September 4, 2018 - Tuesday

Class Work

Catching up:  Brief discussion of the movie. What did you like? What would you change? If you were to make a new movie, what setting would you use? What actors would you cast? Would you set the story in 2018? Why/why not?


Quick Write: Select a color - anything but yellow or a variant. Take a few minutes to explore the meaning and history  of that color. Now, explain how the story would differ if the color of the wallpaper were something other than yellow- or would it change? (5 minutes to research + 10 minutes to write.)

Getting ready to write a definition essay -

 

1. What is a definition essay? We will be discovering this today. 

Sample essays: "What Is a Yankee?" 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/definition.htm

 

& " Few of My Favorite Things" http://college.cengage.com/english/vandermey/college_writer/2e/resources/writing/student_definition_zinser.pdf

 

2.  Getting ready to write with a graphic organizer!

 

Name: __________________________________________________________________

Quotations:                         Source:	The word in  literature.                         Source:	What it is NOT: (Negative definition)                       Source:
The word in history:                         Source:	Word/Concept to be defined:       Personal Definition:           Dictionary Definition:	The word in poetry/art/media: Media includes movies and music.                       Source:
Synonyms:                           Source:	The word in the news:                         Source:	How classmates define the word:                         Source:

 

The first thing you need is a topic that relates to "The Yellow Wallpaper" and to "Story of an Hour."

Let's generate topics at your table. Send one person to the board as a scribe for your group.

 

We will work on the graphic organizer in class. Your homework will depend on how far we get. It will be posted after class.  Bring the finished graphic organizer to class on Thursday. 

Homework: Quick Write: Select a color - anything but yellow or a variant. Take a few minutes to explore the meaning and history  of that color. Now, explain how the story of "The Yellow Wallpaper"  would differ if the color of the wallpaper were something other than yellow- or would it change? (5 minutes to research + 10 minutes to write.)