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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, Literary analysis in TMDG, narrative writing

Week # 5 September 24-28, 2012

Literature: "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell and "Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
Writing: Literary writing
Vocabulary: "The Most Dangerous Game" additional words: mirage, braggart, pungent, precarious, placid, mystify, anguish, vigor, leer, discern, disarming, ardent, debacle, surmount, grisly, naive, elude, stealthy, futile, pungent, uncanny, precarious, tangible, placid, frantic

"Cask of Amontillado" words: aperture, circumscribe, connoisseur, crypt, distill gesticulate, ignoramus, implore, impunity, insufferable, motley, perceive, recess, redress, repose, termination, vault, vintage, virtuouso

Homework:
- SAT vocab notes on "The Most Dangerous Game" words - due: Sept.24
- SAT vocab notes on "The Most Dangerous Game" additional words - due: Oct.1                                                                                           
- SAT vocab notes on "The Cask of Amontillado" words - due: Oct. 8
- Sentence Homework #1 - due: Sept. 25
- Figurative and Plot Devices assignment - due: Sept. 26

Monday

• Take vocabulary Quiz #3 - "The Most Dangerous Game" words.
• Continue reading "The Most Dangerous Game" and annotate for understanding of literary techniques.

Tuesday

• Warm-up: sentence unscrambling with prepositional phrase. 
• Understand and analyze figurative language and plot devices in "The Most Dangerous Game."
• Prepare to read "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Review tone and mood in literature.

Wednesday

• Continue to read "The Cask of Amontillado" and analyze tone and mood in the story.
• Annotate the rest of the story for conflict, setting, irony, mood, narrator's purpose, foreshadowing, sound imagery, climax, and resolution.

Thursday - Friday

• Writing workshop.
• Complete narrative outline and write first draft.
• Conference with peers before writing second draft.

Hunger Games test, Excerpt from Night, "The Most Dangerous Game", Richard Connell

Week #4 September 18-21, 2012

Literature: Short story - "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, wrapping up of Hunger Games lessons including the reading of an excerpt from Night by Elie Wiesel.
Writing: Narrative Essay, narrative devices
Vocabulary: dank, palpable, opaque, lacerate, palatial, bizarre, amenity, affable, cosmopolitan, condone, droll, scruple, bland, grotesque, opiate, sallow, solicitous, venerable, deplorable, zealous, tangible, repast, quarry, disarming, cultivate

Homework:
- SAT vocab notes on tone words - due: Tuesday, Sept. 18
- SAT vocab notes on "The Most Dangerous Game" words - due: Monday, Sept. 24
- Crossword puzzle for tone words - due: Tuesday, Sept. 18
- Annotation assignment on the excerpt from Night. At home, read the excerpts and highlight important details and identify some techniques used by the author. You may use SIFT.  - due: Wednesday, Sept. 19

Monday - Holiday

Tuesday - Friday

• I will give the Hunger Games test on Tuesday. Be prepared. 
• We will review the tone words using the crossword puzzle I gave you last Friday, Sept. 14, and then, you will take a vocabulary test.
• This week, you will be provided a handout on annotation and use your annotation assignment you were given last week to review information in the handout. Add annotations in your assignment if you see anything you missed according to the annotation handout.
• We will read our first short story this week: "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. 
• Finally, I am hoping we can continue with the narrative outlining assignment we started a week ago. 

Note: If you have questions, do not hesitate to ask them here using the comment section below. 

SIFT, Allusion, Excerpt from Night by Elie Wiesel, 9-11

Week #3 September 10-14, 2012

Literature: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Excerpt from Night by Elie Wiesel
Writing: Literary Writing, style, tone, and voice
Vocabulary: TONE WORDS: apprehensive, awe, bitter, clinical, compassionate, condescending, contentious, derisive, detached, elated, facetious, flippant, haughty, indignant, insolent, irreverent, jovial, mournful, nostalgic, obsequious, pessimistic, petty, pretentious, ridiculing, sarcastic, shocked, somber, taunting, urgent, wrathful  (NOTE: Choose 25 words to study and use.)

HOMEWORK:
- SAT Vocabulary notes #2 - due: Monday, September 10
- Allusion project - due: Thursday, September 13
- Leave a comment below. - due until Friday,  
                                                September 14
- Prepare for the HUNGER GAMES test -TUESDAY, September 18.
Monday

• Take a vocabulary quiz on the first two lists.
• Continue the SIFT lesson.

Tuesday

• Continue the SIFT lesson and have each group present to class.
• Read an article about 9-11 and work on an activity.

