Friday February 2nd

The Scarlet Ibis final exam is today!

I hope you all studied hard!!!

If you want to try some online games for the Scarlet Ibis try these:


The Scartlet Ibis Challenge Vocabulary words matching online game http://www.quia.com/mc/54968.html

The Scartlet Ibis Challenge Vocabulary words concentration online game http://www.quia.com/cc/54968.html

The Scartlet Ibis Challenge Vocabulary words flash card online game http://www.quia.com/jfc/54968.html


Also study about THEME, SETTING, SIMILE, METAPHOR,CHARACTER


GOOD LUCK IN YOUR STUDIES!

Monday Jan. 29

Well it is almost the end of the month!

Thank you to all for your hard work this term.

As for today we shall work on pages 7-8. Theme is the main focus today. our home work fortoday was to finish the SCARLET IBIS & DOODLE questions at the top of page 7.

I will give you some practise sheets for the upcoming SCARLET IBIS FINAL on Friday.

Since Wednesday is a school hoilday, we have a lot of reviewing to do on Monday.

Friday Jan.26

Your Home work for the start of the class was to find 3 SIMILES or METAPHORS from the SCARLET IBIS.

We will then continue on page 6-7 working on SYMBOLS & THEME in class today.

SYMBOLS IN STORY

Symbols help develop the author's plot, theme, and meanings through repeated stimulation of the reader's emotions. Like character and imagery, repeated, subtle references within the narrative are intended to suggest how readers should evaluate the story, how they should find meaning in it.
So Symbols are created for the reader, not the characters of the fiction. This means that to examine symbol development in a fiction, a critic identifies how the choice, placement, and development of the specific symbols in a work may or may not lead to an emotional realization on the part of a reader.
The goal of symbolic development in fiction is the reader's emotional realization that the fictive experience imitates a desirable view of "truth," or an idealized reality of life.

THEME OF A STORY

What exactly is this elusive thing called theme?
The theme of a fable is its moral. The theme of a parable is its teaching. The theme of a piece of fiction is its view about life and how people behave.
In fiction, the theme is not intended to teach or preach. In fact, it is not presented directly at all. You extract it from the characters, action, and setting that make up the story. In other words, you must figure out the theme yourself.
The writer's task is to communicate on a common ground with the reader. Although the particulars of your experience may be different from the details of the story, the general underlying truths behind the story may be just the connection that both you and the writer are seeking.

Wednesday Jan.24

Page 3-4 of he activity pack are today.

We shall continue working on page 5-6 in class today and dealing with DYNAMIC CHARACTER, SIMILES/METAPHORS.

DYNAMIC CHARACTER

A dynamic character is one who changes significantly during the course of the story. Changes considered to qualify a character as dynamic include changes in insight or understanding, changes in commitment, and changes in values. Changes in circumstance, even physical circumstance, do not apply unless they result in some change within the character's self.[4]
By definition, the protagonist is nearly always a dynamic character. In coming-of-age stories in particular, the protagonist often undergoes dramatic change, transforming from innocence to experience.


SIMILE

A simile is a figure of speech in which the subject is compared to another subject. Frequently, similes are marked by use of the words like or as. "The snow was like a blanket". However, "The snow blanketed the earth" is also a simile and not a metaphor because the verb blanketed is a shortened form of the phrase covered like a blanket. A few other examples are "The deer ran like the wind", "In terms of beauty, she was every bit Cleopatra's match", and "the lullaby was like the hush of the winter."

METAPHOR

In language, a metaphor (from the Greek: metapherin rhetorical trope) is defined as using like or as comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects. In the simplest case, this takes the form: "The [first subject] is a [second subject]." More generally, a metaphor casts a first subject as being or equal to a second subject in some way. Thus, the first subject can be economically described because implicit and explicit attributes from the second subject are used to enhance the description of the first. This device is known for usage in literature, especially in poetry, where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context.

Monday Jan. 22

Last Friday we worked on our SCARLET IBIS activity pack. For today you must finish the plot events #s 1-5.

We will continue on page #2 today and complete the setting part.

In the second class we will be working on pages 3-4 in class.

PLOT:

In narrative, a plot is the rendering and ordering of the events and actions of a story, particularly towards the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect.

Typical plot structure
Initial situation - the beginning. It is the first incident that makes the story move.
Conflict or Problem - goal which the main character of the story has to achieve.
Complication - obstacles which the main character has to overcome.
Climax - highest point of interest of the story.
Suspense - point of tension. It arouses the interest of the readers.
Denouement or Resolution - what happens to the character after overcoming all obstacles/failing to achieve the desired result and reaching/not reaching his goal.
Conclusion - the end of the story.

Note that this is a simplification, and that not all stories follow this archetypal structure.


The Scartlet Ibis
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The Scartlet Ibis
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The Scartlet Ibis
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Friday Jan. 19th

Last class we worked on the "CHALLENGE VOCABULARY".

That will be homework along with the WORD SEARCH PUZZLE for Friday.

Today we will be doing some more in class activities for the SCARLET IBIS and also reviewing.


SEE YOU ALL FRIDAY!

Wednesday Jan.17th

HOMEWORK TODAY DUE BEFORE CLASS

Please read the SCARLET IBIS, and complete the VOCABULARY check page side 1 only.

In class we will do some more vocabulary work, including puzzles etc.

ABOUT

In "The Scarlet Ibis," foreshadowing, symbolism, and image are demonstrated to their full potential. The frequent foreshadowing hints darkly at Doodle's death, and the unmistakable symbol of the scarlet ibis for Doodle heightens the effect of the image created when the brother huddles over his "fallen scarlet ibis." Foreshadowing, symbolism, and image really contribute to this story's unique style.

See you then!

Monday Jan. 15th

Today we will read the story called the "SCARLET IBIS" in class

The Scarlet Ibis is a short story written by novelist James Hurst. It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 and has since appeared in multiple high-school literature textbook since the late 1960s.

Synopsis

The narrator's younger brother, Doodle, was born an invalid who could crawl and was taught to walk by the narrator. Time passes and Doodle becomes five. The narrator then decides to teach him how to walk out of embarrassment. After weeks of practicing, Doodle learns how to walk, and the family rejoices. After a while the narrator, feeling infallible, decides to teach Doodle to run, swim, climb trees and fight. His grueling work, shows little progress as the deadline he sets gets closer. Finally, after an encounter with a scarlet ibis dying, Doodle and the narrator set out to the swamp for one final attempt to yield results, which fail. As a storm approaches they start to make their way back. Angrily, the narrator begins to walk faster than Doodle. When Doodle falls behind, the narrator runs off leaving him. Soon he calms down and waits for Doodle, who doesn't show up. Walking back, he finds Doodle curled up next to a bush, dead and bleeding scarlet, which was exactly like the Scarlet Ibis.

Throughout the story the narrator is only referred to as brother.

Friday Jan. 12th assignments

Today we will do the following:

-504 book unit 18

-Finish our year 2007 goals.

Please use these examples to help you make your goals, and write your final copy.

For the year 2007 I would like to learn a new hobby. My friends are really happy that I want to take a freestyle dance class. To help me learn the new dance I will study and watch some DVDs.
Some friends of mine are great dancers so they will teach me some cool moves.

My second goal that I would like to do is.........................


As you can see from the example you need to think of 5 goals you want to do, then write about HOW you will accomplish your goal.



REMEMBER YOU MUST HAVE 5 GOALS AND FOR EACH GOAL EXPLAIN HOW YOU WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.


BEST OF LUCK!

Welcome class!

Welcome to your class board!

Please use this site to remind you of your home work, and to
check what's up coming in our class.


GOOD LUCK!