Block Day, November 21-22 ~ Happy Thanksgiving!

WORD PARTS
Prefixes

• solus - alone
• subter - under, secret

Roots

• dorm - sleep
• fall, fals - deceive 

PROVERB

SHORT STORIES

• Share your Character sketch with a friend or two.
• Set up: What are you thinking so far about your story? Theme/value? Setting? characters? conflicts? etc...
• How will you "show" rather than "tell"?
• What would you like help with?
• Give advice: Who does this character remind you of? How could this character be made more interesting? What do you wish you knew about this protagonist? 
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• Holiday Inspiration...

What is your strangest holiday tradition?

Journal 37: Write a one-page scene description of what it may be like for your character to arrive at your own holiday tradition of choice. How would the conversations and interactions go? Use this as a way to explore the character you've created.

Use this time to craft your short story.

Suggestions...

• Create an outline of the plot.
• What POV will you write in? 
• Will you use a symbol or allegory? 
• Who is your audience? 
• Need help coming up with an idea? 

Happy Thanksgiving!

HW: You may work ahead on the story IF you want to. If you want to simply think through the message, character and/or plot, that also will help you when you return.  

Wednesday, November 20 ~ S.Story #4: Fish Cheeks

No roots today.

Take five minutes to start typing your analysis paragraph which is due printed on block day.

SHORT STORY #4: Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan

Activity: First discuss: Agree, Disagree, or Somewhere in the Middle?

1. My parents generally give me wise advice.
2. I like having friends over for dinner with my family.
3. My parents are embarrassing.
4. My parents have had a deep influence on who I am today.
5. I can remember a time when I tried to change myself to fit in.

Journal 36: Fishcheeks by Amy Tan
A: LIT NOTES: Click here to get the definitions of Direct and Indirect Characterization along with a pneumonic trick called STEAL.
B: Use the STEAL chart to explain the characterization in Fishcheeks
C: Create a detailed STEAL chart about the main character you are considering for your own short story. This should be 1/2 to 1 full page in your journal.

HW: Complete J36

Tuesday, November 19 ~ Housekeeping and Story Project Explained

WORD PARTS
Prefixes

• rip - river
• scope - examine
• scrib - write

Roots

• dent, dont - tooth
• dox - opinion, praise
• drome - run, step

Word Parts Quiz 3 Returned

• Are you keeping these to study for the final? 

Short Stories

• Go over J34...
• EQ: What does the allegory stand for in The Masque of the Red Death? 

Assignment Coming! A Christmas Blessing

• Journal 35: Values Free Write
• What values or themes would you like to pass on to those who come after you? What truth would you like to capture via your short story? 

Monday, November 18 ~ Short Story 3: The Masque of the Red Death

WORD PARTS
Prefixes

• psyche - mind, soul
• publicus - people

Roots

• dura - hard, lasting
• dynam - power

PROVERB

SHORT STORIES
Story #3: The Masque of the Red Death 

• EQ: What is allegory?

Journal 34

A. LIT NOTES ~ Add these definitions to your journals section.

• Symbol
• Allegory

Read this one out loud: "The Masque of the Red Death " by Edgar Allan Poe

• Discuss: Who was Poe? What other works from Poe have you read?

B. SAT Vocab:

1. profuse - plentiful
2. sagacious - wise
3. voluptuous - characterized with luxury or pleasure
4. contagion - the spreading of disease
5. imperial - majestic
6. emanating - coming forth
7. sedate - calm; quiet
8. pervaded - spread throughout
9. piquancy - a pleasantly sharp or appetizing flavor
10. phantasm - a figment of the imagination; an illusion
11. cessation - ceasing or stopping
12. disapprobation - strong disapproval, usually on moral grounds
13. propriety - quality of being proper
14. tangible - something that can be touched
15. impetuosity - impulsive or rash 

C. Google search: What are the symptoms of the pneumonic plague?

D. Consider the Allegory feature. Define as many symbols as you can, bullet-point style. What is the "story below the surface" if you translate each symbol? Include at least these:

• Prince Prospero
• the abbey
• the gate
• the masquerade & costumes
• the music that stops
• the ebony clock 
• TIME
• the winding hallway
• all the different colors of rooms
• the intruder

E. Analysis TIEDIED Paragraph: The rich and powerful might build walls around their sprawling estates to block out the upsetting parts of life. What is Poe proving about life, no matter what one's social class may be? 

