English I (Pre-AP): TKaM Test Preview

Tomorrow's test will be over one of the chapters assigned for reading tonight (28-31). In addition to knowing what occurs in the story, I'd recommend knowing these words that appear on the test (either in a question or as a possible answer).

(There will also be a four-question quiz on the events in chapters 28-31.)

Do not infer that any of these words indicates a correct answer simply because I'm suggesting you know it prior to the test.

• Anticipation


• Conjecture


• Contradict


• Defer


• Disorientation


• Introspection


• Latent


• Oblige


• Reticence


• Scornful


• Sentimentality


• Syntax

Pre-AP Classes: Assignment Reminders

English I (Pre-AP): Please remember that you should be through Chapter 12 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Monday. You also have the ongoing "Facebook Page" project assignment to be thinking about/working on.

Pre-AP English II: You should be done reading Metamorphosis by Monday. There will be a book check for A Christmas Carol on Wednesday, Nov. 30 (check back tomorrow for information on how to get a free e-book copy). You may turn in a draft of your IWA at any time (remember, the deadline for a successful first draft is Friday, Dec. 9 -- only two weeks away!)

Above all, have a safe final couple days of your break. See you Monday.

Pre-AP English Classes: Test Preview

Tomorrow, Pre-AP English I and II classes will be taking an AP-style multiple choice test on the texts you are reading. You will need to know the sets of of literary devices we've been working on this semester.

Pre-AP English I
Bring your books tomorrow. You will be tested on Chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird and will need to know the following literary devices:

• Alliteration


• Allusion


• Diction


• Hyperbole


• Metaphor


• Onomatopoeia


• Oxymoron


• Paradox


• Personification


• Simile

Pre-AP II
I will provide you with an excerpt of the novel. You will be tested on the following literary devices:

• Alliteration


• Allusion


• Anaphora


• Apostrophe


• Diction


• Foreshadowing


• Flashback


• Hyperbole


• Imagery


• Metaphor


• Metonymy


• Onomatopoeia


• Oxymoron


• Paradox


• Personification


• Simile

you will also need to know the three types of irony

• Verbal


• Dramatic


• Situational

English I (Pre-AP): Mockingbird Vocabulary/Meaningful Sentences #1

Use the vocabulary words above to write meaningful sentences. For slides that have multiple words, you need only write one sentence.

Remember:

• a meaningful sentence is made up of two independent sentences combined with a semicolon (;)


• the first sentence includes a vocabulary word


• the second sentence contains the definition of that vocabulary word


• the first word of the second sentence is not capitalized


• you should underline the vocabulary word and its definition

For instance, if the vocabulary word was:

Mockingbird (n.): any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds; the State Bird of Texas.

a meaningful sentence would be:

This morning I heard a mockingbird sing outside my kitchen window; its song was so pretty, I can see why Texas made it its State Bird.

Due Date: Friday, Nov. 18

English I (Pre-AP): TKaM Facebook Project

To complete this project you must create a fake Facebook page for one of the characters of To Kill a Mockingbird. You may use any character except Boo Radley (or any other character for which you cannot come up with five "friends").

Please lay out your page (I will provide 11"x17" paper; you may also use your own paper that size or larger), to include the following:

• A large picture of your character. It can be a hand-drawn picture of a person or a symbol/icon representing that character.


• Background information about that character:
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Where they go/went to school
  • Hobbies/Interest
  • Occupation (if an adult)
  • Etc.
  
  
• At least five Facebook "friends." Each friend needs a picture/symbol/icon representing him/her.


• At least three status updates. Updates can either be based on events in the book or a photo they're sharing of something that exists/happens in the book (for instance a picture of a tree similar to the one in the Radley yard that things are hidden in). Please try to speak in the same voice as the character. It is doubtful that Atticus would post "'sup holmes?"


• You should have likes/comments for your posts. At least one post must have a comment thread with five or more entries. The comments should be accompanied by the picture/symbol/icon for that character.


• If you are making a paper Facebook page, you may add yourself to as a "friend" of your character, but you may not add anyone else outside of the book. If you and a group are going in and creating profiles actually on Facebook, you may not add non-story characters.


• You may add ads, tickers, "you may also know"s, etc., for additional credit.

Deadline: Friday, December 16, 2011.

Pre-AP Classes: Weekend Reading Assignment

Please come to class on Monday having read the following:

Pre-AP English II:
Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, Section I

English I (Pre-AP):
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Chapter 1.

Don't forget to use the Half Price Books coupon(s) I mentioned in class.