Making Fun, Literary style!

Here are the definitions for satire-- make sure your notes include examples from the Schreck move as well as from Huck Finn for each major technique of satire--have a great holiday!
Mrs. E

New Words and Facts

Today was about background and vocabulary from the text.  We need to know a bit about both in order to understand what the author is trying to say.  For instance: a river is NEVER just a river--exactly!
Here are some helpful documents and the homework assignment is on the "Jim's DICTION-ary" assignment
Map Slave/Free
Mississippi Map w/other rivers
Vocabulary Match.  Thanks!
Mrs. E

For Monday, November 18th

1- You will finish your writing piece about "What you shall do...." in response to Whitman's writing (see previous assignments if you need a copy of this assignment).
2- You will begin to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Here is a reading schedule

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Reading Schedule

Date                                        Chapters to FINISH by that date

November 19                                      1-5

November 20                                      6-11

November 21                                      12-15

November 22                                      16-19

THANKSGIVING BREAK--- CONFERENCES

November 23 THROUGH December 1st     

Finish the Book--

We will discuss/digest “Chapter the Last” in class on December 2nd (a Monday).

Good Information: Please read and heed..

1- The best policy is to read ahead when you have time.  This way you will not get stuck with a huge reading assignment that you can’t finish because of other obligations.

2- The “N” word. This grossly offensive word is used liberally throughout the text.  Mark Twain is from the literary tradition called “realism,” and he goes to great pains to tell us that he is writing dialogue EXACTLY the way these people would speak. At the time when this was written, “N” was, especially in the south, a very common slang word.  No one, in Twain’s time, would have been surprised or offended.  However, the use of this word is not acceptable today. As we read the text aloud or quote it aloud, we will not pronounce this word.  We will substitute the word “person.”  This might be a helpful thing for you to do “inside your head” as you read silently on your own.     

Crystal Stairs and Walt Whitman

Here is what we did in class on Wednesday--
Journal/Poem writing
Walt Whitman Assignment
Why do we have to do this? Common Core State Standards for this class

Tuesday Writing!

Here is what we started with this week!
Pre-writing/prep
Poem
Writing sample
Reading: go to the web and read "Advice to Youth," an essay by Mark Twain.  We will discuss and use this piece tomorrow-- think "tone" versus "meaning" or "message"
Mrs. E

Starting the Film

We will study the film, Easy A as an adjunct to our study of The Scarlet Letter. You may be familiar with the film, but perhaps have not actually studied it as literature-- no, I am not kidding! This great little movie takes us into a high school setting and twists the plot-- but essentially deals with the same themes: appearance versus real character, guilt over wrong deeds, revenge, etc.--oh, and they made this one a comedy! fun times. Here is the assignments we will complete as we watch the film in class: Wed., Thurs., and probably part of Friday.  You should be working on the second and then final drafts of your essay on your own time-- essays are due by midnight on Friday on turnitin.com (see previous posts if you are behind on this news).  Please do not wait until then to write them!
See you in class!
Mrs. Eddy

Start Your Essays!

The Scarlet Letter is almost over-- Final Essay!
We are writing a first draft in class--leaving it in class--conferencing about it in class-- then going to turnitin next week to turn it in! Here is the prompt and the assignment