Drama Terms Index Cards

If you didn't finish your drama terms card in class, here is the list of words:

Comedy
Tragedy
Tragic Hero
Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
Complex Character
Drama
Script
Dialogue
Set/Scenery
Acts and Scenes
Stage directions
Props

Your index card is due for a grade this week! Remember that you should write whatever you need to know in order to remember those words on the front and back of ONE 3x5 index card. You will be able to use the card on your drama terms quiz. (Date TBA)

Mid-Week Update

A few things to remember as the week progresses:

• Vocab Lesson 2 Quiz is TOMORROW!
  
• We will meet in the Library tomorrow. If you need to make up your Unit 2 test, your IR Quiz, or your Vocabulary Lesson 1 Quiz you should do so during our library time.
  
• All other makeup work/missing assignments are due to me by Friday to be graded.
  
• Do not lose your Macbeth script. Extras are not available.
  
• Shakespeare slideshow is available online at this LINK.

Grade Problems

For some reason, STI has not been letting me print out student progress reports. Hopefully this issue will be resolved by Tuesday so I can give students a printout of their grade!!

I am so sorry for the inconvenience.

ALSO: I have decided to enter in a completion grade instead of an "accuracy" grade for the spelling test we took on Monday. Because that test was related to a fundraiser and not to anything I had planned to cover in class, I didn't want poor grades to hurt your averages.

Grades

Just wanted to let you know that if your grade seems low, remember that it is still very early in the nine weeks! You only have classwork grades, homework grades, and ONE quiz grade in the system. This week you will have an IR Quiz and a Test grade going in the book.

On Friday I will give you an updated grade printout with any missing work highlighted. You will have a ONE WEEK grace period to turn in that missing work.

Thursday's Test

Thursday's test will be over the elements of short stories. Here is a break down of the test:

Part I: Vocabulary
Define 15 vocabulary words from the following list:

Short story, Characters, Motivation, Direct Characterization, Indirect Characterization, Conflict, Internal Conflict, External Conflict, Plot, Setting, Point of View, Theme, First-Person Narrator, Third-Person Narrator, Omniscient Narrator, Limited Narrator, Objective Narrator, Subjective Narrator, Character Traits, Prediction

Part II: Plot Diagram
Correctly label a plot diagram with the correct term and definition.

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

Part III: Short Answer

Each test will have three short answer questions from the following list:

1. What is one of the main conflicts in "The Bear Boy" Is it resolved? How?
2. Define "climax." What is the climax of "The Bear Boy?" How do you know?
3. Write a brief summary of "Letters from Rifka."
4. Which of Rifka's character traits do you admire the most? Why?
5. Draw and correctly label a plot diagram for "The Cask of Amontillado"
6. Write a brief paragraph summarizing what you learned about Edgar Allan Poe from our webquest.

Numbers 1,2,3,4,6 should be answered in paragraphs with no less than 5 sentences.
Number 5 requires you to draw a "witch's hat" plot diagram, label the PARTS of the story (rising action, etc.) and fill in the DETAILS from the story.

Great American Spellcheck (Word List)

Here are the words for your spelling test on Monday--in case you have mislaid the handout I gave you several weeks ago.

This assignment will not be counted as a test grade, but as a homework grade.

grouse
diadem
aura
regnal
nigh
lucrative
asylum
famished
derivative
verdure
dawdle
adroitly
divvy
betrothal
lambasted
insinuate
travesty
bric-a-brac
propulsion
leonine
hackamore
emblazoned
stridency
bulbous
photogenic
torsion
winnow
bountiful
affluent
rosin
mammalian
courduroy
exorcism
imperious
tangible
evince
hermitage
congressional
rejuvenate
bodega
wheedle
charioteer
panache
malaise
acrylics
extinguish
moustache or mustache
vitriolic
netiquette
vice versa