3/15 English III

Silent Reading-20 minutes. Work on R17-R18 visualizing-Due 4/4-80%

Turn in words M & M 43-52 (10 words). Make sure they are labelled and in order before submitting.

Take out R16-Figurative Language notes to add to them

Symbolism

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Take Symbolism Notes                                             2 Symbols in MORD and why they are symbols



For the note portion:
Symbolism: using objects, items, characters or elements to represent something larger than themselves.

How to spot Symbols in the text
-repetition
-unusual placement or name
-words that don't go together or seem they don't belong
-patterns in diction
-long descriptions
-shifts/changes in the poem

Diction
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Take Diction Notes,                                        List 2 patterns of diction in MORD and
Patterns in Diction,                                          explain why the pattern was used
what diction reveals/importance

For the note portion: Diction is the word choice used by the author for a deeper purpose. When you are looking for diction, you are looking for words that author used that others may not have.

For example: shack and cabin have the same meaning, they are both small living corridors. But if I was an author and was writing a scary story, if I could only choose between those two words, I would use shack. If I was an author and was writing about a vacation home, and could only choose between those two words, I would choose cabin. Shack has a negative feeling or connotation, whereas cabin has a warm, comfortable feeling to it.

Patterns in diction: A pattern is when words used throughout the story or poem have a relation to one another or they are similar. It isn't when the same word is repeated, rather its when words are repeated that have some type of association.

For example: In Masque of the Red Death, there is a pattern of red. Red, Scarlet, blood, bleeding, etc. It carries throughout the story. The reason Poe may have used words that all are associated with red in a negative manner, might be to keep the Gothic mood alive and to keep the reader feeling uneasy. He also has patterns of light in parts of the story and a pattern of negativity associated with dreams. On pg 55 of your story, the first paragraph has many words that are light sources or describe light, such as light, candelabrum, braziers, firelight, etc. This is obviously a pattern. Perhaps they represent the glimmer of hope in the castle, perhaps they symbolize the remaining life or fading life in the castle. But there is obviously a reason he used this pattern. Dream has negative words associated with it on pg 56, line 98, such as stalked, writhed, stiff-frozen. If you ask yourself why are they referring to dreams in a negative way, you might stumble upon a deeper meaning. Perhaps dreams are painful, haunt the masqueraders and are stuck because they are stuck and can't really live out their dreams. A dream of future longings might become painful and scary if you were never going to be able to pursue that dream.

Allusion                                                         

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Take allusion notes                                          List 1 allusion used in MORD
                                                                       and explain why it was used/
                                                                       how it contributes to the story
                                                                       You can use the internet for this.


For note portion: An allusion is a reference to something well known. Allusions are used by authors to save time, to give the reader something to immediately connect with and for them to get immediate background information, without the author having to take time out to explain


4th: Watched The Following, The Raven Clip

Next class: mood, tone, speaker notes. Analysis of "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath, Exit 11.

3/13 English III

Before reading, the class receives the visualizing problems and fixes worksheet. Everyone reviews, what students have been doing incorrectly with visualizing and how to fix it. Also class reviews many ways to use extra for the visualizing strategy. Refer to this worksheet to help you be more descriptive and use extra in a purposeful way. Also make sure you are using the correct sense, for example if you said " I see them talking in an angry way" you aren't using the right sense. If they are mostly describing the way they sound, that would be I hear, if they are mostly talking about their anger, that would be I feel.

Students given 25 minutes to read to finish an older reading entry, past due, or work on the new one.
R17-R18-visualizing- due 4/4-80%

52. gradient
Prefix: x             Root: grad: to walk, step, degree, move          Suffix: ent/ant: forms nouns & adj

gradient: inclined surface,degree of inclination, rate of ascent and descent


Model: The gradient leading to my grandmother's house was steep and intimidating.
You Do: Your own sentence using context clues.

This is the last word of the set. Class reviews each word for quiz today during 6th block. Remember anything over an 80% is extra credit.


Remember to fix and resubmit Exit 9 (80%), which was reviewed and discussed the last class

Turn in the following wkshts if you haven't yet: R16: Irony, Allusion handouts
Finish: R16 Irony/Allusion-Pop Quiz-80%

4th Started Symbolism notes. See next blog for notes.
5th watch The Following clip-allusion to The Raven by Poe