vocabulary

“POV, 11/15.” (Clockwise from the upper left.)
3rd person omniscient, 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person objective, 3rd person limited

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. The Outsiders is told in ______.
7. The Midwife’s Apprentice is told in _____.
8. The Monsters are Due on Maple Street is told in._____.

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“Vocab, 11/15.”

    

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. _____
6. forgettable : iconic :: emotional : _______
7. She has high ______(ations). She wants to rule the world.
8. huge : diminutive :: inspiring : ______
9. Everyone tried to ______ a giggle when the principal farted in class.
10. Reading Shakespeare for the first time can be rather ______.
11. (2) They tried to ______ the angry and _____ mob by telling them their concerns would be addressed.

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“Maus” intro.

What does the word anthropomorphic mean? (Yes it will be a vocab word too!)

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Maus by Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1992. It took him 13 years.

“Maus, 11/15.”
a) Read the first two pages:

• • Translate his father’s last sentence into a normal English sentence.
  • What does he mean?

b) What is your first impression of Vladek?

 

Aloud. Chapter One. Drama style with parts.

Artie: Art Spiegelman, author/artist, son of Vladek and Anja

Vladek: Vladek Spiegelman, Artie’s dad, Anja’s husband, survivor of the camps, his story is being told

Anja Spiegelman (nee Zylberberg): Artie’s mom, Vladek’s wife, also a survivor

Mala: Vladek’s current wife after Anja committed suicide after the war

The Zylberbergs: Anja’s family, rich

Lucia Greenberg: Vladek’s first girlfriend

 

TIME?

Comics. Yes Comics.

“Tell me a Story.”  p84 in Understanding Comics.

Authors make careful choices about what to show/tell or not show/tell. Change, twist, accelerate the story by subtracting panels. List the panels you would leave.

Let’s mess with this guy.

 

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-XMM7MSdCwCkuNrbDHgB1xL1P2wUAY6SFxpSz7ccm9U/edit?usp=sharing

Copy homework into planner.

Debrief Test #12.

BOB p 58.

1. Read p58.  Link.
2. In your notebook create 4 single comic panels.
3. Each one should demo a different narrative POV:
   • 1st person
   • 2nd person
   • 3rd person limited
   • 3rd person omniscient
4. Use talk and/or thought balloons as well as captions.

 

Begin reading Monster excerpt p60
Link for those at home:  https://www.hmhco.com/content/literature/into_lit/g7/student/epub/ilnl21en_ese_g07u01_student/#cards–07le_13_ese_monsterplay_rd/

Prep Sheet for Test #13.

Mental Floss.

1. Wacky Wordy: What phrase is represented by the following?
   look kool XtXhXeXsXtXrXeXeXtX
2. What musical instruments are represented below?
   a)  P O     b)  BA BA    c)  ECLART     d)  @ # $ %
3. Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word.
   Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = yellow.
   a) A light brown color + to leave = ____
   b) Vehicle + an animal pal = _____
   c) A store’s announcement of a sale + a type of women’s clothing  = ______
4. These groups of three definitions describe three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter. (Example: king, ring, wing.) What are they?
   a) finished, to sleep lightly, a measured quantity     b) sneaky, to secretly observe, an enclosure for pigs
5. What does the following group of statements represent?
   (2 word answer ending in -s. It’s sort of a Wacky Wordy too.)
   Jenni drowned Frosted Flakes.  Isaiah buried Cap’n Crunch six feet under.  Stephanie threw Rice Krispies off a cliff.  Emma shot Cocoa Puffs.

 

Test #12.

Doodle Theme: The next morning on Maple Street.

 

TZ.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/world/lice-comb-discovery-earliest-sentence-alphabet-scn

Tomorrow’s Test: Husker Du, Vocab, Alyce, MoMS. Preview: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G5FE6vnYvMI0Q04gRkNlaAfZ5-HFnvjOKGXeR33aAdg/edit?usp=sharing

“Warm Up, 11/9.” COPY and LABEL . (10)
I like relaxing in the comfy library; it is also a great place to study.

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“Vocab, 11/9.” divine, stark, discerning, assent, demur, transfix, metamorphosis, prevail, idiosyncrasy

1. Emily Dickinson says that someone who is _____ can tell Madness from Sense.
2. When the group wanted to jump off the cliff, I ____(ed) and said I’d rather live.
3. We were behind at half, but I had confidence we would still _____.
4. Since I hadn’t studied, I was hoping to be saved by some _____ intervention that would cancel the test. But the angel never showed up.
5. It was unanimous; everyone ____(ed) to the llama’s plan.
6. We were all _____(ed) by the parade of magic llamas.
7. The roots of this word meant “own private mixture”
8. The roots of this word meant “to transform.”
9. The roots of this word meant “to fasten through.”
10. The roots of this word meant “to have greater power.”
11. The roots of this word meant “severe or strong.”
12. The roots of this word meant “to feel or think towards.”
13. The roots of this word meant “to separate apart.”

 

VOCAB RELAY SPRINT!

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“Monsters Review, 11/9.”

1. What do the people of Maple Street think the UFO is at first?
2. Who gets them thinking it might be something else?
3. So far in the play, who is the scapegoat for all of the fears of the people of Maple Street?
4. Why?
5. What was our inciting incident?

 

Monsters on Maple Street, Act II...

Link to Play for those at home: https://www.springtownisd.net/cms/lib3/TX21000442/Centricity/Domain/575/u1_the_monster_due_se.pdf

 

“Warm Up, 11/8.” Answer, not letter.

1. When the midwife rejects Alyce the first time she comes back.  (PM)
2. When the midwife finally accepts Alyce back.  (PM)
3. When Alyce fails to deliver Emma Blunt’s baby and runs away from the village.  (PM)
4. Alyce learning to read. (PM)
5. What does the TMA dedication mean?
6. Poem #435 says that “the Majority” always prevailed on the question of…   a) what is the right thing to do. b) who’s weird and who isn’t. c) who’s cool and who isn’t. d) who’s important and who isn’t. e) All of the above.  f) NOTA
7. Poem #435 says that if you disagree with the majority… a) you’re Mad. b) you’re stupid. c) you’re dangerous. d) you’re doing the right thing.  e) all of the above.   f) NOTA

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“Vocab, 11/8.” divine, stark, discerning, assent, demur, transfix, metamorphosis, prevail
   

9. “In this brief fraction of a moment, they take the first step toward performing a _____ that changes people from a group into a mob.”
10. She has a very _____ eye for bargains and always gets the best deal.
11. There was a very _____ contrast between the two candidates; they were very much on opposite sides.
12. After the expensive makeover, she looked and felt ______…
13. …and everyone was _____(ed) as she walked down the street.

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Add to Vocab List: Idiosyncrasy: an unusual way in which a particular person behaves or thinks. Examples!?

“Monsters…”
Discuss:

• What is the purpose of fear? In other words, why do we get scared?
• What fears might be called “universal”; shared by most almost all humans?
• Why do we like it sometimes? (Don’t say, “It’s fun.” Duh.)
• How does fear affect the decisions you make?

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• “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Meaning?  (Bonus: Who said that famous quote?)
• Why do people act so dumb in a group? (What if they’re scared too?)

 

“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Read intro on p245.

Basic script vocabulary: pan, zoom, voiceover, etc.

Assign roles.

Let’s “act.”

Link to Play for those at home: https://www.springtownisd.net/cms/lib3/TX21000442/Centricity/Domain/575/u1_the_monster_due_se.pdf