Monday, January 4- Keystone Review

Objective: By  the end of class, students will review Keystone terms and skills in order to prepare for the exam in Janauary.

DO NOW

Describe some differences between fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. Look on walls if you don't know the elements of each. 

Direct Instruction

Sonnet - 14 line poem  - last two lines end rhyme (couplet).

poetry review jeapordy

non-fiction review

Read together - LOYALTY.

Complete the CRQ for the LOYALTY article in CRQ format and two pieces of textual evidence.

Guided Indepedent
GO TO WWW.SESWEB.NET/ PAGE/4718

Click on ENGLISH Literature Keystone Resources. Complete at least one activity under each heading:

1. Keystone Literature Prep Jeopardy

2. Writing Purpose 

3. Important Literary Terms

4. Author's Purpose

  

5. Literature Focused Test-Taking Strategies

6. Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

7. Main Ideas and Supporting Details

8. Elements of Literature in Media

Generalization - A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person. 

Hyperbole - An exaggeration or overstatement.

Irony -  The use of words or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.

Propaganda - Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people.

Propaganda Techniques - Propaganda techniques and persuasive tactics are used to influence people to believe, buy or do something

Sarcasm - The use of irony to convey or mock contempt.

Satire - A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness. 

QUIZLET - go to quizlet.com and search any area in which you would like to practice. The matching game is fun to test your knowledge and speed:

1. Figurative Language
2. Persuasion / Propaganda
3. Informational text
4. Irony
5. Text Structure
6. Main Idea
7. Author's style  / tone / mood

Check for Understanding

Individual and group student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review ELEMENTS of FICTION, DRAMA, NON-FICTION, POETRY, INFORMATIONAL TEXT. 

Look at Walls for one last time. I will be taking everything down this afternoon.

Exit Pass