WEEK OF 1.11.16

DC■MLA NOTES!!!!■You have a stems quiz on FRIDAY!!!

■Homework: Please make sure that you complete the MLA Scavenger hunt by Thursday!

1.12.16

AP■Read Act I of The Crucible and answer

the questions.■Make sure that you can define

“authorial intrusion” by the end of class.

■Homework: Finish reading Act I and finish answering the questions.

■Present Logical Fallacies TOMORROW!!!!

1.12.16

Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, Analogy■Simile: comparing two things using like or

as (stylistic flair)■Metaphor: making a direct comparison

between two things■Allusion: referring indirectly to something

beyond the work to increase the author’s effectiveness in connecting with the audience

■Analogy: use something well known to explain something complex (more down to earth)

1.13.16

Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, Analogy■Exercise: Simile (which is not)1. a)The horse galloped a million miles

an hour. (b) The horse galloped as swift as a jet plane flies. (c) The horse galloped like a Kentucky Derby winner.

2. A) The waves rolled to the shore like a slinky-back and forth, back and forth. B) Ocean water tastes like salt. C) We rode the waves as the day went on.

1.13.16

Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, Analogy■Exercise: Metaphor (turn into

metaphors)1. Clayville is a dirty area, and the people

who live there are dangerous- it should be avoided.

2. Patricia went through a long and painful delivery with her first child.

3. The new shelter will provide food and homes to many needy families.

1.13.16

Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, Analogy■Exercise: Allusion (write a sentence

(one for each name) alluding to the names written below)

1. Cupid2. Pocahontas3. Martin Luther King, Jr.4. Scrooge5. Mother Teresa

1.13.16

Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, Analogy■Exercise: Analogy (pick the best answer to

complete the sentence and explain the meaning and why you picked that answer)

1. Animals have feelings, so killing animals just for their fur ________

a) Is similar to killing a deer only for its antlersb) Is morally wrong and should be illegalc) Is like destroying a rainforest to make paperd) Is just as heinous as the experiments the

Nazis performed on victims in concentration camps

1.13.16

DC■We are going to work on our MLA scavenger hunt. If you have questions I will come around and answer them.

■Please don’t forget that we have a stems quiz on Friday.

1.13.16

AP■We are going to present our fallacy projects today.

■Please don’t forget that we have a stems quiz on Friday.

■2nd period, you have an inkshed due on Friday!

1.13.16

Dual Credit■You have 10 minutes to study for you

stems test tomorrow (please write the 5 hardest words 5 times each (List 66 & 67)).

■We are going to finish working on the scavenger hunt today. Those of you who have already finished may begin working on the Integrity Project.

■Don’t forget the Stems Quiz Tomorrow!!

1.14.16

AP■You have 10 minutes to study for you stems test tomorrow (please write the 5 hardest words 5 times each (List 66 & 67)).

■We are going to finish presenting projects today.

■Don’t forget the Stems Quiz Tomorrow!!■2nd Period, don’t forget your inkshed!~

1.14.16

Do Now■DC - You have 10 minutes to study for you stems test.

■2nd period – please turn in your inkshed.

■AP – we are going to take our Act I quiz and our Stems quiz.

■Please turn in Act I Questions!

1.14.16

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