Friday, April 21, 2017

English Ten Periods 2 and 6

Our next novel, Fahrenheit 451 is being remade into a series by HBO!. Read about it here: https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/20/hbo-adapting-ray-bradburys-dystopian-classic-fahrenheit-451/
Why might HBO remake the novel? What can we tell about the novel based on the fact that it is being remade? 

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

H. English Ten period 3

1. Rough draft of Chapter 3-- Last Narrative on Altercation or Verbal Disagreement. 2. Rough Draft of Your Rhetorical Analysis Essay on Sensory Details from The Narrative of Frederick Douglass. 
2. Part I of The Narrative of Frederick Douglass Essay on Friday.

H. World Literature Period 5

1. Decide if you are interested in Where Did Our Love Go? or Materialism. Complete at least ten rough draft interview questions.
2. Don't forget two literature circle roll sheets for your novel.
3. 3 Journal Entries. Be sure to bring journals tomorrow

English Ten Period 6

Complete The Narrative of Frederick Douglass Socratic Reflection questions that began in class today.  The questions are found here:
1.    Identify five adjectives to describe Frederick Douglass:
2.    Now, which of the five adjectives do you think most describes Frederick?
3.    Reflect: Which scene or part of the narrative from Chapters 1-4 was most pivotal, moving, shocking or important to you and why?
4.    Reflect: Which scene, or part or statement of the narrative from Chapters 5-9 was most pivotal, moving, shocking or important to you and why?
5.    Reflect: Which scene, or part or statement of the narrative from Chapters 10-11 was most pivotal or moving, or inspiring or important to you and why?
6.    Reflect on your overall understanding of Frederick’s Narrative. Connect a theme from the narrative to: Yourself and To Your World.  That is, what did you most cherish or appreciate about the narrative?  What connections or lessons does Frederick’s narrative still hold? 
7.    Did you complete journals for The Narrative of Frederick Douglass? If so, how many.
Review for your exam on The Narrative of Frederick Douglass; Sensory Details, etc. which is tomorrow!!

Using Quotations Marks

Review the rules for using Quotation Marks. Then, also review the videos and links for why you would incorporate dialogue.
1. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/577/01/
2. https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6903-use-quotation-marks-to-show-dialogue 

Also, view the video from study.com on how to incorporate dialogue into your narrative essay and how it impacts the pacing or speed. http://study.com/academy/lesson/narrative-techniques-dialogue-pacing-description-reflection.html 

Now, complete any one of the following practice exercises and provide proof of completion:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/writerschoice/rws/mslessons/grade6/lesson30/exercises.shtml

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=punctuating-quotations-dialogue