Honors English II 11/16/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Distribute Vocabulary and AOW BBR (Due 11/24) Warm Up –Vocabulary in Groups Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Grammar Review Create Socratic Seminar Questions (11/17) Continue Reading The Joy Luck Club in Literature Circles (Due 11/18) Complete a Closure Question

Study Island Login Use the following directions Studyisland.com Click Login Login Using Your First Name (First Letter Capitalized).LastName (First letter capitalized)@WYWLA Asha.Watkins@WYWLA Password: Student ID Go Language Arts North Carolina English II EOC Prep (Common Core) Select Your Area of Need Impact of Tone, Theme, Inferences, etc. Select Start Studying and Practice Mode

Up the staircase surges the students Grammar Practice- Identify the error (pronoun agreement, sub/verb agreement, misplaced modifiers, fragment/punctuation, parallel structure) in the following: Up the staircase surges the students Henry lives in Tampa where you can sunbathe all year long. The campers slipped on the mossy rocks crossing the river. There are seventeen species of penguins, emperor penguins are the largest. Members of the committee are Jane, Han, and a junior Preston.

JLC 3-2-1 Activity Select three phrases that demonstrate powerful language-the author’s craft or style Select two sentences that you feel captures the central idea of the text and/or is meaningful to understanding the text. Select a single word the author chose that you find particularly effective. Be prepared to share and identify similarities and differences.

Honors English II Agenda 11/17/ 2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Vocabulary Notes Test Tomorrow Complete Ticket In and Study Island Review Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Socratic Seminar Complete a Closure Question

Study Island Login Use the following directions Studyisland.com Click Login Login Using Your First Name (First Letter Capitalized).LastName (First letter capitalized)@WYWLA Asha.Watkins@WYWLA Password: Student ID Go Language Arts North Carolina English II EOC Prep (Common Core) Select Your Area of Need Impact of Tone, Theme, Inferences, etc. Select Start Studying and Practice Mode

Many secrets of the universe has yet to be discovered. Grammar Practice- Identify the error (pronoun agreement, sub/verb agreement, misplaced modifiers, fragment/punctuation, parallel structure) in the following: Many secrets of the universe has yet to be discovered. They like camping because you can be close to nature. Lana saw several distant farmhouses and barns climbing the trees. We heard noises in the chimney, a raccoon had moved in. I saw the deer run across the field sitting on the porch.

Socratic Seminar Rules You need to sound objective Build on the previous statements Use textual evidence Address each other by name Be respectful and take turns talking Sit in an arrangement so all can be seen No side bar conversations You must stay on topic Teacher does not participate in discussion Everyone must two quotations and two comments

Honors English II Agenda 11/18/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Joy Luck Assignments and Literature Circle Role Sheets NO WARM UP Review the Daily Objectives Complete the Test

Honors English II Agenda 11/19/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete Friday’s Quiz or AOW Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Introduce Hamlet Act I Scene i-iii Complete a Closure Question

Shakespeare’s Tragedies Notes Shakespeare’s tragedies are plays that show a reversal of fortune, from good to bad and have the following characteristics: The tragic hero, is a person, usually of noble birth, who suffers a catastrophe. The hero’s choices surrounding the catastrophe may reveal a personal short coming, (self pity, arrogance, jealousy etc), called a tragic flaw. Shakespeare’s emphasizes the hero’s internal conflict using the following traits They are complex characters who have opposing desires or suffer doubts. (Hamlet- cannot bring himself to act) They present their confused feelings through soliloquies, speeches in which the heroes speak their thoughts aloud. Their tragedies are due more to choices they make than to fate. Their actions sometimes have good motives but bad outcomes. Foil in a character placed in the story to contrast the main character (Horatio, Ophelia, Laertes, and Fortinbras)

Shakespeare’s Tragedies-Other Characteristics Common people in the play provide comic relief in their humorous scenes (grave yard scene) The turning point of the play is called the crisis and usually occurs around ACT III. The point of greatest emotional intensity is called the climax. It occurs in ACT V. Blank verse is unrhymed poetry with a regular meter, or pattern of beats. It has five pairs of syllables called feet. Each foot is an iamb. An iamb consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Together, the five iambic feet in the line of blank verse are called iambic pentameter. Shakespeare often uses prose and verse to show the social rank of the characters. Aristocratic characters usually speak in blank verse. Minor, low-born, or comic characters do not speak in verse. They speak in prose.

Other things to note: Strange occurrences in nature or supernatural activity also parallels human unrest. Ghosts weren’t always trustworthy. They could be hallucinations, spirits with work they wished to complete, specters portending something, or devils disguised as dead people. “Honest” refers to telling the truth as well as maintaining ones chastity. Catholicism- Last rites: one must confess and repent of sins prior to death to avoid purgatory or hell. The state of the nation mirrors the state its rulers (references to decay because of the sudden death of the king) It was considered indecent for a widow or widower to marry their brother-in-law (sister-in-law) Shakespeare plays with ambiguity (moral, political, romantic, spiritual, linguistic (puns/paradoxes) etc.) Hamlet refers to the king (King Hamlet) and the son (Prince Hamlet).

Themes Mortality Appearance vs. Reality Corruption/ Moral Corruption Revenge Action vs. Inaction Role of Women Madness Duty/Responsibility

Honor English II Agenda 11/20/2015 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Act I Questions and Paraphrase (Due Monday) Study Island Warm Up Review the Objectives and Essential Questions Poetry Review Grammar Review Complete ACT I and Literary Devices ACT I Quiz Complete a Closure Question

This list of names are very important. Grammar Practice- Identify the error (pronoun agreement, sub/verb agreement, misplaced modifiers, fragment/punctuation, parallel structure) in the following: This list of names are very important. Neither of the girls left their umbrella on the bus. Rachel fashioned sculptures of the fairgoers made of clay. Three boys riding mountain bikes and wearing brightly colored helmets. I was sure in the tree that he spotted the owls.

What is the PURPOSE of the following devices Repetition Imagery Tone Indirect Characterization Direct Characterization Flat Characters Round Characters Syntax (Colon, Semicolon, Dash) Dialect Setting

This list of names are very important. Grammar Practice- Identify the error (pronoun agreement, sub/verb agreement, misplaced modifiers, fragment/punctuation, parallel structure) in the following: This list of names are very important. Neither of the girls left their umbrella on the bus. Rachel fashioned sculptures of the fairgoers made of clay. Three boys riding mountain bikes and wearing brightly colored helmets. I was sure in the tree that he spotted the owls.