Good Afternoon,
*No Red Ink: Embedding Quotations and MLA Citations
*Reminder: you have a short story test next week…
Please Complete the two worksheets on Borders below
What may be some signs that this is an American Document?
*Concept Map: This is a tool that will help you prepare for your short story test….it will help you see the connections between stories…
Good Morning,
*No Red Ink: Embedding Quotes and MLA Citations
-Today we will read the short story “The Tell Tale Heart” aloud as a class.
*first open up the following link…there is a pre-reading exercise that we will start with…
the-tell-tale-heart-activity-packet
-“The Simpsons” and Tell Tale heart
Short Story Summary
Good Afternoon,
Please Complete the two worksheets on Borders below
What may be some signs that this is an American Document?
*Concept Map
Good Morning,
-We will finish reading “Forgiveness in Families”.
*Discussion Question:
Short Story Summary
-Today we will read the short story “The Tell Tale Heart” aloud as a class.
*first open up the following link…there is a pre-reading exercise that we will start with…
the-tell-tale-heart-activity-packet
-“The Simpsons” and Tell Tale heart
Short Story Summary
Good Afternoon,
*We looked at gender roles…looking at gender roles in “The Waltz”. What did you all learn about gender roles in the Victorian era?
*You were asked to write a few paragraphs from the man’s perspective –anyone want to share theirs aloud??
* We will read the short story “Borders” by Thomas King
Good Morning,
On Friday, we did our Friday Writes as well as watching the movie “2081”
*Today we will work on our three way venn diagrams…and go over.
*Building Understanding: Please complete a “Building Understanding” for the short story “Harrison Bergeron”. The essential questions are on the back bulletin board…
After watching a movie or listening to a TEDtalk or reading a piece of literature
*Please post your Building Understanding
*NelsonBUharrisonbergeronA
-We will start to read a new short story “Forgiveness in Families”. We will read this aloud…
*Discussion Question:
Short Story Summary
Good Afternoon,
Friday Writes
Tell about a childhood experience that helped you to grow up.
A comic or ridiculous misunderstanding with another person.
*Quick search: (we started but did not complete yesterday) The role of men and women in the Victorian Era…What would it have been like to be a man or a woman living during the Victorian Era? Search out the history of this time period then answer this question….
*Read aloud the short story “The Waltz”.
Good Morning!
Friday Writes
Tell about a childhood experience that helped you to grow up.
A comic or ridiculous misunderstanding with another person.
*We will finish watching the movie “Harrison Bergeron”
*We will work on a three way Venn Diagram comparing the short story, 2081, and “Harrison Bergeron” (the movie).
Good Afternoon,
*We are going to start with our terms quiz on Prose Fiction Terms, Style, and Rhetorical Devices (arguments).
*Synthesis Essay on “Long Long After School” and “A Teachers’ Rewards” is due tomorrow. Please do the following
a) Double space and print off your essay
b) Post your essay using the following Tag:
NelsonTeacherSynthesisSpring2020
*Quick search: (we started but did not complete yesterday) The role of men and women in the Victorian Era…What would it have been like to be a man or a woman living during the Victorian Era? Search out the history of this time period then answer this question….
*Read aloud the short story “The Waltz”.
*Write a few paragraphs from the short story “The Waltz” but from the perspective of the man 🙂
Good Morning,
*We have been working on the short story “Harrison Bergeron” –first we read the short story and then we watched the movie “2081”.
*Today we are going to watch the longer version of the movie “Harrison Bergeron”.
*You are to create a three-way Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting the short story, 2081, and Harrison Bergeron (movie).
