Week after Spring Break Beginning of CST Prep

Week after Spring Break	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Review Quiz Review Grammar Read pages 219-221 And Introduction to Drama	Re read pp. 219-221 Study for quiz on boldface terms
Tuesday	Quiz on Academic Language of Drama Terms Read Barefoot in the Park  Pp.222 -224	Do page 225 1-8
Wednesday	Correct page 225 1-8	Read pages 200-202 Also Bio of Judith Ortiz Cofer on page 210 Highlight and Annotate*
Thursday	Historical setting/lens/period Biographical lens The theme of a literary work is often related to the historical period in which the writer is living.	Read PP. 203-212 Do Activities 1-7 pp. 213*
Friday	Constructed Response Essay Show how the author uses the literary elements to convey the theme of Volar.  Analyze the historical context.	Finish Essay on Volar*

Week 9

Week 9	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Peer Review of Compare and Contrast Poem and Short Story. Make sure you think about the author’s use of literary elements to convey/develop the theme of the work. Convey Develop Suggest Express Communicate Articulate Get across Propose advocate	2nd Draft due Thursday  to Turnitin.com Read pp. 239-242
Tuesday	Review pp. 83  and 84 of text Style-a way a writer uses language Diction- key word choice Exaggeration-overstatement Hyperbole- use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device/figure of speech used to persuade.	Read Codes of Conduct pp. 85-88 Highlight and Annotate Rhetorical devices
Wednesday	Do pp. 90 and 91	Read 91-95 Highlight and Annotate* Essay due to turnitin.com
Thursday	Irony: Not what we expect Verbal irony-when someone says one thing but means another Situational irony-an event contrary to what we expected Dramatic irony-when we know what is in store for a character byt the character does not.	Redo pp. 100-101*
Friday	Timed Reflection Essay	Finish Bless Me Ultima and Complete All Questions Study for CST Exam-complete packet *

Week 8

Week 8	Class Work
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Introduction to Analysis of Poem: Read PP.236- 237 In Purple Book. Handout: Literary Analysis Compare and Contrast two texts For example: Compare and Contrast A short Story and a Poem. How do the authors use the literary elements to convey the theme?
Tuesday	Complete 2 body paragraphs of template Focus: Figurative Language Simile-compares two unlike things by using a word such as like or as. Metaphor-compares two unlike things directly. Something is something else. Something was something else. Personification-a type of metaphor in which an object, animal, or idea is talked about as if it were human.
Wednesday	Complete Body Paragraphs 5 and 6 Focus is on types of conflict. Internal External
Thursday	Complete Conclusion
Friday	Analysis of a Poem Speaker- the voice talking in the poem; the narrator of the poem (not necessarily the poet) Theme: the meaning or the main idea; usually an insight into human nature Tone-author’s attitude towards the subject Diction-author’s choice of words Sound Devices-rhythm, rhyme, repetition