Tuesday/Wednesday, September 29/30, 2015

Announcements and Reminders: Prepare for your next spelling test  on where/wear, are/our. Could you bear to wear this? Practice with flashcards:  https://quizlet.com/_1kmci4 We will go to the media center next time for you to find a contemporary realistic fiction book. Make sure you know these                                                                 Literary Terms  for the test next time. Practice with Quizlet!  https://quizlet.com/_1kghtq You can practice online or print flashcards or a list. For your next Book of the Month, read contemporary realistic fiction. See your goldenrod handout for the Book of the Month Assignment. This is a link to  some examples of contemporary realistic fiction. Cavetime on Tuesdays are request days.   This week it is a day to complete the argument writing test and to present your book of the month project if you have not done that yet. On Tuesdays, if you receive a request, please come to Cavetime as quickly as you can. If you do not receive a request on a Tuesday, please find another place to be.

Targets for Today: I can recognize and define major elements of literature, especially theme, topic, genre, and summary, point of view, tone, irony, connotation, illusion, dialogue, flashback, and foreshadowing.  (Utah State Core, Language Arts 7, Reading: Literature Standard 2, 3, 4, 6)

Today’s  Agenda: September 30 B5, B6, B7 Pick up your composition book. Pick up the quiz on figurative language  and the chart for Literary Terms.  1a.  Take a quiz on figurative language -- Questions #1-12 are required. You may complete the back for extra credit. 1b.  Fill out, as much as you can, the chart for Literary Terms as they are shown in the stories we've read. Connotations: From "Playing for Keeps" Connotation: What are the connotations of the word "beer"?  Bert puts a six pack of beer in the refrigerator.    Connotation: Why would the author have used the phrase "puppy dogs" instead of "dogs" or "hounds"or "canines" or "mutts"?           (People at first hoped that the aliens would be as  "eager as puppy dogs to give mankind all sorts of marvelous inventions.")  Connotation: For the following, both mean the same thing, yet. . . . thrifty-  penny-pinching pushy-   aggressive politician-   statesman chef-    cook slender-    skinny Flashbacks:  in "Playing for Keeps" What Johnny did with the brussel spouts and creamed corn Johnny had pulled all the fire alarms in town.   2.  Finish reading "Playing for Keeps" with  Irony and Allusion Tone: satirical, humorous Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices 3.  Pixar Plot Review  Boundin'   -- Plot and Theme   For the Birds --  Plot, character, theme Lifted  -- Plot, Theme Geri's Game?  ______________________________________________ September 29 - A1 Finished the Short Story:    "Playing for Keeps" with  Irony and Allusion Find the story here: Playing for Keeps.doc Click on the link here, then click on the "Download" tab to open it. A1 read the first page of the story. ___________________ Definition of Irony-  -- a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.   Dramatic irony can also include times when the audience knows things that the characters do not. http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/education/literature/types-of-irony Extra Credit: Irony vs. Coincidence ________________________ Definition of Allusion  -- a reference to a well-known person, event, story, or thing Allusion Allusion -- Literary _________________________  Imagery  -- descriptive or figurative language, language that appeals to the five senses They also read  "The Dinner Party" with Irony, Setting,  and Character find the story at http://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_103.pdf _____________________________

If You Were Absent: See above for the literary terms activities.