Monday, March 19, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for  Monday, March 19, 2018: Spirit Week March 16-20  Spirit Week! Monday is College/Sports Jersey Day. Tuesday is Tacky Tourist Tuesday.  Wednesday is Crazy Hat/Hair Day.  Thursday is Meme Day  Friday is Black Out Day

Targets for Today: I can read, think about,  and discuss literature.   I understand elements of literature including       narrator -- point of view -- which type --  first, second, or third person       character,       setting,       conflict (basic types of conflict),       antagonist,       protagonist,  More on point of view:                  reliability?                omniscient/humanly limited?                same as author/different from author?                attitude toward audience?  respect or contempt?

Today’s  Agenda for Monday, March 19, 2018: 1.   Keep reading  Legend.  If you have finished reading Legend, begin reading Cinder.  In your composition book, under reading responses, identify each of these for the book Legend.  Title it "Literary Elements" and add today's date.      narrator -- point of view -- which type --  first, second, or third person       character,       setting,       conflict (basic types of conflict),       antagonist,       protagonist,  More on point of view:                  reliability?                omniscient/humanly limited?                same as author/different from author?                attitude toward audience?  respect or contempt?  2.  A few reports on the books you learned about last time.  3. Your own books.  4.   A few more reports on the books you learned about last time.

If You Were Absent: See above.

Vocabulary: omniscient = all knowing-- used to describe an all-knowing god, or to describe a narrator who knows everying in the world of the book, including what all the characters are thinking, saying, and doing. contempt:  the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn. --Google definition

Help and Enrichment  Foreshadowing A major example of foreshadowing happens early on in the book. Metias and Thomas drop June home after picking her up from school. Metias tells June that he will be home late because he has to oversee the lab at Los Angeles Central hospital. As he’s leaving June calls out behind him, “be careful.” She realizes what she said is pointless, because “Metias is too far away to hear [her]” (39). Shortly after this, Thomas kills Metias and Day is framed for the murder. Understatement Understatement occurs throughout the interactions June and Day have while Day is imprisoned in a Republic jail. For example, the first time June sees Day after Thomas beats him up, she tells Day he looks awful (324). Considering the beating that Thomas gave Day, that comment is a serious understatement. Another example would be Day asking June if something was bothering her right as June’s entire belief system and everything she thought she knew about her life and government was reduced to rumble (325). Allusions There are multiple allusions throughout the book to the actual United States of America and its history. The warring states around the Republic are called “Colonies” and their fighters “Patriots.” In addition, the compulsory “Trial” that each Republic citizen must take is an allusion to the United States college entrance exam, the SAT. Similar to the Trial, your score on the SAT can determine your future and the opportunities available to you. -- http://www.gradesaver.com/legend/study-guide/literary-elements Setting:  Los Angeles, California, Republic of America Unknown time in the future  http://www.gradesaver.com/legend/study-guide/literary-elements