Wednesday

• Read an excerpt from Night by Elie Wiesel. Analyze style, tone, and theme. 
• Work on a compare and contrast activity.

Thursday and Friday

• Review elements of a narrative.
• Complete narrative outline.
• Write a narrative essay.

SIFT

Week #2 September 4-7, 2012

Literature: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Writing: Narrative essay
Vocabulary: surly, irredeemable, mediocre, banal, gossamer, ferocity, urn, catacombs, serrated, smoldering, foresight, imprudent, inferno, corruption, vipers, stupor, fiend, bravado, befuddled, noxious, evasion, rendezvous, copse, impotence, despondency

Homework:

• Materials for class: three composition notebooks, and folder or binder - due September 4
• SAT vocabulary notebook notes - due September 4
• Shield of hidden truths and lies - September 5
• Allusion project - September 7 (Due date might change for a later date. We will see.) - POSTPONED. New due date is September 11.

Activities
Monday - LABOR DAY holiday
Tuesday

• Students will take the Beginning of Year assessment (BOY).

Wednesday

• Students will complete the outline for the narrative essay.
• Students will be divided into groups of 5 or 6.  Each group will analyze symbol, imagery, figurative language, tone, and theme (SIFT) in Hunger Games.
• Students will take a reading on HG Part I chapters.

Thursday

• Continuation: Groups of 5 or 6 will continue to analyze symbol, imagery, figurative language, tone, and theme in Hunger Games.
• Each group will discuss their analysis.
• Students will take a reading check on HG Part II chapters.

Friday

• Students will finish up SIFT analysis.
• Students will take a reading check on HG Part III chapters.

Welcome to the new school year of 2012-2013!

Week #1 August 27-31, 2012

Literature: Summer Reading discussion - Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games, Nikki Giovanni's "Ego Tripping" and Hugh Gallagher's "College Essay"
Writing: Personal poem and literary essay
Vocabulary: utopia, dystopia, entrails, reap, tessera, apothecary, tribute, treason, repentance, sustenance, plait, tenuous, insurmountable, mace, sanctioned, demeanor, decrepit, inexplicable, tureen, cornucopia, swathe, affectations, adversaries, deluge, oblivious

Homework:

• Bring back the white paper part of the syllabus with your and your parent's signature on August 28.
• Bring a small photo of you and colored pencils or markers on August 28. You will use these materials for a shield project due on or before September 5.
• Bring all required materials mentioned in the syllabus by Friday, August 31 or Tuesday, September 4.
• The Hunger Games project is due on September 7. If you submit the project ahead of time, you will earn extra points.
• Review for Hunger Games test on September 10.
• SAT vocabulary notes in Cornell note format are due every Tuesday of every week.
• Review for a quiz or test every Monday or Tuesday (if Monday is a holiday).

Assignments:

Monday - Wednesday

• Fill out enrollment forms and receive class syllabus and letter to parents.
• Work on "The Hidden Truth...or...The Hidden Lie" assignment after reading Nikki Giovanni's poem called "Ego Tripping" and and Hugh Gallagher's "College Essay".
• On Tuesday or Wednesday, write a poem or a paragraph with your hidden truth or lie, and create your own shield of information. Check due date above.
• Receive vocabulary handouts and discuss the SAT format.

Thursday - Friday

• Discuss allusion and the allusion project. Work on a mini-lesson based on the summer novel.
• Analyze symbol, imagery, figurative language, tone and theme (SIFT) in the summer novel. Read and discuss short passages in groups of 5. 

NOTE: Please register on www.turnitin.com. Details about this assignment will be given in class.

Reading schedule: 5^th Period

While reading or re-reading the novel Hunger Games, highlight passages you would like to share with the class. These could be passages that are important moments, curious incidents, confusing decisions, hard to understand, well written, or for some other reason a moment just stands out for you.

 Note: A short reading check will be given the day after the readings are due. The reading schedule is just a guide that informs what chapters are going to be discussed. The novel was a summer reading assignment and you should have already read all the chapters in the book before coming back to school.

August 30-31 – Part 1, pages 3-130 (reading check– September 5)

September 4-5 – Part 2, pages 133-244 (reading check – September 6)

September 6-7 – Part 3, pages 247-374 (reading check – September 7)

Week #35 May 21-25, 2012

Monday through Thursday will be about wrapping up lessons and reviewing for the final exam. Make sure you have your review packet with you at all times. I will also be picking up books that were issued to you by me and those that have not been returned in the past. Please make sure you have everything you need to return this week.