Tuesday, October 28, 2014

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1.  "The End of Something"
-discuss story and all of symbolism that you were asked to write down
-2. "In the Twilight"
-begin all
-do anticipation guide for YOU (not Bruce)
-discuss inferences....2 truths and a lie
-read story and do study guide for next time!

FRESHMEN CP

1. Edgar Allan Poe
-finish vocab for "Cask"
-begin reading "Cask of Amontillado" and do study questions 1, 2, and 5 at end of story
-in addition, keep track, by making a list, of all the times Montressor gives Fortunado an opportunity to get out of going down to the catacombs
2. Vocab quiz will be next MONDAY

HONORS/DUAL ENROLLMENT

1. "In the Twilight"
-discuss story via study guide and other notes (parallelism, catharsis, etc)
2. Paper topic assigned (final paper for short story unit) "Describe an incident where a seemingly positive quality--like loyalty, pride, love, innocence, etc--can become a life damaging flaw that damages lives? Use at least one of our short stories to make your argument.
-we worked, as a prewriting exercise, on taking each story we've read, isolating the main characters, and listing 2 or 3 of their 'best' virtues and characteristics...

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