9th Literature Homework Day Four

Homework: Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery” 

 Due 08/29/2014

    What gives a human life value? Can life lose its value? Consider Jackson’s short story. Explain

  To receive full credit for this assignment you must:

  1) Complete APA heading

  2) Write three-four paragraphs utilizing topic sentences, supporting details(quotes), and concluding sentences.

  3)Be prepared to read aloud your responses

  Due 08/29/2014

9th Literature Day Four

     Daily Agenda 08/28/2014 Day Four

      Learning Objective: Today we will discuss the meaning of Jackson’s, “The Lottery” and will be able to identify the plot development of the short story.   .

  C: Bell Ringer, Discuss the meaning of the short story, Discuss characterization in the short story

  1) Bell Ringer (6 minutes)

  2) Homework: Discuss characterization

  3) Discuss literary terms + Cornell Notes

  4) Class Discussion of Jackson’s short story

  5) Independent/Homework

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H: Get Disclosure signed by Parent and Student(Due: Wednesday August 27, 2014, Any Missing Work (Due Now) Writing Assignment: What gives a human life value? Can a life lose its value? Consider Jackson’s short story.

Bell Ringer 08/28/2014 Day Four

   Question: Utilizing a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence, please write a well written about one problem within Jackson’s short story that needs to be resolved or could have been resolved better. Explain in a paragraph

9th Literature Homework Day Three

    Homework: Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery”

   Due 08/28/2014

    Using quotes from Jackson’s short story describe each character and their function.

  To receive full credit for this assignment you must:

  1) Complete APA heading

  2) Write three-four paragraphs utilizing topic sentences, supporting details(quotes), and concluding sentences.

  3)Be prepared to read aloud your responses

  Due 08/28/2014

9th Literature Day Three

Daily Agenda 08/27/2014 Day Three

     Learning Objective: Today we will review plot and how these elements relate to Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery” and will be able to various plot points from our discussion.

 

  C: Bell Ringer, Review Jackson’s, “The Lottery”

  1) Bell Ringer

  2) Review Or Teach remaining procedures

  3)Review Freytag’s Plot Pyramid and literary devices

  4) Discuss Various Types Of Conflict + Cornell Notes

  5) If time permits discuss the meaning of Jackson’s short story

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H: Get Disclosure signed by Parent and Student(Due: Wednesday August 27, 2014, Using Quotes from the story describe each character, Plot Pyramid Homework

     Bell Ringer 08/27/2014 Day Three

   Question: Map out Freytag’s plot pyramid for Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery.”What events make up the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

9th Composition Day Three

       Agenda: 08/27/2014-Day Three

       Learning Objective: Today we will examine the various elements that comprise a basic paragraph and will be able to identify the various elements of a basic paragraph.

 

  C: Bell Ringer, Timed Reading Analysis + Grading, Paragraph Structure Analysis

  1) Bell Ringer

  2) Timed Reading Analysis + Grading and Recording Of Scores

  3) Paragraph Analysis Presentation + Notes

  4) Synonyms For Claim

  5) Grammar Homework Practices

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H:Get Disclosure signed by Parent and Student(Due: Wednesday August 27, 2014), Noun Review Worksheet (Due Wednesday 08/28/2014) Warriner’s Textbook Pages 7-11 Exercise 4 Odds, Exercise 5 All ( Due Friday 08/29/2014)

  Bell Ringer: 08/27/2014-Day Three

   Question: What are the trademarks of a paragraph? Write a paragraph about your favorite movie, circle the common nouns and proper nouns, and more specifically common/proper people, places, things, ideas, and concepts

9th Literature Homework Day Two

Homework For Plot Pyramid: Due 08/27/2014


   Name __________________________________ Period _______

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  Freytag’s Pyramid Lesson

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  From Theory to Practice
As Carol Jago explains, “It’s easy to ‘teach’ literary terminology and devise quizzes on the terms, but to make the language of literature useful to readers, students need to practice using academic vocabulary in ways that deepen their understanding of how stories work” (51). Jago proposes using Freytag’s Pyramid to present and explore plot because the graphic organizer “allows readers to visualize key features of stories” (51). This lesson, which is adapted from Jago’s “Stop Pretending and Think about Plot,” asks students to practice using the literary term “in familiar contexts” (51). Through this process, students gain a deeper comprehension of the literary element’s meaning and the ways that it contributes to a writer’s craft.

Further Reading
Jago, Carol. “Stop Pretending and Think about Plot.” Voices from the Middle 11.4 (May 2004): 50-51.

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  The Lesson
For homework, I want you to watch one of your favorite television shows. That’s right, for homework you’re to watch TV! But there’s a catch (there always is)…you must also chart the key events that create the plot of the show.

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  Step 1
Answer the following questions (you may wish to do this as you watch the show):
1.) What did the author need to explain to viewers in the exposition section? What background information was given for this show?

  2.) What inciting event causes the action to begin to “rise”?

  3.) Where does the story peak? Is there a clear climax?

  4.) Which events lead up to the conclusion?

  5.) How is the story resolved?

  Step 2
Fill in the Plot Diagram Worksheet attached.

  Step 3
Be prepared to defend your findings in open discussion groups.

9th Literature Day Two

      Daily Agenda 08/26/2014 Day Two

      Learning Objective: Today we will become familiar with the elements of Freytag’s plot pyramid and will be able to identify the various elements of plot.

