Monday, October 29, 2012

*October 29

JOURNAL TOPIC:

What is it about scary stories that scares us?  Why, after watching a scary movie, does every shadow and every sound seem to take on a new significance?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocab
3. A word on active reading notes
4. Begin "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

HW:
1. Post initial impressions of "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and vocabulary words to your blog
2. Novelists: Create a file for your work (if you haven't already) and create an account on Pathbrite
3. Non-novelists: identify at least one storytelling technique from "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and post a description with an example to your blog.

[*PLEASE NOTE: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO UPDATE YOUR BLOG FOR CREDIT IN THE SECOND GRADING PERIOD.]

14 comments:

  1. vocabulary:
    -advert
    -strippling
    -reverie
    -gamble
    -loiter
    -ivibed
    -apt
    -reveberated

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  2. Are these the vocab words for the week?

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  3. I will review everyone's blogs in a while and select the "greatest hits" for this week's list.

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  4. Lull
    Inveterate
    Sequestered
    Reverie
    Gambol
    Belated
    Purpor

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  5. Can you give me an example of a storytelling technique? please.

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    1. Sure, Mia, here are a few we've discussed: allusion, characterization (direct & indirect), symbolism, figurative language (such as metaphor and simile), diction, and syntax.

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    2. Oh ok I remember those now thank you (:

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  6. -Bosom
    -propensity
    -reverie
    -gamble
    -spectre
    -imbibed
    -laud
    -tarried
    -cognomen

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  7. Advert
    reverie
    inveterate
    gambol
    stripling
    reverberated
    behooved
    onerous

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  8. inveterate
    advert
    repose
    stripling
    sequestered
    pervade
    reverie
    gamble
    imbibed
    sojourned
    tarried
    lank
    vocations

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  9. 1. bosom- heart; the center; an intimate part of the human anatomy
    2. prudently- wise or judicious in practical affairs
    3. inveterate- having a habit that isn't going to stop
    4. propensity- likelihood
    5. advert- promoting an idea; to refer
    6. stripling- a youth
    7. repose- to pose again
    8. sequestered- kept separate
    9. glen- a small, narrow valley
    10. pervade- to become spread throughout all parts og
    11. reverie- a trance or spell
    12. gambols- to play; frolic
    13. collating- to gather or arrange in their proper sequence
    14. allege- to assert without proof
    15. purport- to present
    16- imbibed- to consume by drinking
    17. laud- admiration
    18. sojourned- a temporary stay
    19. tarry- to linger
    20. cognomen- a surname
    21- potentates- dictators
    22. onerous- burdensome

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  10. -Bosom
    -Inveterate
    -Reverberated
    -Propensity
    -Reverie
    -Sequestered
    -Spectre
    -Imbibed
    -Laud
    -Tarried
    -Cognomen
    -Onerous

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  11. -prudently
    -inveterate
    -propensity
    -repose
    -stripling
    -sequestere
    -Revire
    -apparation
    -hessain trooper
    -purport
    -inbibed
    -apparition
    -incessant
    -cognomen

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  12. prudently
    inveterate
    propensity
    sequestered
    reverie
    gambol
    spectre
    hessian
    cognomen

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