Monday September
15,
Good Morning!!
2014
Start your DO NOW!
Take out your:
Homework, Notebooks, and
Highlighters
Then take everything else off of your
desks.
Summer
Reading
Reminder *SUMMER
READING*
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It is a TEST GRADE
10 Entries
2 Paragraphs per entry
Due NEXT Tuesday, September
23rd
Notebooks/Papers stapled together are
acceptable.
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Class Objectives
 Class Objectives: SWBAT Review Literary Terms Part II
 Identify literary terms/functions in ‘Thief’ by Robley
Wilson Jr.
 Read and Annotate ‘Thief’ by Robley Wilson Jr.
 Identify elements of the Plot Diagram
 Language Objectives: SWBAT –
 Apply vocabulary to reading and comprehension of
‘Thief’
 Define and identify parts of speech of vocabulary
Agenda
Vocab Week 1
 Discuss Vocab homework
 Review ‘Thief’ by Robley Wilson Jr. + RQs
 Thoroughly answer and respond to
reading questions
 Begin ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson

Update your table of contents
and title page 16:
Do Now: Lit
Terms
Word Puzzle
TRO
BLE
Answer:
Keeping you out of
trouble
Agenda
Vocab Week 1
 Finish/Review Literary Terms
(Part 2)
 Thief: Review
 The Lottery Vocabulary
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Notebooks
Literary Terms
Part 2!
Annotation
The act or
process of
marking up a
text for
important
information
and creating
explanatory
Short Story
A fictional
work of
prose that
is shorter in
length than
a novel
Plot
The structure of action and
events throughout a story.
Plot Type:
Chronological
In the order of time.
Plot Type: Flashback
Flashback: a narrative technique
that allows a writer to share past
events during current events to
provide background for the current
story
In Medias Res
In Medias Res: the strategy of
beginning a story in the middle of the
action.
The reader enters the story on the verge
of an important moment that is not the
beginning of the story
Exposition
The introduction of setting, situation
and main characters.
Rising Action
The action that builds up to the most
exciting part of the story.
Climax
- The turning point of a narrative or
the point of highest tension or
drama.
- When the action reaches a peak.
Falling Action
- The events that follow the
climax and show the effects of
the climax
Denouement/Resoluti
on
The events after the falling action in
which the problem of the story is
resolved or worked out.
Conflict
The struggle
between opposing
forces
Many conflicts are
possible in one story
VOCAB REVIEW
Vocab 1 Words
p. 17
Vocab 1 Homework
p. 18
Circuitous
Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
Having a circular or
winding course; Not
direct or to the point
The circuitous road proved to
be quite dangerous to drive.
Abrasion
Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
A cut caused by scraping
or wearing away
The abrasion on her finger prevented her from
texting as efficiently as she would have liked.
Dilapidated
Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
Decayed, deteriorated or
partially run down
The dilapidated home looked as if it had once been
beautiful.
Treacherous
Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
Marked by hidden
dangers, hazards
or perils
The treacherous bridge caused me to question the
path ahead.
Suppress
Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
To put down with authority or
To force
keep from public knowledge
The students felt they had to suppress their opinions so they
joined student government and now, their voices are heard!!
Infer
Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
To make an educated
guess based on
given facts
One can infer from Andy Warhol’s art that he was
a bit off the edge.
Acclaim
Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
Praise or Applause
The actors in the play were awarded
with wild acclaim from the audience.
Vocab
Homework
Review
Thief!
Update page 19 in your
table of contents:
The Lottery Vocab
1. Reprimand
Part of Speech:
VERB
Definition:
To criticize in a
formal way for
wrongdoing
I was reprimanded for being late to work.
2. Profusely
Part of Speech:
ADVERB
Definition:
In an abundant
manner
The man sweat profusely because he was nervous.
3. Jovial
Part of Speech:
ADJECTIVE
Definition:
Full of joy or
merriment
Tony became jovial when he found out he won the
contest.
4. Boisterous
Part of Speech:
ADJECTIVE
Definition:
Lacking restraint or
discipline; Loud
The students became boisterous when their team
scored.
5. Paraphernalia
Part of Speech:
NOUN
Definition:
Objects used for a
particular activity
Roller derby girls always have a ton of paraphernalia.
6. Interminable
Part of Speech:
ADJECTIVE
Definition:
All the time;
Continuous
His interminable talking bored
me beyond belief.
7. Theme
Part of Speech:
NOUN
Definition:
A common thread or main idea
that is repeated and carried
throughout a literary work.
Importance of family, Violence, Love, Hatred,
Peace, Government Control, War, Friendship,