Final

 FINAL

Short Stories: "The Pedestrian" "There will Come Soft Rains" "Harrison Bergeron" "Everyday Use" "The Possibility of Evil" and "The Lottery"

For the above stories you will need to the main characters (protagonist, antagonist, dynamatic), the main conflict, a main idea (theme), a symbol, and a brief summary. You should put this information on a note card.

Novel: Animal Farm

This part of the test will be multiple choice. You should know the major characters, the seven commandments and how the commandments change, how some of the characters represent figures from the Soviet Union and Communism, and what happens in the end.  

Drama: Oedipus Rex

You will have 2-3 questions from the Test you took on this play. Remind me to give the test back to you.

Writing: Parallel Structure, Semi-Colons, Complex-Compound sentences.

You will have a short writing assignment were you write a sentence using the above. 

 

Monday

Today we are going to share the paragraphs that you wrote on Friday. Then we are going discuss comma rules and what you need to know for the final.

 

FINAL

Short Stories: "The Pedestrian" "There will Come Soft Rains" "Harrison Bergeron" "Everyday Use" "The Possibility of Evil" and "The Lottery"

Novel: Animal Farm

Drama: Oedipus Rex

Writing: Parallel Structure, Semi-Colons, Complex-Compound sentences.

 

Friday

 Today, we are going to listen to some of your sentences and then read "The Plot Against the People" on page 532.

When we finish you will do questions 1-3 on page 537, and then write a paragraph about "How do your respond to life's annoyances?" 

Thursday

 Today we are going to discuss 1) colons and dashes; 2) parallelism, and 3) work on grammar and sentence combining.

A) Sentence combining

ombine each of the following into one sentence.

1) The bear was big. The bear broke open the garbage. The bear ate the left over pizza. Dan's father shot the bear. Dan cried.

2) Espionage is the secret collection of intelligent information. The history of espionage goes back over two thousand years. Espionage was started in China by Sun Tzu.

B) 1) Write a sentence using a colon.

2) Write a sentence using a dash.

3) Write a sentence using parallelism.

4) Write a compound-complex sentence.

5) Write a sentence using a semi-colon to connect two independence clauses.

C) Go here

Wednesday

 Today, we are going to share some of the sentences that your wrote yesterday. I want each of your to share two sentences and tell the class what type of sentences they are. 

Then we are going to discuss 1) semi-colons and 2) parallelism 

You will write a sentence using a semi-colon and a sentence using parallelism. 

Finally you will do the grammar exercises below:

A) Sentence Combining

Breakfast is my favorite meal. I like hot food for breakfast. I prefer eggs and bacon to oatmeal. A good breakfast always starts my day off right.

B) Punctuation

Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.

1. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

2. Only one course was open to us surrender, said the ex-major, and we did.

3. Judge Carswell later to be nominated for the Supreme Court had ruled against civil rights.

4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article How Not to Go Camping.

5. Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.

 

 

Monday

 Today, we will be taking an OPEN BOOK TEST on Oedipus Rex 

 

Friday

 

Oedipus Rex Test

1) How does Oedipus Rex fit the traditional role of a Tragic Hero?

 

 

 

 

2) What does the chorus do in a Greek play?  What is their function?

 

 

 

3) How does this play fit the theme: Person vs. Fate.

 

 

 

 

4) List two ironies in this play and discuss why they are ironic.

 

 

 

 

6) What is the climax of the play?

 

 

 

 

7) What is the resolution?

 

 

8)   Discuss the purpose of the following parts of a Greek tragedy:

Prologue:

 

 

Exodus:

 

 

9) Why does Iocaste tell Oedipus about her baby?  What detail of her story catches Oedipus’s attention?  What does he begin to suspect?

 

 

 

 

 

10) Who is the Messenger?  What message does he bring and what does he reveal about Oedipus’s past?

 

 

 

 

 

11) What does the shepherd finally reveal?  Why is he so reluctant to say it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

12) Who does Oedipus say is responsible for his actions?

 

 

 

13) What moral does the Chorus see in all this?

 

 

 

 

14) Why do Oedipus and Teiresias quarrel?