Monday, May 21, 2018
Friday, May 18, 2018
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Our Poetry Anthology Book 2018!
To view or purchase additional copies please visit: http://www.lulu.com/shop/aatl/collection-of-poetry-vol-1/paperback/product-23635262.html
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
8th Grade Lit Terms: Spring Exam 2018
8th
Grade Lit Terms: (From Romeo and Juliet)
Allusion: a reference to a historical or literary
figure.
Dramatic irony: when the audience knows something the
cast (or character) does not.
Soliloquy: A speech made by one cast member to the
audience only.
Foil: a foil is a character who contrasts with
another character - usually the protagonist— to highlight particular qualities
of the other character.
Monologue: a long speech delivered by a character.
Hyperbole: Exaggeration for (humorous) effect.
Malapropism: the
mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with
unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ”
(instead of flamenco ).
Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently
contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Ex. “solar powered
flashlights,” or “fireproof matches.”
Foreshadowing: a warning or indication of a future event
in advance of it happening.
Ex. Mrs. Schächter’s
visions of fire before they arrive at Auschwitz.
Anthropomorphism: (from Maus) the attribution of human
characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. (Ex. Art Spiegelman drew
the Jewish people as mice and the Nazis as cats.)
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Monday, May 7, 2018
7th Grade Spring Exam Study Guide 2018
7th Grade Final Exam Study Guide Spring 2018
To Create YOUR study guide you
will need to collect the following from your I.S.N:
I.
A
Midsummer Night’s Dream:
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream important
character quiz
- Acts 1-5
quizzes (Quotation Identifications)
- AMND essay
II.
Poetry:
-
“O Captain”/”Do not go gentle”/”black parade”
packet
-
Poem Analysis
worksheets
-
Poetic Terms Quiz
-
Class notes from poetry
III.
Grammar
and Writing Skills:
-Review Grammar:
Sentence fragments, run-on sentences, adding details, parallel structure,
wordiness, clichés, formal vs. informal English usage.
-Review Formal
MLA format: heading, font, size, spacing, Works Cited page, margins, page
numbers.
IV.
Etymology
Words and Roots:
-Create a list of all words and roots for Etymology.
8th Grade Spring Exam Study Guide 2018
8th Grade Final Exam Study
Guide: LANGUAGE ARTS Spring 2018
To Create YOUR study guide you will need to
collect the following from your I.S.N:
I.
Romeo
& Juliet:
- R+J important character quiz
- Acts 1-5
quizzes (Quotation Identifications)
- Romeo & Juliet essay
II.
Advanced Poetry:
-
All printed poems in ISN.
-
Poem Sonnet Analysis worksheets
-
Poetic Terms
-
Class notes from poetry
III.
Night:
- All Night notes
- Night vocabulary words
IV. Maus
I & II:
- All Maus I & II notes, Maus I
worksheet, reflections, and final “panel exploration” test.
- Maus vocabulary words worksheet
V. Grammar and Writing Skills: Review our class video on Ms. Nadow’s
YouTube channel!
-
Review Punctuation:
End marks, abbreviations, commas in compound sentences and series, other comma
uses, semicolons and colons, quotation marks, apostrophes, parentheses,
hyphens, dashes.
-
Review types
of sentences: additional practice worksheet to be distributed in class.
-
Review
parts of speech: Adjectives, nouns, adverbs, double negatives, misplaced
modifiers, prepositions and prepositional phrases, conjunctions, interjections,
and more…
-
Sentence fragments, run-on sentences, adding
details, parallel structure, wordiness, clichés, formal vs. informal English
usage.
VI.
Etymology
Phrases, Words and Roots:
Create a list of all words and roots for Etymology.
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