BUILDING ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

Building Academic Vocabulary

Reading

Writing

Listening

Speaking

Global Market

Creative-Critical

Thinking

Communicati

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Vocabulary –It oils the Global Market.

Literary Terms or Figurative Language

Allusion

Alliteration

Allegory

AntithesisArchetype

Irony

Paradox

Allusion/ a hint at another creative work

Religion• The Bible… I did eat of the tree of knowledge• The Gita …How we become entangled with our

desires

World Literature• Shakespeare …”To be ,or not to be: that is the

question” • Cervantes…”Amor y deseo son dos cosas

diferentes”

Famous People• Presidents …”With malice toward none, with

charity for all”• Freud …”Civilization began the first time an

angry person cast a word instead of a rock”

Justice is not just a balancing act, but one that involves humanity and a productive life.

As King Solomon found out, justice is more than balancing facts and laws; it involves humanity and productive living.

Justice is not just about laws, but about fairness, empathy, and humanity.

Archetypes/universal heroes that people emulate( copy), or fear

Zorro, or the Fox, is an archetype that defends the

helpless, punishes cruel politicians, and

aids the oppressed. In England, this would be …?

Yoda is the mentor

archetype, who is an advisor and confidante to

Luke Skywalker.

La Llorona is the archetypical evil

woman condemned to eternally suffer and weep for

violating her role as wife and mother. In

Mexico, she is identified with

___________, who betrayed Mexico to the Spaniards.

Archetypes Activity: Writing & Critical Thinking

Do you have heroes ? Do heroes have “flaws”? Explain. List the character strengths of your hero or heroes (i. e. honesty,

courage, loyalty, leadership, empathy, humility, attitude, etc.) What goals do you have ? How will your goals affect your family, or

your neighborhood, or your city ? Do you have historical heroes, or cultural heroes? What journey will you take in life? There is only one journey: going inside yourself Rainer Maria Rilke A journey consists of three stages: 1)departure, 2) trials and victories,

and 3) return and reintegration with society Joseph Campbell Do you foresee any obstacles (trials) in your journey?

Alliteration

Poetry

ProseMagazines/Ads/Comics

Lyrics

Alliteration/ the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words

Applications“ Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent upon

battle”(Unknown)

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary” (Poe)“Fly o’ er waste fens and windy

fields”(Tennyson)

“Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer”(May)

“ Boom, boom, boom, gotta-get-get”(BEP)

“ I left my head and my heart on the dance floor”(LG)

“smoking on street corners and throwing stones at passing

cars”(JKR)

“Oscar’s only ostrich oiled an orange owl today”( Dr.Seuss)

**Alliteration Activity : Writing Lists & Sentences ( Critical Thinking)

Don’t Drink and Drive

Good as gold

Beto’s BakeryBlue Bubble

Ballroom

New York YankeesPittsburg Penguins

Allegory Plot as meaningCharacters, actions, objects have other meanings

Allegory/ a story that has multiple meanings

Famous Allegories

Three Little Pigs Three

different materials ?

Wolf ?

Hebrew Bible

Genesis Snake?Apple?

BeowulfGrendel?Grendel’s Mother?Dragon?

**Allegory: Writing & Critical Thinking Activity. Describe your

thoughts about the American Dream, Beauty, Double Perception, Money as Evil, Muscle Power Cars.

Economics • Poverty • Wealthy or Rich

People• Hero • Villain

Emotions• Love• Hate

Antithesis/ the opposite or negative of an idea

Summary Assessment: Reading and WritingDirections:

Indicate “A” for alliteration

Indicate “B” for allegory

Indicate “C” for archetype

Indicate “D” for allusion

Indicate “E” for antithesis

Indicate “F” for none of the above

Quiz: Read, then write statement, and answer whether the example is an allusion, allegory, antithesis, alliteration, or archetype.

1. To be a high school graduate, or not to be a high school graduate that is the problem at Georgetown High School.

2. Silly Sally sat on a soft sofa sipping sugared lemonade.

3. The snake represents sex.

4. My uncle, my hero, always gives me good advice and always cares about me .

5. Buy at Beto’s Barber Shop because he is the best.

6. My aunt, like the Wicked Witch of the Southwest ,always blames me when things go wrong in my life.

7. With malice toward none, with charity for all

8. Lovely Lupe , laughing at my jokes, is my second cousin.

9. He is gone to a happier place: God called his number.

10.I wear my hair like … I wear clothes like … I like to say the exact words like …

11. Challenge (reto , desafio) :Of the five literary devices studied so far, pick any three and write examples which you know or have made.

Paradox/ a statement that appears to contradict itself

Examples : I know that I know nothing

(Socrates)

Two people might not cooperate even if it is in their best interest to do so ( Prisoner's Dilemma)

Increasing food supply might actually lead to sickness and death ( Enrichment Paradox)

Antithesis: Famous examples

Abe Lincoln • The world will little note, nor long remember…but it can

never forget• These dead shall not have died in vain..have a new birth

of freedom

Neil Armstrong • One small step for a man, • One giant leap for mankind

J F Kennedy • Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you

can do for your country• If a rich country cannot help the many who are poor, it

cannot save the few who are rich

Paradox Writing Activity: Read the following paradoxes and Write( Explain) why they are paradoxes.

Liar ‘s Paradox: “All citizens of Georgetown are liars,” said the Round Rock citizen ; and I ,from Round Rock, only tell truths. Is he lying , or telling the truth?

Patient/Doctor Paradox: Everything happens for a reason and if it is my destiny to get healthy, I will get healthy. Therefore, there is no reason to go to a doctor.

Bertrand Russell Paradox: All exact science is dominated by approximation. If a man says he knows the exact truth, then you are safe to reason that he is an inexact man.

Mark Twain Paradox: “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.”

Examples of Irony Beautiful weather we had these last three

summers …for lizards. Two marriage therapists are divorced from

each other The bullet that injured President Reagan

ricocheted from a bullet proof window

IRONY: the opposite of what is stated (verbal), or an occurrence (situation) that is opposite of what was expected

Quiz: Irony--Yes or No? What kind? Situational or Expressed?

1. A defaced traffic sign states no defacing of signs.

2. A medieval warrior is checking his cell phone. 3. A good looking girl invites the quarterback of

the football team for a date. 4. Your mom says that she will not let you go out past ten when you know she does it all the time when she

goes dancing at a club. 5. Congress is doing everything possible to create

new jobs in 2013. 6. Musicians come up with a pledge of no use of

drugs on the road while driving. 7. Overweight doctors and nurses warn you about not

exercising. 8. Your dad warns you about not wearing your

seatbelt, which he never uses. 9. More teachers should be laid off because they

make too much money. 10. A large piece iron weighs little due to it

being made of plastic.