"The Cask of Amontillado"

http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html

"The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"

Yesterday we took notes on theme, turned in our character chart from "Hunters in the Snow," and today we finished the short story, "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant." Your assignment was to answer questions 6-10 following the story, in complete sentences. If you missed this assignment, you must get a copy of the story from me, and you'll owe me some 24-hour coupons.

--Walker

"Hunters in the Snow"

To print this story, click the "more" button and choose "print."

Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff

"The Most Dangerous Game" link

Look here for a better copy of the story.

Missing Pages

The story that I posted last week is missing pages. I'll get the full copy up tomorrow.

Hi folks,
We've been covering the elements of narrative stories. So far we've addressed Plot, Conflict, and Setting.

Here's your assignment for "The Most Dangerous Game."


The Most Dangerous Game Plot Graph

Conflict, "The Most Dangerous Game"

PLOT (Continued)
Today we took notes on conflict, the thing that moves a narrative story along and adds excitement, interest, and suspense.

We also began reading the (long) short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Can anyone guess what it is? No? It's kickball.

Friday, PLOT

Today we took notes on the stages of plot on the plot graph.
1. Exposition
2. Narrative Hook
3. Rising Action
4. Climax
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution

Then we applied these stages to the story "Big Boy" by David Sedaris. Sorry, I know it was gross, but it's nice and short and all of the elements are there.
--Walker

Diagnostic Essay

Today we did some in-class narrative writing. I intend to use it as a sample of your abilities--kind of a starting point for our writing instruction.

We'll be starting the short story unit tomorrow.

-Walker

First post of the new school year 9/9/09

Agenda
1. Syllabus (it's due tomorrow).
2. Class Expectations.
3. 24 Hour Coupons
4. Question and Answer

Be ready tomorrow with your syllabus, and bring some notebook paper. We'll be writing.

Text of Romeo and Juliet

This link has the entire play in it's original form, plus a modern translation, side-by-side.

http://www.enotes.com/romeo-and-juliet-text

BOOK PROJECT FOR FRESHMEN

Here are your book project requirements.

Your Google Documents presentation must include:

1. A brief summary or plot teaser. This is an overview, and not intended to be the bulk of your presentation. (20 pts.)
   
2. An analysis of the author's style and purpose. You should use language that is appropriate for literary analysis. This means you should be using terms like point of view, simile and metaphor, conflict, characterization (flat vs. round), etc. Support this section with direct information and quotes. (20 pts.)
3. A "What I've Learned" section. Discuss what you learned about culture, human nature, or society. This section must be supported with evidence. (20 pts.)
4. Your personal reaction and recommendation. Why did you like or dislike the book? Make a rating scale and rate the book. (20 pts.)
5. Clean visual elements throughout. You may cut and paste pictures into your presentation, or if you are an artist or an able designer, include your own stuff. Make sure your work looks professional and not last-minute. (20 pts.)

Links
Google Documents: www.google.com/docs
Walker's email: benjamin_walker@reynolds.k12.or.us (There is a direct link on the right hand side of this page)

After you design your presentation, don't forget to "share" the document with me. Enter my email address after you click the share option in Google Docs.

Please email me or ask in class if you run into difficulties.

LEARN IT!!!!!!!!!!

Act 1, Prologue

PROLOGUE

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

MLA Format

Here's the guide I passed out for the OMAM essay last semester. It should help you set up MLA formatting for your hero story. Do not worry about the essay instruction. Just make your story LOOK like the example.

Emmitt Grogan

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Narrative Revision

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4/21/09 Odyssey questions from class

The Odyssey p. 49-76 (Red Book)

1) What does the experience with Aeolus at Aeolia show us about both Odysseus and his men?
2) What similarities are evident between their experiences with the Laestrygonians and the Cyclops?
3) How many survive the Laestrygonians and how do the survivors react? What does this show about them?
4) Who helps Odysseus to avoid being bewitched by Circe? How?
5) Why do Odysseus’ men weep when they are leaving Circe’s island?
6) In the underworld, Odysseus talks to many shades.
a. What does Elpenor request of him?
b. What important information does Tiresias give him?
c. What does he learn from his mother?
d. What other heroes and warriors does he talk to?

For Juniors/Seniors in Multucultural Literature and Composition

Here are your book project requirements.