HW: Complete the story and Journal 34. Don't look up the answers to the allegory!!! Trust yourself as a careful reader.

Block Day, November 14-15 ~ Story 2: Through the Tunnel

WORD PARTS
Prefixes

• polein, poly - sell
• poly - many
• porto - carry

Roots

• alt - high, deep
• am, amor - love, liking
• dent, dont - tooth

PROVERB

SHORT STORY #2: Through the Tunnel  by Doris Lessing

First, discuss... Have you ever taken a risk to prove yourself before? Describe it and why you took it. 

• Click here for the story.

Added Notes

LIT NOTES: Do you know your point of view? If you don't, now you do. Add this to your notes in your journal section. 

EQ: What effect does POV have on the our stories so far? Why would an author use the unreliable pov?

• First-person point of view
• Why don't we talk about second person?

• Third-person point of view
• limited
• objective or dramatic
• omniscient

• Unreliable

JOURNAL 33 Continued: Through the Tunnel: 
A. Before you read: SAT Vocab

1. Contrition - a state of feeling crushed by guilt
2. luminous - bright or shining
3. supplication - the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly
4. sputtering - spitting or spraying
5. beseeching - urgently requesting someone to do something
6. minute - tiny
7. clambered - to climb, move, or get out of something in an awkward or laborious way
8. incredulous - unbelievable
9. gout - a drop or spot, especially of blood, smoke, or flame
10. promontory - a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water

B. As you read, record ways this author "shows" rather than "tells."

C. After you read: Analysis paragraph: Is Lessing's use of the plot structure effective in crafting a good story.

*Have you perfected the thesis & paragraph from Two Kinds?

HW: Complete Journal 33 & read Through the Tunnel.

Wednesday, November 13 ~ Short Story #2: Through the Tunnel

Word Parts Quiz

• When you finish, copy J32 notes or finish J31 if you have not yet finished.

SHORT STORIES

• Review J31 Two Kinds: Conflict? Theme? 
• Take notes on plot:

Journal 32: Plot Notes Review

Plot Notes- a general pattern of events that takes place in the narrative and the resolution of the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist .

• Beginning
• exposition
• complication or inciting incident (the antagonist presents an obstacle to the protagonist)
• rising action which features 
• crisis points

• Middle
• climax or ultimate crisis 
• there may be a black moment (darkest point of the climax)
• the protagonist may experience an epiphany, sudden realization, clarification, or anagnorisis

•  End
• falling action, denouement
• resolution
• open ending
• closed ending

Journal 33: Story 2 ~ Through the Tunnel
We will continue this journal and story tomorrow, but tonight, jot down a short paragraph about a time when you did something questionable or risky in order to prove something (either to yourself or another person). This will prepare us to understand our character better.


HW: Complete Journal 33

Tuesday, November 12 ~ Short Story #1: Two Kinds

J30 is graded! Grab your journals from the front.

WORD PARTS
Prefixes

• post - after
• pre - before
• pro - before, in favor of

Roots

• derm - skin
• domin - master
• don - give

PROVERB

SHORT STORIES

Inquiry Statement: Is it true?

• Our philosophy and lifestyle is formed by the perspectives and themes expressed by those ahead of us. 

Discuss the EQ: Why study short stories anyway?

• Short Story #1 ~ Two Kinds

Journal 31 (HW if we do not complete in class)

First, copy the SAT vocab:

• prodigy - child of highly unusual talent or genius
• lamented - said with regret or sorrow
• listlessly - without energy or interest
• discordant - clashing; not in harmony
• dawdled - wasted time; lingered
• stricken - heartbroken
• fiasco - total failure
• nonchalantly - without interest or concern

1) Meet the Author ~Write down 5-10 bullet point notes about the life of Amy Tan.
    *Start here or here.
2) List the internal and external conflicts in Two Kinds.
3) What makes this story engaging? List at least two strengths.
4) How would you describe the narrative style of this story? Is there power in the perspective that the author chose to use in her story telling?
5) What symbolic meaning is carried in the two songs at the end? How do they reflect the change that has occurred in Jing-mei?
6) Analysis: Compose a thesis and one paragraph. What is the Tan's main message in Two Kinds and how is she conveying it in this text?

