English 10 Academic January 30 & 31, 2018
Agenda - 2/1/2018 Vocab List #3 - Suffixes Journal/Daily Reading Mystery #3 Ruthless Notes Anticipation Guide Pre-Reading Activity Homework: Finish Ruthless Worksheet
Meaning: kill(ing) Sample Words: patricide, infanticide, herbicide
Meaning: one who takes part in Sample Words: doctor, actor, teacher, driver
Writing Prompt Darkness and Light 2/1/2018 Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was a pacifist and believed that hatred and prejudice could be fought with love. Do you agree with him? Do you think that in all situations a peaceful response the correct one? Explain.
MONSTERS UNIT OBJECTIVES From vampires to ghosts, these frightening stories have influenced fiction writers since the 18th century. This Unit will focus on the major themes found in Gothic literature and demonstrate how the core writing drivers produce, for the reader, a thrilling psychological environment. Terror versus horror, the influence of the supernatural, and descriptions of the difference between good and evil are just a few of the themes presented. By the time students have completed this unit, they will have gained an understanding of and an appreciation for the complex nature of dark fiction. Essential Questions What is Gothic fiction? How does Gothic fiction reflect society in the 19th and 20th century? What is psychological horror? How do authors use elements of writing to create suspense?
Tone This is the writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers. It may be playful, formal, intimate, angry, serious, ironic, outraged, baffled, tender, serene, depressed, etc.
Mood The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience. In drama, mood may be created by sets and music as well as words; in poetry and prose, mood may be created by a combination of such elements as SETTING, VOICE, TONE and THEME. The moods evoked by the more popular short stories of Edgar Allen Poe, for example, tend to be gloomy, horrific, and desperate.
Foreshadowing The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
Denotation Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition." For example, if you look up the word snake in a dictionary, you will discover that one of its denotative meanings is "any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions."
Connotation Connotation, on the other hand, refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word. The connotative meanings of a word exist together with the denotative meanings. The connotations for the word snake could include evil or danger.
Author s Purpose An author writes for many reasons. An author may give you facts or true information about a subject. If so, they are writing to inform. Some authors write fiction stories or stories that are not true. They write these stories to entertain you. Other authors may write to persuade or to try to get you to do something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skx6rnnikum&fe ature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_m ode=1&safe=active
What is the author s purpose if the passage contains... Facts or true Information? to Inform or Teach Fiction? to Entertain Tries to get you to do something? to Persuade or Convince
Freytag s Pyramid
Exposition: setting the scene. The writer introduces the characters and setting, providing description and background. Inciting Incident: something happens to begin the action. A single event usually signals the beginning of the main conflict. Rising Action: the story builds and gets more exciting. Climax: the moment of greatest tension in a story. This is often the most exciting event. It is the event that the rising action builds up to and that the falling action follows.
Falling Action: events happen as a result of the climax and we know that the story will soon end. Resolution: the character solves the main problem/conflict or someone solves it for him or her. Dénouement: (a French term, pronounced: day-noomoh) the ending. At this point, any remaining secrets, questions or mysteries which remain after the resolution are solved by the characters or explained by the author. Sometimes the author leaves us to think about the THEME or future possibilities for the characters.
Ruthless Anticipation Guide
"Oh! What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive" ~Sir Walter Scott
THEME Revenge may feel good at the time, but may come back to get you!