English I (Pre-AP): Quest Archetype / Movie Storyboards

Here's today's presentation on the quest archetype:



MOVIE STORYBOARDS
Please select any movie, book, episode of television, etc., that fits the Quest archetype we've been looking at. Using a storyboard handout, please draw and discuss how the work you've selected meets the six criteria:

1. Quester: Who goes on the quest?
2. Destination/Prize: What is it the quester wants?
3. Mentor: Who give the quester guidance or whatever else s/he will need to fulfill the quest?
4. Challenges/Trials: Give two examples of things the quester must overcome.
5. Underworld: Where does the quester have to face down death or come to terms with mortality?
6. True Objective: What does the quester ultimately get that surpasses what s/he went on the quest to get in the first place?

Due Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Pre-AP English II: Socratic Seminar Intro

Here's the presentation on Socratic Seminars from class today:

Pre-AP English II: Persuasive Techniques (Logos/Pathos/Ethos)

Here's the presentation we discussed in class today:

English II (on-level) "Man in the Water" Vocab and Meaningful Sentences

Please create meaningful sentences for each of the vocabulary words in the presentation, above. On slides that have two words, please pick only one of the two; be sure to use it correctly in your meaningful 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:

hero (n.): someone brave and selfless.

a meaningful sentence would be:

Mac the mechanic is my hero; he rushed into the five-car pile-up to rescue my kitten even though he could have been killed.

Due Date: Friday, Oct. 7

English I (Pre-AP): Alchemist Vocab 1 and Meaningful Sentences

Please create meaningful sentences for each of the vocabulary words in the presentation, above.

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:

shepherd (n.): someone who raises or tends to sheep.

a meaningful sentence would be:

Joe was a shepherd; he has raised sheep in Montana for twenty years.

Due Date: Friday, Oct. 7

Pre-AP English II: Lord of the Flies Chapter 1 Vocab and Meaningful Sentences

Please create meaningful sentences for each of the vocabulary words in the presentation, above.

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:

myopic (adj.): having myopia; nearsighted.

a meaningful sentence would be:

Piggy was myopic; his nearsightedness meant that he had to wear glasses to see things far away.

Due Date: Thursday, Oct. 6

Pre-AP English II: Lord of the Flies Audio Files

I am in the process of acquiring audio files of Lord of the Flies. I'll bring the first three chapters with me on Monday. If you'd like copies to listen to as you read, please bring a flashdrive with you to class.

(Listening to the audio files does not relieve you of the responsibility of reading and annotating the book. The intent is to enable you to hear the words as you read, as there are words you understand when you hear them that you may not recognize when you see them.)