Agenda October 6

Agenda

• Good Things• Vocab Review• Story Review: Video• Analyzing “The Lady or The Tiger”• Homework: Write the Ending of the Story

Vocabulary Review: Synonym or Antonym

Word Match Synonym Antonym

Exuberant Enthusiastic

Valor Cowardice

Assert Declare

Procure Lose

Doleful Happy

Subordinate Primary

Retribution Punishment

Imperious Humble

Destiny Fate

Decree Proclamation

Analysis Questions

• How would you describe the character of the king and the way he rules his people? Explain.

• Characterize the princess and her father In what way are they similar? In What way are they different? Show this on a Venn Diagram.

Analysis Questions

1. When the narrator says of the king’s system of justice, “Its perfect fairness is obvious,” he is using irony.

2. Explain what the narrator is implying (really meaning) in this line.

3. Then, find another example of irony in the story; remember to use quotation marks and identify the page number. Explain why you think this is an example of irony.

4. Character motivationCharacter Character Action Character Motivation

King

Princess

Young Man

5. Surprise EndingCLUES LEADING TO THE LADY’S DOOR CLUES LEADING TO THE TIGER’S DOOR

The princess was very happy with her young man

The princess is as proud and spoiled as her father.

Homework

6. What do you think is behind the door the young man opens: the lady or the tiger? Write the ending of the story based on the clues you found in the story.– Explain your answer by addressing these factors:

the character of the princess, the princess’s motivation for directing the young man to the lady or the tiger, and clues in the narrator’s description of the princess’s thoughts and behavior.

Standards Addressed

• R 3.2: Evaluate the structural elements of the plot and the way in which conflicts are or are not addressed.

• R 3.3: Compare and contrast the motivations and reactions of literary characters from different historical eras confronting similar situations or conflicts.

Big Questions: To Answer by the end.

• Why might Stockton have left the ending of his story ambiguous—was he trying to make aparticular point or create a particular effect?

• Which did she choose? Why? • How does the theme of this story relate to

modern times? • Is the nature of humanity good or evil?

Literary elements

• IRONY: A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.

• CHARACTERIZATION: the description of the characters.

• THEME: The universal lesson or moral of the story.• MOTIVATION: what makes the characters do what

they do.• SURPRISE ENDING: When the ending is

unexpected or unfinished, a plot twist.

Vocabulary

• Barbaric• Exuberant• Valor• Assert• Decree• Procure• Doleful• Subordinate• Retribution• Imperious• Destiny

Barbaric

• The king was barbaric even though he thought himself to be civilized.

• Uncivilized, primitive.

Exuberant• The king was a man of

exuberant fancy.• Vigorous and

unrestrained; over the top.

Valor

• The men were expected to show bravery and valor in the arena.

• courage

Assert

• The king asserted himself and his ideas to the people.

• Put forward, made known.

Decree

• The king passed a decree that anyone’s destiny was to be determined by fate alone.

• A command or law.

Procure

• The king procured the fiercest and most hungry tiger he could.

• Acquired, obtained

Doleful

• The moment the decision was made, doleful iron bells were rung.

• Sad and mournful

Subordinate

• The king allowed no subordinate ideas or suggestions to challenge his own ideas of superiority.

• Lower, lesser in rank

Retribution

• The king considered any challenge to his authority worthy of serious retribution.

• Punishment for behavior.

Imperious

• The king’s daughter was even more imperious and snobby than her father.

• Proud, overbearing

Destiny

• Depending on which door the man chose, his destiny would be decided.

• Unavoidable lot in life, fate.