Teacher’s Desk

Teacher’s Desk

Teacher’s Desk

Agenda 8/21/17: English 10 -New Seating Chart/ Pick Up “The Cask of Amontillado” -Warm-Up: Read “The Cask of Amontillado” -Discussion of “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado” -Turn in “The Tell-Tale Heart” and Your Syllabus into the Turn It In Bin HW: Bring Journal and Summer Reading Book For 8/22-3/17 Goal: Discuss, analyze, and compare “The Tell-Tale Heart” to “The Cask of Amontillado.” Literary Words to Go Over: Plot, Theme, Climax

“The Cask of Amontillado” -Solve the motive -Masons = Freemasonry (secret order) -Serpent Symbol -Amontillado is a type of sherry -Nemo me impune de lacessit = No one provokes me with impunity (exemption from punishment) -Montresor = to show fate -Fortunato = happiness, fortune

Possible Points of Discussion: -Revenge as a Theme -Reasoning? -Madness -Results -Poe as an Author -Who are they speaking to?

Agenda 8/21/17- English 9 Journal Entry #1: Goal: Define and apply vocabulary terms from Farenheit 451 to our analysis of the text. -New Seating Chart -Warm-Up: Journal Entry -Discuss Journal Entry -Vocabulary Terms: Fahrenheit 451 HW: Finish Vocab Excercise by Thursday Journal Entry #1: Discuss your favorite character from Fahrenheit 451. What are the traits of this character? How is this character influential within the work? Write at least 5 sentences in response.

(noun) A group of many things in the air or on the ground. swarm He strode in a swarm of fireflies. (noun) A group of many things in the air or on the ground.

A legendary bird that burns itself to death and later emerges reborn. phoenix After the city is reduced to ashes by bombers in Fahrenheit 451, Granger makes a direct comparison between human beings and the story of the phoenix. (noun) A legendary bird that burns itself to death and later emerges reborn.

A person who travels by foot. pedestrian “My uncle was arrested another time-did I tell you?-for being a pedestrian.” (noun) A person who travels by foot. Pro Tip: Ped- is a prefix that means “foot”.

He had a guilty conscience about his desires. (noun) An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior.

illuminate (verb) To light up The fire from the house illuminated the night. (verb) To light up

(adjective) existing only in the mind abstract Love is an abstract concept. You can’t see it but you know it’s there. (adjective) existing only in the mind

(noun) A shelter from danger or hardship. asylum Montag found an asylum for book- lovers outisde the city. (noun) A shelter from danger or hardship.

(noun) Committment to some purpose devotion Faber showed sincere devotion to his books, as he hid them from the government for years. (noun) Committment to some purpose

(noun) A person who has revolutionary ideas or opinions. radical Montag was clearly a radical, as his beliefs were very different from the government’s ideals. (noun) A person who has revolutionary ideas or opinions.

(adjective) Having no known name anonymous Some of the books that they read were anonymous. No one would ever know who wrote it. (adjective) Having no known name

Agenda 8/21/17: Journalism Warm-Up: Annotate Article Goal: To understand bias and how it affects journalism positively and negatively in reporting. HW: Observe a situation that you see in real life and come prepared to write about it. Warm-Up: Annotate Article Discuss Article Annotations “Understanding Bias” Apple Article