 

  C: Bell Ringer, Plot pyramid and lecture about literature

  1) Bell Ringer (6 minutes)

  2) Review/Teach Any Remaining Procedures

  3) Students share responses to homework/Teacher reads responses: What makes a good novel/book?

  4) Discuss and Define Literary Devices

  5)Plot Pyramid

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H: Get Disclosure signed by Parent and Student(Due: Wednesday August 27, 2014) Read and Complete Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery”

  

   Bell Ringer 08/26/2014 Day Two

   Question: Utilizing a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence, please write a well written response about your five favorite movies, books, or stories. Please describe the climax of each of these movies, books, or stories.

9th Composition Day Two

     Agenda: 08/26/2014 -Day Two

     Learning Objective: Today we will begin analyzing various grammatical structures and will be able to identify both simple and complex sentence structures.

 

  C: Bell Ringer, Grammar Notes, Synonyms For Claim, Homework Practices

  1) Bell Ringer

  2) Discussion Simple Sentences and Complex Sentences

  3) Synonyms For Claim Presentation

  4) Common and Proper Noun Review

  5)Nouns Review: Homework Practices

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H:Get Disclosure signed by Parent and Student(Due: Wednesday August 27, 2014), Noun Review Worksheet (Due Wednesday 08/28/2014)

Bell Ringer: 08/26/2014- Day Two

   Question: Of what does a complete sentence consist? Write an example of a simple and complex sentence.

  A complete sentence consists of a __________and a __________.

  Simple Sentence Example:

  Complex Sentence Example:


Definition Of A Simple and Complex Sentence

Simple Sentence: A sentence with only one independent clause (also known as a main clause).

  The simple sentence is one of the four basic sentence structures. The other structures are the compound sentence, the complex sentence, and the compound-complex sentence.

  Simple Sentence Examples:

•"Children are all foreigners."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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"Mother died today."
(Albert Camus, The Stranger, 1942)
 

•"Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time."
(Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger)

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"Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead."
(James Thurber)

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"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph."
(Ken Kesey)

Complex Sentence: A sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

•The complex sentence is one of the four basic sentence structures. The other structures are the simple sentence, the compound sentence, and the compound-complex sentence.

  Complex Sentence Examples:

  Martina laughed when her mother dropped a pie upside down on the floor.

 

"[W]hen my brother got his pants leg caught on the top of a high fence and hung upside down, weeping and muttering curses because his pants were newly torn and Mother would spank him for sure, no angel was with him."
(Gary Soto, A Summer Life. University Press of New England, 1990)

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"The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman stood up in a corner and kept quiet all night, although of course they could not sleep."
(L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1990)

9th Composition Day One

Agenda:08/25/2014 -Day One 

Learning Objective: Today we will discuss the value of policies and procedures and will be able to identify the reasons for why policies and procedures are necessary.   .

  C: Bell Ringer (6-7 minutes)

  1) Policies and Procedures Presentation

  2) Class Disclosure Discussion

  3) Discuss Upcoming Homework and Purpose Of The Class

  4) If Time Permits: Grammar

  5)If Time Permits: Synonyms For Claim

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H: Get Disclosure signed by Parent and Student(Due: Wednesday August 27, 2014)

Bell Ringer: 08/25/2014- Day One

(Day 1)

   What is the purpose/function of communication? In other words, why does one write or speak? Do you believe effective communication is necessary to achieving a particular goal? Explain.

9th Literature Homework Day One

  Homework Written Response: What makes a good book? Due 08/26/2014 (Day One)

 What you must complete for full credit:

 

  1) Full APA Heading

  2) Explain what makes a good novel in 5-7   lines utilizing a topic sentence, supporting   details, and a concluding sentence.

  3) During class tomorrow, be prepared to share your response.

9th Literature Day One

     Agenda:08/25/2014-Day One

     Learning Objective: Today we will discuss the value of policies and procedures and will be able to identify the reasons for why policies and procedures are necessary.   

 

  C: Bell Ringer (6-7 minutes)

  1) Policies and Procedures Presentation

  2) Class Disclosure Discussion

  3) Discuss Upcoming Homework and Purpose Of The Class

  4) Discuss Short Stories To Be Analyzed+ Identify Good Versus Evil Theme

  5)If Time Permits: Presentation On Good Versus Evil Theme

  Closing: Exit Ticket or Discussion

  H: Get Disclosure signed by Parent and Student(Due: Wednesday August 27, 2014), Proper APA Heading + Writing Prompt: What makes a good book?

  Bell Ringer 08/25/2014 Day One

   Question:  Utilizing a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence, please write a well written response about your favorite book. Why is it your favorite book? Think of the qualities that make the novel/book your favorite.

Mr. McKelvey Contact Information

9^th Grade Honors Literature and Composition

Mr. William McKelvey

Room # 218

wmckelvey@apamail.org

Phone:  (385)-351-3090

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Welcome Back!

Hello new students. It is your fearless leader welcoming you back to another exciting year at American Preparatory Academy. I hope you are looking forward to a challenging and fulfilling class where we will explore the art of composition as well as analyzing in depth the beauty of the written word. Be ready to work hard and put forth an enormous amount of effort. Trust me, it will be worth it! Later days and happy trails.