Diction/Tone

Today students worked on diction/tone packets.

The Handmaid's Tale

Students received The Handmaid's Tale today. They are to read through page 100 by Wednesday. Students also received a list of allusions to analyze in their notes as they read. Gilead Commanders of the Faithful Guardians of the Faith Angels Eyes of the Lord Marthas Handmaids Rachel & Leah Centre Whirlwind/Behemoth/Chariot Loaves & Fishes All Flesh Lilies of the Field Milk and Honey I then gave a presentation on diction and tone. Students were asked to discuss possible adjectives to describe diction and tone regarding specific passages.

Q3

Students completed a Q3 for We today.

We continued discussing approaches to a q3 sample. Students received 2 packets of sample essays to read and analyze.

Q3

We are currently working on how to prepare for a Q3 essay question.

MC

Today we worked in groups on a poetry MC section. We will continue this tomorrow.

We

Today we discussed the novel We.

Sample Essays/Project

We continued discussing strengths and weaknesses of sample essays today. Students also received the following project which is due Monday: You will be given a literary term to teach to the rest of the class. You will NOT, however, be presenting this term. You must create some type of poster that contains the following: Definition Example Reason for use-what could an author accomplish by using this device Images representative of the device Anachronism Analogy Anaphora Aphorism Apostrophe Archetype Blank Verse Cacophony Caesura Colloquial Conceit Connotation Denotation Denouement Doppelganger Enjambment Euphemism Euphony Foil Juxtaposition Internal Rhyme Litotes Malapropism Metonymy Near, Off, or Slant Rhyme Paradox Pathetic Fallacy Portmanteau Pun Satire Spoonerism Synecdoche Understatement

Passage Analysis

We continued our discussion of the passage today.

Passage analysis

Students received several handouts on syntax and diction. We then read and discussed a sample passage analysis prompt.

We

Students received We, which is to be read by 9/16. We then discussed the summer reading.