DUE MONDAY

Write a paragraph about anything you like (hockey, dogs, apples, etc.). Be sure to employ sentence variety and follow the rules of proper grammar and punctuation. Then, rewrite the paragraph as a poem. Use pages 277-281 to help you write your poem. Both the poem and the paragraph will be collected on Monday.

Grammar Notes and Review for Tuesday

Types of sentences:

http://www.rhlschool.com/eng3n21.htm

Sentence Structures

http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/sntstrct.html#simple%20sentence

Notes and Exercises

Tuesday Review Grammar

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Critical Lens Review

Here is a copy of the essay question for tomorrow's exam. The only thing you need to bring with you tomorrow is a pen.

You should prepare for the essay, but you CANNOT have any notes with you during the exam.

The Kite Runner
Essay Exam

Your Task:


Write a critical essay in which you discuss one example from The Kite Runner and one example from another work we have read this year from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works. You may use scrap paper to plan your response.



The guilty one is not the he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. - Victor Hugo


Guidelines:

Be sure to

• Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria for analysis

• Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it

• Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have chosen

• Avoid plot summary. Instead, use specific references to appropriate literary elements (for example: theme, characterization, setting, point of view) to develop your analysis

• Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner

• Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose

• Follow the conventions of standard written English

Here are the review slides for writing the essay:

Homework

Create a list of the mood, symbols, images, motifs, similes, metaphors, ironies, and characterizations found in the final scene of The Kite Runner.

Homework

Create a list of the mood, symbols, images, motifs, similes, metaphors, ironies, and characterizations found in the final scene of The Kite Runner.

Notes from Monday and Tuesday.

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Thursday's Class

Do Now:
Record the following definition in your notes:

motif:a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., esp. in a literary, artistic, or musical work.

Then, reread pages 228-229 and answer these questions in your notebook: How is the way Amir feels in this scene a motif? What is the purpose of this motif?

Homework Questions due Friday
pages 259-272
1. Find three quotes from the book that describe the setting (include MLA page numbers). Describe the mood that is created by the setting.

2. What do you think is the purpose of the flashback on page 261?

3. What evidence (include MLA page numbers) is there that Amir is beginning to change?

4. Summarize the soccer game scene.

Important Questions and Terms from Wednesday's Class

Aim: To compare the techniques literature and film to advance the plot of a story and to develop characters.
Do Now: Quickly reread chapter eighteen (224-227). Then, answer the following quesitons on the back of your homework sheet.
1. What stands out about the structure of the sentences at the top of page 227?
2. Explain what Amir means when he says, "A way to end the cycle."

Characterization
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Imagery
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Symbolism


How are the film and the book similar? How are they different?


What devices or techniques are used in the film? Give specific examples.


What is the purpose of each of these techniques in developing the plot? The mood?

Questions for Chapters 17-18 due tomorrow

1. What elements of this chapter could classify it as climactic?
2. What plot devices are used in this chapter?
3. How does this chapter affect the shape of the plot diagram?
4. Explain the purpose of chapter 18 in driving the plot forward.