Reading maketh a full man . . . . . Speaking maketh a ready man . . . . . Writing maketh an exact man.

~~Sir Francis Bacon

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Due Nov. 4, 2015 (Vocab test, FreeRice 5K, Descriptive essay, Bio Rough Draft)

Vocab Test on ALL 20 words. The test will include:
fill-in-the-blank
match the word to the definition
match the word to the example
true/false
These are the words you will need a clear definition for:
1) Plot
2) Protagonist
3) Cacophony
4) Doppelganger
5) Motif
6) Nemesis

Know who the protagonist was in The Sign of the Beaver.   (Matt)

Know the first and last name of the author of The Sign of the Beaver.

Know the conflict in The Sign of the Beaver.   (man v. nature/environment)

Know the category genre of The Sign of the Beaver.   (Historical Fiction)
and  . . . see the extra credit below!

Bildungsroman  EXTRA CREDIT!  Bildungsroman 
Know that a coming of age story (like The Sign of the Beaver) is also a GENRE known as a "bildungsroman." 
A bildungsroman (or, coming of age genre) is a special kind of novel that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the main character (usually from childhood to adulthood).

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ESSAY assignment
One Descriptive Paragraph utilizing every single sense. Describe a place, event, or scene in vivid detail. Use ALL the senses to walk us through your place, event, or scene. You might want to use a different perspective to make it a bit unusual.
One paragraph . . . . One amazing paragraph!  :-)
Develop your descriptive paragraph using every sense.
More than one sentence will be needed for each sense. You may wrap this in a story or just make your descriptive paragraph come alive in the reader's mind.
~~> NO BANNED WORDS and NO CONTRACTIONS
~~> KWO, rough draft, and checklist, as always
WITs:
ly
w/w
b/c
QA
SV
#3

VARSITY:
ly
w/w
b/c
QA
SV
asia
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
T/C
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Turn in a copy of the rough draft of your biography.

Una Voce members may substitute a platform speech, I.O., etc.

Remember, a copy of your rough draft.

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