Sunday, September 22, 2024

Monday

 Today we will read a final personal narrative from your textbook, review your vocabulary words.

We will be reading "Only Daughter" on page 900. 

1) Palliate
2) Confiscate
3) Inundate
4) Deprecate
5) Exonerate
6) Capitulate
7) Svelte
8) Diurnal
9) Canopy
10) Patrimony

HW: Begin studying for the Unit Final. This will be on Wednesday.

Review Guide for UNIT I


1)   For the following stories be able to outline the plot:

“Harrison Bergeron”
“The Pedestrian”
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
“The Lottery”
“The Possibility of Evil”
“Everyday Use”

2)   For the following stories be able to list the protagonist, the antagonist, the type of conflict and briefly discuss what the conflict involves”

Harrison Bergeron”
“The Pedestrian”
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
“The Lottery”
“The Possibility of Evil”
“Everyday Use”


3)   For all the stories list point of view.   If the point of view is 1st person, discuss who is telling the story.   If the point of view is 3rd Limit, discuss the point of view the story follows.


4)   For each story pick out and be able to discuss a symbol.


5)   For “There Will Come Soft Rains” be about to pick out three allusions and discuss how the allusions reinforce the main idea of the story.


6)   Be able to pick out an irony for each story and discuss the meaning of the irony. 


7)   For all stories be able to list the dynamic and static characters, and discuss how the dynamic characters change.


8)   For each story be able to list and discuss the theme.


9)   List the setting for every story.


10)                  Be able to compare, using details, various stories to each other by using theme, characters or figurative language.


11)                  Discuss who the following characters are and why they are important to the text:

Harrison Bergeron
Leonard Mead
Maggie
Hakim-a-barber
Wangero (or Dee Dee)
Mama
George Bergeron
Hazel Bergeron
Diana Moon Glampers
The House
The Dog
Miss Adela Strangeworth
Mr. Lewis
Dave Harris
Linda Stewart


12) For any story be able to summarize the events of the story.  


13) Be able to discuss the main ideas of "Tolerance" and "The Montgomery Bus Boycott"

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