese Quince". You will be working in groups to complete these questions tomorrow.

English 11/12

Please read over the handout on the short story. On Monday, we will discuss the differences between escape and interpretive fiction. I Have a great weekend.

English 11/12

Please look up the vocabulary words that were handed out in class today.  This is in preparation for the short story we will read together.  If you were not in class, the words are:
taxidermy, layman, inadequate, bisect (verb), swinish, overbearing, sadist, foul (adjective), loathsome, infamy, macabre, foolhardy, shed (verb), cherish (verb), dissuade (verb), boundless, mummify (verb), fuse (verb), catastrophic, impetuous.

English 11/12

Tonight, please finish the multiple choice questions on "How Mr.Dewey Decimal Saved My Life".  We will complete the short answers in class tomorrow.