The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary (Part 1)

abash     ascend     bestow     brazen     countenance     disdain     disposition

evanescent     flagrant     haughty     ideal     ignominious     illustrious

impediment     impulsive     iniquity     manifest     mien     multitude

provision     reverence     serene     spurn     taint     trifling     venomous     vie

Jonathan Livingston Seagull Project --

Part I. --  Reflection...Write a journal entry as you finish reading each of the three parts of the novel.  Each of your journal entries must:

• Be written in 1st person POV.
• Include your feelings and reactions as you complete the section.
• Questions that you have/had as you read.
• Predictions for what is to come for Jonathan.
•  Be about 250 words.

Part II.  --  Creative...Choose one of the options below.

• The novel has been turned into a movie and the producers have contacted you to creat the soundtrack.  Create a playlist of 6 songs (one for each of the 3 parts).  For each selection, provide the song title, artists, song (if possible), and a brief explanation of your choice of song.
• Create a collage to represent the themes and major ideas presented in EACH of the three parts.  There should be a definite distinction showing each of the three parts.

Part III.  --  Analysis -- Complete the following writing assignment for the novel.

One of the overall themes of this book is the idea of "the meaning of life". It is clear to any reader that Jonathan's idea of the meaning of live and those of the other gulls is very different.  In an analysis essay explore the following topics:  What is the meaning of life as defined by the Gulls?
What is the meaning of life as defined by Jonathan?  Does the idea of the meaning of life change throughout the story? How? If not, why not?  How do Jonathan's ideas compare to your own?

Research Paper Information

Please click on the link below for formatting and other information about you research paper. 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TqbBeLuLW2O4NA6B7ZeeSnNGumKuTKKkuJ-VgWViOzM/edit

WORK DUE TO POWER OUTAGE

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I DID POST WORK FOR STUDENTS IN MY ENGLISH CLASSES SO THAT THEY HAVE WORK TO DO DURING THE SCHOOL'S POWER OUTAGE.  CLICK ON THE "HOMEWORK" TAB ABOVE TO ACCESS THE ASSIGNMENTS.

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Please contact me with all questions or concerns and I will happily respond within 24 hours.

English Test Days = Mondays & Tuesdays

Grades
All aspects of the student's English class is factored into his/her grade -- Homework, participation, essays, projects, tests, quizzes.   This year, Lodi High School will be using a points based system for grading which is as follows:

Tests = 100 points
Quizzes = 25-50 points
Homework = 5-15 points
Classwork = 5-15 points

Classroom Atmosphere
I conduct my classroom with an "all students can try and can learn" attitude.  Students are coming in to my classes with various levels and experiences.  It is my goal to get each student to be capable of more by the end of the year than he/she is capable of at the start of the year.  For this reason, the work will get increasingly more difficult as the year progresses and it is important that the student tries his/her hardest to keep up and ask for help when it is needed.
Please feel free to contact me WHENEVER you are concerned about a grade on genesis. 

Summary Notes for "The Pit and the Pendulum"

“The Pit and the Pendulum” (Poe)

·       1^st person pov

·       Narrator is  given a death sentence

·       Images of ghosts, skeletons, death and hell

·       His captors put him in a dungeon & he knows they want to torture him.

·       As the narrator is trying to walk around the room to find its size and shape – the recognizes a hole in the middle

·        1^st torture – a pit in the middle of the dungeon

·       The narrator realizes that he had been completely mistaken about the room and that it is much smaller than he had thought it was

·       He falls asleep (passes out) and wakes up to find that he is strapped down to a wooden bed.  He is given spicy food but nothing to drink.  He then realizes that there is a steel crescent shaped pendulum swinging from the ceiling and it is moving closer and closer toward him.  (2^nd torture)

·       The narrator devises a plan to escape – rub spicy meat on his bandages and the rats will bite through it so that he can escape before the pendulum gets to his body

·       3^rd torture – walls are set on fire and begin to close in on him

·       At the last possible second the French army comes in and saves him – Deus ex machine “god from the machine”

Gothicism Characteristics

Characteristics of a gothic story:

·      Setting is medieval – a castle or dungeon

·      The mood is mysterious or suspenseful

·      Metaphors of fear, horror, or dread (thunder, footsteps, bells, creaks, fog, etc.)

·      Omens, visions, or haunting dreams are mentioned

·      Supernatural, evil, or violent events occur

·      “mad”characters

·      Merciless villains

·      The Inquisition and its torture methods are mentioned

·      Myths or legends are mentioned