Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; Use dictionaries and thesauri as needed; Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexitites within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension.
- Bell Work: Explain why/how the title "The Fall of the House of Usher" has two meanings (figurative and literal).
- I'll have new SAT Words for you tomorrow!!!!!
- Read as a class: page 374-375 Gretel Ehrlich Introduces Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- Author information over Henry David Thoreau (p. 377)
- Read and take notes
- Vocabulary and Literary Terms "from Walden" and "from Civil Disobedience"--put these on your Literary Terms and Vocabulary Google Doc
- Literary Terms (p. 376)
- Author's Purpose
- Style
- Diction
- Tone
- Metaphor
- Analogy
- Vocabulary (p. 376)
- Dilapidated
- Sublime
- Superfluous
- Magnanimity
- Expedient
- Alacrity
- We will begin reading "from Walden" and "from Civil Disobedience" tomorrow.
- At debate, I will be back tomorrow. Please be good. I miss you!!!!!!!!
- If you have questions you can tweet me @ChelseaAvalos. I'll reply back as soon as I can.
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