Freshman Language Arts (Period 2) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Diane Shires
- Term
- 2014-2015 School Year
- Department
- English
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Homework:
- Romeo and Juliet Packet - Finished packet due on Thursday at beginning of period.
- Journal Check - Journals are due Thursday.
- Final Review Sheet - Use the link below to study for the Freshman Language Arts final.
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Memorize the next set of literary terms for our quiz on March 6, 2015:
81. Personification: Personification is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
82. Persuasion: Persuasion is writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action.
83. Plot: Plot is the sequence of events in a literary work.
84. Poetry: Poetry is one of the three major types of literature, the others being prose and drama.
85. Point of view: point to view directs the type and amount of information the writer reveals.
86. Prose: Prose is the ordinary form of written language.
87. Protagonist: The protagonist is the main character in a literary work.
88. Quatrain:A quatrain is a stanza or poem made up of four lines, usually with a definite rhythm and rhyme scheme.
89. Repetition: Repetition is the use of any element of languagea sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentencemore than once.
90. Resolution: Resolution is a general insight or change is conveyed.
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You will have a test on literary terms #71 to #80 on Thursday, February 19, 2015. Memorize each definition, and be ready to write down each definition for each literary term from memory for the quiz.
71. Narrative: A narrative is a story told in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama.
72. Narrative Poem: A narrative poem is one that tells a story.
73. Narrator: A narrator is a speaker or character who tells a story.
74. Nonfiction: Nonfiction is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas, and events.
75. Novel: A novel is a long work of fiction
76. Octave: An eight-line stanza
77. Onomatopoeia: Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds.
78. Oral tradition: The oral tradition is the passing of songs, stories, and poems from generation to generation by word of mouth.
79. Paradox: A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but that actually may be true.
80. Pentameter: verse written in five-foot lines.
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On lined paper, copy down the literary terms listed below. For each word and definition, include 3 examples of that literary term. Due at the beginning of class on Wednesday. You will have a test on literary terms #71 to #80 on Thursday, February 19, 2015.
- Narrative: A narrative is a story told in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama.
- Narrative Poem: A narrative poem is one that tells a story.
- Narrator: A narrator is a speaker or character who tells a story.
- Nonfiction: Nonfiction is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas, and events.
- Novel: A novel is a long work of fiction
- Octave: An eight-line stanza
- Onomatopoeia: Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds.
- Oral tradition: The oral tradition is the passing of songs, stories, and poems from generation to generation by word of mouth.
- Paradox: A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but that actually may be true.
- Pentameter: verse written in five-foot lines.
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Literary Terms #41 to #50 - test on Thursday
finish literary terms handout for Tuesday
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For Monday's class...
- Unit One Test on "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "The Scarlet Ibis," and "Earhart Redux." (Study the questions at the end of each story for review)
- Unit One Packet due on Monday (make sure EVERY page is complete for second half of packet.) Each page is worth between 2 to 4 points.
- Journal Check - 22 entries as of Monday. Make sure each entry is at least 12 lines in length. Make sure each entry has the date as a title on the first line.
- Answer questions on "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" from page 352 of the green textbook. Due at the beginning of the period on Monday.
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Freshman Language Arts Homework-
1. For Monday, Sept. 22 - Quiz on the first four articles we've read from the Unit One packet. Study the questions at the end of each article, and go over your dialectical journal quotes and responses to prepare for the quiz.
2. For Monday, Sept. 22- Unit One packets - check to make sure pages 1 through 16 are complete and ready to be stamped.
3. For Friday, Sept. 26- Literary Terms Test #11 to #20
4. For Friday, Sept. 26 - Quarter One Novel Checked out and start reading by September 26, Friday.
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For Monday-
1. Study for Monday's test on the first 4 non-fiction works we have read in the Unit One Packet. Make sure you have completed all activities in the Packet for each section, and review the textbook questions at the end of each reading to review for the test. This will be our last recorded assignment before the grade report comes out next week, so study and work to know each work well. Monday's test will be at the beginning of the period right after our daily journal write.
2. After you are done with Monday's test, you will work individually on your Unit One packet for the section on John F Kennedy's speech, "The New Frontier." You will have the second half of the period to complete your work on pages 17 to 20 in the Unit One packet, but any unfinished work will be homework due on Wednesday.
3. Literary terms test on Friday - #11 to #20 from our literary terms packet. You can also access the literary terms at the back of the green textbook, or on quizlet.com at...
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1.Finish Unit One packet for the first 3 non-fiction works. Make sure all assignments are complete, and make sure your response for the dialectical journals fills up the entire right side of the page.
2. Literary terms test #11 to #20. The format of the test is written response. You will have a page that lists all 10 literary terms, and you will write in the definitions as you have memorized each one. 3 points for each correct definition, for a total of 30 points for the literary terms quiz. Our next test is September 26, Friday. If you would like to study on quizlet.com, use this link...