English I Honors—February 23, 2015

• Bell work: What makes a good story?• Homework:– College Argument essay due tomorrow. Typed,

printed, MLA format.– Unit 2 and Lesson 5 Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.– Study Island Homework due Friday (plot).– Students who attend the Writing Boot Camp on

Saturday will receive bonus points.– You may stay after on Thursday during tutoring to

go over what you missed during Session 1.

Unit 1 Embedded Assessment 2—Writing an Argumentative Essay

• Topic: Your assignment is to write an essay of argumentation about the value of a college education.

• Due date: Tuesday when you come to class.• Format: MLA

– Typed– Times New Roman, 12 point font– Double spaced– 1 inch margins (do not adjust margins)– Heading with your name, my name, class, date, word count– Header with your name and page number– Correctly formatted Works Cited page and internal citations which correspond.

• Word Count: 600-750 words• Scoring: You will type your essay into MyAccess! on Monday, but I will take

off points for incorrect formatting and papers that do not meet word count.

Unit 2 Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms and Lesson 5 Words

• Unit 2—style, symbol, figurative language, literal language, tone, irony, allusions, imagery, main idea, theme, mood

• Lesson 5:• privation—n. a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such

as food and warmth are scarce or lacking.• solace—n. comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.• introspection—n. the examination or observation of one's own mental and

emotional processes.• provisional—adj. lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.• bereft—adj. deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset.• epiphany—n. a sudden and profound understanding of something.• fortuitous—adj. happening by accident or chance rather than design.• melancholy—n. a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.• avocation—n. a hobby or minor occupation.• renaissance—n. a rebirth or revival.

Unit 2—Embedded Assessment 1

Writing a Short Story

Focus on setting, character, events,

and/or ideas to develop real or imagined

experiences or events.

Present thought-provoking, well-chosen

details, conflict, and resolution to heighten

reader interest.

Develop engaging and authentic characters

that grow in complexity throughout the story.

Create a story structure that engages the reader, uses a

variety of techniques to sequence events and create

coherence, and provides a clear and reasonable resolution.

Use precise language, telling details, and

sensory language to enhance mood or tone.

Use a range of narrative techniques and literary devices to enhance the

plot.

Demonstrate correct spelling and excellent command of standard English conventions.

Plot Diagram

Conflict

Genre Study: Reviewing the Elements of a Story

• Characters—the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the action of the story.

• Main character or protagonist—the central character, the one who is involved in the main conflict of the story.

• Antagonist—opposes the protagonist in some way.• Minor characters—secondary characters whose thoughts, words,

or actions also move the action of the story along.• Theme—a literary work’s central idea or main message about life;

usually not stated directly but left to the reader to define; not a moral.

Literary Elements

• Point of View—the perspective from which a story is told.• Irony—a literary device that exploits readers’ expectations when

expected occurrences are different from what actually happens.• Imagery—verbal expression of a sensory experience; imagery is

created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.• Figurative language—images such as metaphors and similes that

describe one thing in terms of another; not meant to be taken literally.

• Symbol—any object, animal, event, person, or place that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level.

• Allusion—a reference to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work.

Experimenting with Point of View

• First Person: a character from the story is telling the story; uses the pronouns “I’ and “me”.

• Third-Person Limited: the narrator knows that thoughts and feelings of only one character in the story. Uses the pronouns “he”, “she”, and “they”.

• Third-Person Omniscient: the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.

Check Your Understanding

• On a separate sheet of paper, work with a partner to transform Excerpt 1 and Excerpt 2 into the different points of view.

• Also, Answer the following questions regarding point of view:– 1. Which point of view gives the most information about

the actions and feelings of the characters? Why?– 2. Which is most limited? Why?– 3. Why would an author choose to tell a story in first

person? In third-person limited? In third-person omniscient?