AP English
Homework for Monday
- Today in class, we completed our two timed essays in class, then shared them with me on google drive.
Homework for Monday
- 17,000 grains of free rice
Howdy, College-Prep Reading!
Friday,
September 13th, 2013
When
You Come In
1.
Sign in.
2.
Pick up
Mythological Allusions packet.
3.
TURN IN: Put these in two separate piles on my
table—write your name on both:
a.
“It’s Greek to Me”
b.
“Gods and Goddesses” note
Greek
Mythology
1.
Get
the Mythological Allusions packet.
2.
Read
page 3: Greek City States.
3.
Read
and discuss page 11: Mythological
Allusions.
4.
In
your trios, complete pages 12, 13, and 14.
5.
Turn
in these pages when I call time, but first make sure your City-State is listed
on page 14.
6.
Started
at 8:32; ending at 9:02
Vocabulary Handouts
1.
Pick up all the following:
a.
A baggie
b.
A new vocab list
c.
extra Vocab War sheets
Vocabulary
1.
Define
all the new words.
Homework
17,000 grains of free rice
* * * *
Welcome to Creative
Writing!
Ø
Happy
Friday, 9/13/2013
When You Come In
Ø Please sign in.
Writing Lesson #6: Connotation versus Denotation
1.
Get out your
Vocabulary Variety sheet, and look at the pairs you picked out--words that are
synonyms, but that create different images in your mind.
2.
Think about which
one sounds more positive, and which one sounds more negative. (Not all pairs will work in this way, but
we’ll take a look at a few.)
a.
Sweet and sugary
b.
Scented and odorous
c.
Spotted and freckled
d.
Fragile and tender
e.
Bland and tasteless
3.
“Underweight” —spectrum
from positive to negative
a.
List as many
SYNONYMS as you can think of for “underweight”.
b.
Make sure they are
not slang.
c.
Make sure they are
adjectives.
4.
Connotation versus Denotation—“Booger” Discussion
Denotation Definition
the literal or
primary meaning of a word
Connotation Definition
Ø an idea or feeling that a word
invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Ø synonyms: overtone, undertone, undercurrent, implication, hidden
meaning, nuance, hint, echo, association, suggestion, insinuation
Ø what makes a word “loaded”
Writing Lesson Practice, Activity 1
What Are You Suggesting? (page _____)
1.
You’re going to attack
this assignment with a partner I’ve selected for you.
2.
Use your Vocab Variety
sheet for help, as needed.
Reminders About Your Work with Your
Partner
and About Your Responses
1.
Be appropriate and
kind.
2.
We’ll share out
with the whole class.
MORE POSITIVE MORE NEGATIVE
1.
Speechless mute
2.
Bright smart
3.
Creative weird
4.
Piercing ear-splitting
5.
Bookish nerdy
6.
Creative Imaginative
7.
Energetic Hyper
8.
To deteriorate To Rot
Homework
1.
Free Rice (due Monday)
2.
Death of Language (due Tuesday)
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