Honors Paideia Agenda B 10/13/2015

Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Distribute Vocabulary

Complete the Ticket-InReview the Objectives and Essential QuestionsMythology Project PresentationsGrammar PracticeStylistic Devices PracticeWriting PracticeIntroduce the Odyssey and the Back StoryComplete a Closure Question

Honors Paideia Agenda A 10/14/15

Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Distribute Vocabulary

Complete the Ticket-InReview the Objectives and Essential QuestionsMythology Project PresentationsGrammar PracticeStylistic Devices PracticeWriting PracticeIntroduce the Odyssey and the Back StoryComplete a Closure Question

Grammar Practice

1. The bride and groom drove away in their car. As the children ran behind, shouting and laughing.

a. No change c. During which theb. While the d. The

2. Although it will always be associated with Shakespeare’s famous character. The city of Venice was never home to Othello.

c. No change c. character; thed. character, the d. character. A

Answers

1. The bride and groom drove away in their car. As the children ran behind, shouting and laughing.

a. No change c. During which theb. While the d. The

2. Although it will always be associated with Shakespeare’s famous character. The city of Venice was never home to Othello.

c. No change c. character; thed. character, the d. character. A

Common Sentence Errors

1. Sentence Fragments2. Run-ons and comma splices3. Misplaced modifiers (descriptive words)4. Non-parallel construction

Misplaced Modifier

A misplaced modifier is a phrase, clause, or word (adjective or adverb) placed too far from the noun, pronoun, or verb it describes.

As a result, the sentence fails to convey the exact meaning and causes confusion.

Example 1

Incorrect: Sweeping up the shards of glass, the missing key to the jewelry box was found by Aunt Sally.

As written, this sentence gives the impression that the missing key was sweeping up the shards of glass. When a sentence begins with a modifying phrase (a group of words without a subject), the noun being modified must follow the phrase. Who was sweeping up the shards of glass? Aunt Sally, of course.

Correct: Sweeping up the shards of glass, Aunt Sally found the missing key to her jewelry box.

Example 2

Sentence 1- The patient was referred to a psychologist with several emotional problems.

What the writer thinks it says- The patient has emotional problems.What the sentence really says- The psychologist has emotional

problemsCorrection- The patient with several emotional problems was

referred to a psychologist.Sentence 2- Sam found a letter in the mailbox that doesn’t belong

to her.What the writer thinks it says: Sam found a letter that doesn’t

belong to her.What the sentence really says: The mailbox doesn’t belong to Sam.Correction- Sam found a letter that doesn’t belong to her in the

mailbox.

Practice- Identify the subject and verb in the sentence. Then identify the descriptive clause, phrase, or word. Identify if the sentences are written correctly or contains a misplaced modifier

1. Two cars were reported stolen by the Farmingdale police yesterday.

2. Please take time to look over the brochure that is enclosed with your family.

3. Luis had driven over with his wife, Chris, from their home in a Chevy for the basketball game.

Corrections

1. Yesterday, the Farmingdale police reported that two cars were stolen.

2. Please take time to look over the enclosed brochure with your family.

3. Luis had driven over in a Chevy with his wife, Chris, from their home for the basketball game.

Simile, Metaphor, Personification

“But my mother’s hair, my mother’s hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin, and you sleep near her, the rain outside falling and Papa snoring.” - Cisneros, The House on Mango St.

1. List the four similes and metaphors in this passage. Then identify the literal and figurative term in each.

2. Why doesn’t Cisneros simply say, My mother’s hair smelled good?

3. Write several sentences describing someone’s hair that you don’t like. Use at least one simile and one metaphor.

Stylistic Devices: Hyperboles, Symbols, and Irony

A hyperbole is an exaggeration that is based in truth. The key to hyperboles is the part about truth. Hyperboles must be founded on truth to be meaningful.

If I say, “I’m so tired I could sleep for a week,” I am using hyperbole. I’m not in a coma, and I couldn’t really sleep for a week, but it feels that way. The truth lies in the extent of the tiredness. It’s an exaggeration, but it’s based in truth.

Hyperboles add interest, sometimes humor, and emphasis to what you’re trying to say.

Practice

Sentence Stem Hyperbole

I was hungry enough…

My head was…

I laughed until…

She ran so fast…

When he lifted the package…

Symbols

A symbol is something that stands for something else. Like metaphors and similes, symbols mean more than they say. A symbol, however, means something else and itself. In other words, symbols actually appear in the text, but they also represent an idea, something else.

For example, a rainbow is a symbol of hope. If we were reading a story about a group of kids who survive a shipwreck by floating through dangerous waters and the story ends with a description of a rainbow over an island, we know that the kids will make it to the island and there is hope in their futures. It is a rainbow, but it is also a symbol of hope.

Symbols add meaning and depth to writing.

Symbols

Symbol What the symbol stands for

Lion

Skull and crossbones

Lighthouse

Sunrise

Rainbow

Freedom

Love

Create a list of Challenges as We Mature

Honors Paideia Agenda B 10/15/15

Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Vocabulary AOW

Complete the Ticket-InReview the Objectives and Essential QuestionsMythology Project PresentationsGrammar PracticeStylistic Devices PracticeWriting PracticeRead and Analyze the Odyssey Complete a Closure Question

Honors Paideia Agenda A 10/16/15

Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Vocabulary AOW

Complete the Ticket-InReview the Objectives and Essential QuestionsMythology Project PresentationsGrammar PracticeStylistic Devices PracticeWriting PracticeRead and Analyze the Odyssey Complete a Closure Question

Identify the subject, verb and modifiers in each sentence. Determine is the modifier is misplaced. If it is, please rewrite the sentence.

1. The writer read from his new book wearing glasses.

2. You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.

3. As we begin, I must ask you to banish all information about the case from your mind, if you have any.

4. A superb and inexpensive restaurant; fine food expertly served by waitresses in appetizing forms.

Corrections

1. Wearing glasses, the writer read from his new book. (or: The writer, wearing glasses, read from his new book.)

2. Daily, except Thursday, you are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried.

3. As we begin, I must ask you to banish any information about the case from your mind.

4. A superb and inexpensive restaurant; fine food in appetizing forms expertly served by waitresses.

Stylistic Devices Practice

“He could shoot a bumblebee in the eye at sixty paces, and he was a man who was not afraid to shake hands with lightning.” –Felton, Pecos Bill and the Mustang

1. This is an example of hyperbole, an exaggeration that is based on the truth to such an extreme that it is no longer literally true. Of course, Pecos Bill couldn’t literally do these things. What, then, is the purpose of saying that he could?

2. Compare Felton’s sentence with this one: He could shoot very well, and he was not afraid of anything. Which sentence better helps the reader understand what Pecos Bill is like? Why?

3. Write a sentence about a great athlete using hyperbole. Model your sentence after Felton’s.

With your shoulder sister:

Read and Analyze the Odyssey by using the SOAPSToneRS (1040-1049)

Describe Odysseus’ character using direct and indirect characterization?

Create a paragraph with a “hook”, sc+o+p, quotations, etc. answering the questions: What modern “obstacle” do the lotus eaters represent?