Unit 5 Essay Minutae

Watch the video below and ace the quiz!

Also, remember that you have an outline due tomorrow.

February 15, 2014

Please watch the following video and complete the Quiz

Do not forget to do the reading of Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper".

Remember that we will also have a Mid Unit Assessment on Wednesday 2.19.14 where we will be covering the following:

Irony, Dialect, Diction, Theme, Plot, Characterization, Point of View, Grammar (Commas, Independent Clauses, Dependent Clauses, Subject/Verb, Coordinating Conjunctions, etc)

Flipped Video over Bierce, Plot, and POV

Watch the video below, complete the quiz, and read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Remember, you need to complete your PIXTON comic and share it with Mr. Smith or Ms. Williams.

Whether you are reading the hard copy of the story or reading an electronic version, you need to be annotating for point-of-view, stream of consciousness, and plot structure.

Flipped Video for Twain and "Regional Color"

Watch the video below, complete the quiz, and read "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Whether you are reading the hard copy of the story or reading an electronic version, you need to be annotating for irony and "regional color"/dialect.

Unit 5 Introduction Flipped Video for February 6

Watch the video, take notes, ace the quiz.

Notes should cover:

1865-1914

• The Frontier and Expansion
• Immigration
• Industrialization & The Social Classes
• Literature
• New characters
• New styles
• Realism
• Naturalism

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Emerson, "Self-Reliance," and Transcendentalism

View the video below, then read "Self-Reliance"

Remember, as you view these videos, you should be taking notes on important ideas, new vocabulary, and information about the text.  

Here are the links to more information mentioned in the video.

"Self'Reliance" Vocabulary

Transcendentalism or Transcendentalism

Emerson

"Self Reliance" or "Self Reliance"

January 14, 2014

"The Tell Tale Heart" by E.A. Poe

Please watch Flipped Video 3

Enjoy!

January 11-12, 2013

Please watch Flipped Video 2 below, and the read "The Minister's Black Veil."

The reading can be found on the right of this page under the "Readings" link.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Please watch the following video before the beginning of class tomorrow 1/10/14.

The reading for Rip Van Winkle can be found under the READING tab on the right side of this page.

Enjoy!