WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2015

BOOK REPORT
Handout: Creative Book Report handout

Example of collage book report (similar to a book report, anyway)
Example of animated movie book report
Example of timeline
Example of timeline book report
How to make a diorama
Example of diorama book report
Example of movie poster book report

Mr. Isom's recommended Reading List
College Recommended Reading List
Top 100 Books of the Century, Modern Library List

Go to library to check out novel for out of class reading and book report, due April 13
Mr. Isom's Recommended Reading List for High School Students
College Recommended Reading List
Top 100 Books of the Century, Modern Library List

Finish District Reading Test

Monday, March 2

Vocabulary for Friday: SAT vocab 547 SAT Terms "dearth" --"feint" (about 40 words down)
TEST: Of Mice and Men 1-50 only

If you were not here for the debate over euthanisia (DECA students), I would like you to type 1/2 - 3/4  page double-spaced (no more, please!) arguing that it is wrong to euthanize a pet. Yes, even if you vehemently disagree, this is your task }:-}
10 points.
Check the following links to get ideas, if you'd like.
 Is it  Ethical to Euthanize Your Dog 
 Top 10 Pros and Cons

READING SCHEDULE for THE GREAT GASPY:
March 3, chapter 1 must be finished
March 4, chapter 2
March 9, chapters 3, 4
March 10, chapter 5
March 11, chapter 6
March 13, chapter 7
The remainder to be determined.

Thursday

Vocabulary for Friday: SAT vocab 547 SAT Terms "prattle" - "odium"
Write a vocabulary story using five of this week's words in context.

Of Mice and Men TEST Monday.
HOMEWORK: Finish Winter Dreams by Fitzgerald and In Another Country by Hemingway
Hemingway's In Another Country

HEMINGWAY. How does Hemingway Write?

What is the effect of the author's use of literary devices--how does the hand of the artist paint the picture that ultimately leads to theme

The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty
--imagery  The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty
Visual imagery.
--word choice "stiff"=dead--rigor mortis "empty" =soullessness of modern man/disillusionment
fall (impending death) war cold dark, wind blew, stiff, empty
H. likes short, simple words. His words tend to focus more on physical details rather than intellectual connotations.
Types of details are physical details. H. is a physical guy.
--metaphor The deer is a metaphor of . . .
--Narrator's voice
--Types of sentences
--metaphor

FITZGERALD. How does Fitzgerald Write?
Winter Dreams online text found here: Winter Dreams
Homework: finish Winter Dreams and In Another Country
What is the effect of the author's use of literary devices--how does the hand of the artist paint the picture that ultimately leads to theme?
Some of the caddies were poor as sin and lived in one room houses with a neurasthenic cow in the front yard, but  Dexter Green's father . . .
--imagery  
Types of details
--word choice neurasthenic=weak, tired. Challenging, very specific words that deal with concepts. The
--metaphor
--simile "poor as sin"  Fitzgerald's narration requires an intelligent reader. What does "poor as sin" mean?
The narrator mentally processes what is going on.
--Types of sentences
minimalistic
--Narrator's voice

With H. you have to rely upon the physical description and simple dialogue and find the ideas for yourself.


Vocabulary for Friday: SAT vocab 547 SAT Terms "Prattle" - "odium"

Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Fitzgerald

Of Mice and Men TEST Monday.
HOMEWORK: Finish Winter Dreams by Fitzgerald and In Another Country by Hemingway
Hemingway's In Another Country

HEMINGWAY. How does Hemingway Write?

What is the effect of the author's use of literary devices--how does the hand of the artist paint the picture that ultimately leads to theme

The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty
--imagery  The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty
Visual imagery.
--word choice "stiff"=dead--rigor mortis "empty" =soullessness of modern man/disillusionment
fall (impending death) war cold dark, wind blew, stiff, empty
H. likes short, simple words. His words tend to focus more on physical details rather than intellectual connotations.
Types of details are physical details. H. is a physical guy.
--metaphor The deer is a metaphor of . . .
--Narrator's voice
--Types of sentences
--metaphor

FITZGERALD. How does Fitzgerald Write?
Winter Dreams online text found here: Winter Dreams
Homework: finish Winter Dreams and In Another Country
What is the effect of the author's use of literary devices--how does the hand of the artist paint the picture that ultimately leads to theme?

--imagery  
Types of details
--word choice
--metaphor
--Types of sentences
minimalistic
--Narrator's voice

With H. you have to rely upon the physical description and simple dialogue and find the ideas for yourself.


Vocabulary for Friday: SAT vocab 547 SAT Terms "Prattle" - "odium"

Monday

Of Mice and Men

Why do people consider euthanizing  a pet "the right thing to do" but feel that it is morally wrong to euthanize a human? Need I explain the connection to the novel?
Homework: Read Is it  Ethical to Euthanize Your Dog from Psychology Today
(Note: you may, or may not, have a short reading quiz on any assignments like this that I give you as homework)
Read Euthanasia: Top 10 Pros and Cons for Euthanasia (for Humans)

Vocabulary for Friday: SAT vocab 547 SAT Terms "Prattle" - "odium"
Homework: Read Hemingway's In Another Country Be ready for a reading quiz (or not)

George and Lennie

Read Modernism intro in Red Book (the official title, in case you didn't know)--pages 693-707
Reading quiz over those pages

Of Mice and Men
Discuss page 26, 40,

Discussion tomorrow: Why do people consider euthanizing  a pet "the right thing to do" but feel that it is morally wrong to euthanize a human? Need I explain the connection to the novel?
Homework: Read Is it  Ethical to Euthanize Your Dog from Psychology Today
(Note: you may, or may not, have a short reading quiz on any assignments like this that I give you as homework)
Read Euthanasia: Top 10 Pros and Cons for Euthanasia (for Humans)

Here are some interesting articles and charts for your general amusement and edification:
Buying a house for $600? House prices in 1930
What is That in Today's Dollars?  Measuring Worth (another What is that Worth)
How many minutes do you have to work to buy a gallon of milk, pint of beer, litre of petrol