Your Google Documents presentation must include:

1. A brief summary or plot teaser. This is an overview, and not intended to be the bulk of your presentation. (20 pts.)
   
2. An analysis of the author's style and purpose. You should use language that is appropriate for literary analysis. This means you should be using terms like point of view, simile and metaphor, conflict, characterization (flat vs. round), etc. Support this section with direct information and quotes. (20 pts.)
3. A "What I've Learned" section. Discuss what you learned about culture, human nature, or society. This section must be supported with evidence. (20 pts.)
4. Your personal reaction and recommendation. Why did you like or dislike the book? Make a rating scale and rate the book. (20 pts.)
5. Clean visual elements throughout. You may cut and paste pictures into your presentation, or if you are an artist or an able designer, include your own stuff. Make sure your work looks professional and not last-minute. (20 pts.)

Links
Google Documents: www.google.com/docs
Walker's email: benjamin_walker@reynolds.k12.or.us (There is a direct link on the right hand side of this page)

After you design your presentation, don't forget to "share" the document with me. Enter my email address after you click the share option in Google Docs.

Please email me or ask in class if you run into difficulties.

Trojan War/Fall of Troy

You must know the basics of the Trojan War and the Fall of Troy. This will set the stage for the Odyssey.

I ran out of copies for 6th period. Here it is, digitally. If you want to print, go to the "MORE" menu item in the embedded window. If you want to download the pdf, click the link entiled "Trojan War Fall of Troy" directly below.


Trojan War Fall of Troy

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One Sentence Stories

Put them in the comments section, here. Don't forget to identify yourself, and use your sentence stretchers to achieve proper punctuation.

Edit: I'm adding my in-class example stories below, plus one extra story that I finished yesterday.

Animal Outlaw

In the park one fall evening, the sky a pinkish hue, my dog, a stocky chocolate lab, absorbed in the ecstasy that can only result from chasing a tennis ball, ran full-steam into a middle-aged lady, knocking her down, the folding chairs that she was carrying sent flying, flopping, opening and closing down the grassy hill, and as she lay in a heap on the ground, gripping her ankle in anguish, she cursed the brown beast—at this point sitting patiently beside me, thumping his tail contentedly in the grass as little children coming from soccer practice patted his head and said, “You have a nice dog, Mister”—and she vowed, teary-eyed and hysterical, to report him to the authorities as a danger to the community, which, days later, led an animal control officer to my home to take mug shots . . . of my dog . . . cementing his status as one of Portland’s most wanted canine outlaws.

Retirement

It was difficult to do, but he did it, placing his tights, his cape, his antigravity boots, and the Red Ring of Rotzam—the one that broke him out of Dr. Diablo’s Doomsday Machine and defeated his arch-nemesis, Killjoy Roy, during the battle of Mt. Evermore—into the incinerator, set to OBLITERATE, with the full intention of ending this chapter of his life and settling into his alter-ego, Ken Dickerson: Mild-mannered insurance salesman, full-time, to relax in his newly mortgaged Palm Springs condo, but his as his finger reached, trembling, for the red button on the incinerator, he heard something beeping, faintly, from the mess of crumpled tights and cape inside; It was his utility belt, the two-way, sub-sonic communicator, his direct connection to city hall and the mayor, and he knew now that he must accept his fate, for supervillians don’t stop for retirement, so he mustn’t either.


He built the house out of Lincoln Logs, carefully, one log at a time, making sure the structure had proper support, enough windows, and a door high enough for the Imperial Storm Troopers and GI Joe action figures that would inhabit the dwelling; the car would be made of Legos, and he made tracks in the carpeting where the vehicle would drive on imaginary roads in the imaginary world that he created every day in the small toy closet, unaware that there would be a day when there simply wasn’t room for imagination, where first dates and first kisses and first jobs (reality) would be his priorities while the Transformers and the Legos and the Hot Wheels would collect dust, but this did not matter now because the task ahead of him was difficult and wonderful, even though he would tear it all down at the end of the day and begin again.

More notes

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Here are the notes that we've taken on plot and setting. Click on the iPaper menu within the embedded window to get to the printing option. Character/Characterization notes are next.


Lit. Elements Notes: Plot and Setting

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Lord of the Flies Game!

Test your knowlege of the book with this little flash game. Its fun AND educational.
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