Leopard Man

Annotating the Text for "Leopard Man" 

Leopard Man Reading 

Leopard Man Argument Response 


Ted Talk: Conformity - Are we afraid to stand out 


The Power of Non-Conformity  Ted Talk

Defying social Norms for Social Change 

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Conformity vs. Non-Conformity

Conformity vs. Nonconformity Group Research Project  (make a copy of this) 

Take Notes on the What is Conformity article  (due Thursday) 
1. Prepare a brief presentation of your group project 
What types of conformity do your examples show? 

Narrative Unit Test

Writing prompt, due by the end of class Thursday

How to correctly punctuate quotes

Bring your books Friday!!!

Narrative Unit Test 

Assignment review for the 6 weeks

Literary Terms Review   Create a game with your group to help review the literary terms. You may take something already made and adapt it to our 34 terms.

Jeopardy game 

Bingo Game 

Create a quiz on Quizziz.com   or Kahoot  or Google forms

Story Review Chart  (complete with 2-3 people) - chart should be complete and turned in by Friday 10 / 13

"The Sniper" By Liam Flaherty (1897 - 1984) 

short story that uses irony to make social commentary about war

setting: 1923 Irish Civil War Ireland 

Assignment: Turn in annotated sniper story with comments, summaries & 5-6 lit terms identified 

Assignment: Sniper Summary (Writing a summary resource) 

"The Interlopers" by Saki (1919)  Setting: Romania

a satire meant to ridicule the characters to point out their vices, bad characteristics
& an allegory about the futility of war between humans

Are we motivated more by love or resentment? Are there good reasons for grudges? Which can you never underestimate... man or nature? 

Assignment: Rhetorical Activities Interlopers Literary Device Chart 

Federigo's Falcon by Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian Renaissance 14th century Italy)

this is an allegory about the where the characters represent Sacrifice .. Love ..Giving ..Selflessness ..Care

Assignment: Argument Paragraph on Federigo's Falcon

Argument writing tips (what to not do & do)

Assignment: Annotate Federigo's Falcon (Guided Annotations)

Assignment: Courtly Love Due Friday, 9 / 22 everyone completes their own document, but work with a partner.

Assignment: Pre-Reading for Federigo's Falcon

The Lady or the Tiger  by Frank Stockton (1804) 
this is a fairy tale - like short story in which the king's "justice" system is an allegory for justice and an allegory for making the right choice 

Assignment # The Lady or the Tiger Pre-Reading w/ a partner

Assignment #2 Read and Annotate the Lady or the Tiger by answer questions in the boxes, annotating lines that indicate whether they thought it was the lady or the tiger and vocabulary 
Read answers to the Lady or the Tiger 

Assignment #3 Lady or the Tiger Small Socratic Discussion or complete evidence questions 

PSAT

Tips to take Notes on for the PSAT (AVID!!)

 Extra Credit: Complete The Practice Test Using Process of Elimination and score yourself

The Lady or the Tiger

Assignment #1 The Lady or the Tiger Pre-Reading w/ a partner

More about the author Frank Stockton 

Assignment #2 Read and Annotate the Lady or the Tiger by answer questions in the boxes, annotating lines that indicate whether they thought it was the lady or the tiger and vocabulary 

When they are done they can turn it into the turn in box. 

Read answers to the Lady or the Tiger 

HOMEWORK: Begin PSAT Sample Test for English (Due by end of class Tuesday) 

AND Read Pg. 5 of these Test Taking Strategies