Week 34

 Complete the grammar sheet picked up at the front.  PACW: 11 points!

 SWBAT partake in a discussion on The Odyssey & its contribution to Art & World Literature.

 Each Group has an image that relates to The Odyssey.  Each table will have 5 minutes with each image in which they will discuss and make connections to The Odyssey.  We will discuss images after we’ve been through all of them.

 How has The Odyssey been translated in these images?

 Vocabulary 10A

 SSR 15 minutes

 SWBAT understand who Kurt Vonnegut is and his influence during Post- Modernism  SWBAT define irony and identify it in writing

 He was born in 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  His family suffered financial losses during the Depression, a fact that led to his mother’s eventual suicide.  He wrote for both his high school and college newspapers.  He attended Cornell University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie-Mellon), before enlisting in the army.  In 1944, he was captured at the Battle of Bulge and imprisoned in Dresden, Germany.  In February of 1945, the Allies bombed the city of Dresden, destroying most of the city and killing tens of thousands.

 Published 1969  Anti- War Novel

 Setting: Between WWII & Vietnam  Fire Bombing of Dresden, Germany

paradox  Postmodern literature is literature characterized by heavy reliance on techniques like fragmentation, paradox, and questionable narrators, and is often defined as a style or trend which emerged in the post–World War II era.

 Read the homework packet and annotate for any important information.

What is Irony? A form of rhetoric that involves a difference or contrast between appearance and reality - that is a discrepancy between what appears to be true and what really is true.

There are Three Types of Irony  Verbal irony  Situation irony  Dramatic irony

 Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says. Examples of verbal irony include: “Thanks for the ticket officer you just made my day!” “I can’t wait to read the seven hundred page report.”

 Situation irony occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens. An example would be when someone buys a gun to protect himself, but the same gun is used by another individual to injure him. One would expect that the gun would keep him safe, but it has actually caused him injury. For situation irony to occur there has to be something that leads a person to think that a particular event or situation is unlikely happen

 This type of irony is popular in works of art such as movies, books, poems and plays.  It occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of.  An example is when a character orders poisoned food that is supposed to kill him or her and the audience already knows that the character is destined to die from food poisoning.

 When Mr. Goodenwell saw his baby boy Vince for the first time, he swore that he'd do anything to protect the little guy. This was easy at first, when all Vince did was lie in a pillow and drink milk. But as little Vince grew bigger, he started walking. And once he started walking, he got into everything. He was becoming a serious threat to himself when Mr. Goodenwell, making good on his vow to protect his son, went to the store and bought $150 worth of equipment to childproof his home. He put covers on the outlets, bumpers on the table corners, and a sliding lock on the toilet lid. But right as Mr. Goodenwell was adjusting the covers on the door knobs, Vince pulled the cap off an outlet and choked on it. Mr. Goodenwell found him just in time

 At your desk, practice identifying the correct form of irony. Do numbers 1-3 with a partner. Do numbers 4-6 independently.

 Complete the handout.

 Making friends isn't easy. Ask Juan Guerrero, who moved to New High School High three months ago but still eats lunch by himself. Nobody picks on him really, but they pretty much ignore him completely, at least since the incident. You see, Juan had his chance. We almost adopted him into our crew, the skaters, after Juan said he could skate. "Oh yeah?" asked my boy Romeo, "well, where's your board?" Juan replied shakily, "Uh, my mom ran over it with her car, but I do flips and grinds and all that stuff." Romeo didn't believe him. "Why don't you use my board? Show me one of those flips," Romeo challenged. Juan gulped and grabbed the board. "Uh… Ok," he replied. When you see a good skater on TV or in a video game, skateboarding may look easy, but just moving properly, let alone doing any tricks, takes a lot of practice. Because of this, I was not the least bit surprised when Juan landed flat on his can before he even made it across a single sidewalk square. "Wow! What an awesome flip, Tony Hawk. You'll have to teach me that," Romeo sneered. Now Juan eats lunch alone.

 "Wow, a sweater! Thanks Bobby," said Janet after opening the present. Janet thought the sweater was hideous, but she appreciated her boyfriend's effort. But since Janet had seen the sweater before at a store in the mall, she exchanged it for some boots at the first chance she got. A week later, however, Bobby made reservations for two at the fanciest restaurant in town "Janet, I want to take you somewhere special. I have good news to tell you. Wear that sweater that I got you," Bobby told her. Janet didn't know how to react, "Um… that sweater doesn't quite match these boots I want to wear. Is it cool if I just wear it another time?" Bobby huffed, "You know, Janet, this meal is going to be expensive. The least you could do is act like you appreciate my gift." Janet paused to think.

 As the holiday season ended, Bertha Berger struggled to put on her blue jeans. They seemed much tighter than usual, so she stepped on the bathroom scale and received the bad news. She had never seen such a high number on the little scale, so she resolved to change. That day she threw out all of the junk food in her fridge and went grocery shopping. She was determined to lose weight, so she bought low-fat and reduced calorie versions of all of her favorite foods. When she got home she had a low-sodium bacon sandwich and a diet soda. For dinner she had two turkey burgers with reduced fat cheese and half-fat mayonnaise, along with two low-calorie ice-cream sandwiches for dessert. Before she went to bed, she ate a bag of baked potato chips, which are healthier than normal chips, and dipped them into low-fat cream cheese. When Bertha woke up the next morning, she was pleased with how well her diet was going, but when she stepped on to the scale, she saw that she had gained a pound.

 Vocabulary 10B

 SWBAT identify irony within a to understand the purpose of the text.

 Identify how Chopin uses both situational and verbal irony in her short story. Recall those ideas and share those ideas with the entire class.

 What is Chopin’s purpose of the text. How and why is irony used to portray the purpose of the text?

 SSR 15 minutes

 SWBAT identify themes within “Slaugtherhouse Five”.

 Vocabulary Quiz

 Participation Rubric: 0-1: Did not participate 2-5: Participated, but did not use critical thinking 6-8: Answered the question and used evidence to make connections between texts 9-10: Answered the question using weekly vocabulary and used evidence to make connections between texts