Monday, November 11 ~ Essays Back

High School Bell Schedule
First	8:10 - 8:50	40 min
Second	8:55 - 9:35	40 min
Break	9:35 - 9:45	10 min
Third	9:50 - 10:30	40 min
Fourth	10:35 - 11:25	50 min*
Assembly	11:30 - 12:15	45 min
Lunch	12:15 - 1:05	50 min
Fifth	1:10 - 1:50	40 min
Sixth	1:55 - 2:35	40 min
Seventh	2:40 - 3:20	40 min

Bible Verse

Journal 30 Due!

Essays Back

Rewrites? 

• Maximum 10 point boost
• Due any time over the next two weeks
• Requires a conference

Essays Reviewed

• What defines Analysis? (Google search and board definition)
• Go over prompts (What is the key question in yours?) 
• Go over rubric (Where does summary land on the scale?)
• CAB & TIED (Where are we tempted to insert summary? Where should there be summary?)
• Comparison and Live Re-write
• Click here to copy the exercise.
• Make a copy and try to rewrite the thesis as a CAB thesis and the paragraph with analysis rather than summary. 

Roots Review

Block Day, Nov. 7&8 ~ POO Movie & Journal 30

Heads up! Word Parts Quiz on Wednesday, November 13. (All parts so far are game for the quiz.)

BIBLE VERSE

POO

• Finish movie
• Finish Journal 30 (Due Monday, but you may leave it here if you complete it in class.)

HW: Complete J30 if you haven't yet.

Wednesday, November 6 ~ POO Movie Day 3

No word parts today.

Bible verse

POO Movie

EQ: How's Journal 30 coming along? (Did you review it on yesterday's blog if you were absent? It has changed since Monday.)

Tuesday, November 5 ~ POO Movie continues

WORD PARTS
Prefix/ Root

• phobos/phobia - fear
• phone - sound
• polis - city
• cura - care
• deca - ten

Last Suffix

• y - inclined to, tend to

BIBLE VERSE

POO

• Day 2 of Essay Floating Due Date
• Movie time
• Journal 30
• Record 20 bullet point differences between the movie and the novel.
• GOAL: Considering our movie, how is this creative endeavor balancing the embedded purposes of the artist and the need to appeal to the audience?
• ROLE: You are a director studying the old version of The Power of One in preparation for the new remake set to come out in 2021. 
• AUDIENCE: The investors holding the funding for the making of this movie.
• SITUATION: You are competing with other potential directors to be the next name behind the 2021 remake of The Power of One. You must record a proposal of how you would cast parts, film scenes and create a manageable and efficient budget for this film. 
• PRODUCT: A written proposal to be read by the investors. Your proposal should include:
• Casting list (include at least three characters and your preferred actor with a one sentence explanation of why you chose this actor).
• Scene Innovations List (include at least three scenes with a brief explanation of how you would film it differently from the 1990s movie).
• Budget Guardrail (include at least three innovations you would include that would save money. This could be a change from the book or the movie). 
• You may include one last Miscellaneous section with any other innovations you would like to include. 
• GRADES: Your grade will be out of 20 points and will be based on your references to the novel and movie. Your ideas should be logical and reveal your understanding of both the craft and meaning behind the scenes you've chosen. 

POO Movie Week ~ November 4-8

BIBLE VERSE 
Paraphrase (oral, not in journal)

WORD PARTS
Prefix

• ped - foot
• phage - eat
• philo -love

Suffix

• ward - in the direction of

Root

• cor, cord, cardi - heart
• cur, curs - run
• dict - say

Essays Due for Full Credit (Can be taken up to Wednesday)

POO Movie
EQ: How well did the director do with conveying the themes in The Power of One?

Journal 30: Power of One Movie Analysis
Start by recording at least 20 bullet point notes of differences between the movie and the book.