Tuesday, September 1, 2015

What We're Doing -- Sept. 15 - Sept. 30



September 15/16  
lab to complete SRI and to take essay pretest for students who were absent
argument terms pretest,   
sample for book discussion with handouts to outline notes for the discusssion,  rubrics 
If extra time, practice alliteration and assonance 

17-18 
lesson about  theme, topic, genre   
finish figurative language  
spelling test  
PT Conference after school   


21-22    Read one or more short stories: Little Red Riding Hood (fairy tale)?, Amigo Brothers
http://vvjh.vviewisd.net/ourpages/auto/2015/8/19/66560233/amigo_brothers_story_by_piri_thomas.pdf
(theme, figurative language)–
point of view,
tone,
irony,
connotation,
allusion,
dialogue,  
flashback,
foreshadowing,


                         Short story: Three Skeleton Key
http://www.mpsaz.org/taylor/staff/bjdavis/short-stories/files/threeskeletonpdf.pdf

in case you're curious -- http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-synecdoche.html

23-24    Book of the Month Discussions 
       
    more literary terms 

25-28    review of lit terms -- Figurative Language Quiz   --  spelling test   --   Pixar Plot Review   Short Story: The Dinner Party?

29-30  retake literary terms test