ESSAY DUE BY MIDNIGHT
If you are having trouble picturing how this essay looks, please check out this page!
Section 1
Sections 2 & 3
Buzzword: Submissive
These students worked on their essays at home Wednesday night. Good for you! :)
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Horror essay due by midnight.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
The essay is due by midnight Thursday
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Section 1
Sections 2 & 3
I am very disappointed that only about three students worked on the essay at home last night.
Refer to the other days on my site for resources.
I have given you everything you need to be successful.
It is your responsibility to get this essay written.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Monkey's Paw essay organization
I created this to show students how to compare the two versions- the written and the video. Each section has a specific focus which can be directly compared and supported.
Also, notice how these required talking points can now be added in:
___ Plot
___ Flashback
___ Characters shouldn’t go
___ Characters shouldn’t seek information
___ Setting
___ Their world is believable or like ours
___ Conflict
___ Source of horror inside/outside
___ Natural explanation
___ Movie techniques like lighting, sound, music
Introduction: I believe the book created tension, suspense, and fear better than the movie.
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Plot
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Compare how the paw was revealed.
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Compare how the story ended.
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Setting
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Compare beginning up to when Sergeant Major shows up.
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Compare the general creepiness of the story.
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Conflict
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Compare how you say, “Don’t do it!”
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Conclusion: I believe the book created tension, suspense, and fear better than the movie.
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Sections 2 & 3: What is due this week?
Sections 2 & 3
(We have the computers all week, so there are NO EXCUSES for not getting this done!)
1. Practice these Buzzwords for a quiz on Friday.
2. Essay
The goal of a horror story is to create tension and suspense. If the story can do that well, the reader will feel fear! I believe that the written version of The Monkey’s Paw does a better job at creating a sense of fear in the reader than the movie version does on the viewer. (You choose which position you want.)
The rough draft of the essay is due ASAP so I can help students with their drafts.
The final draft of the essay is due on Friday.
(We have the computers all week, so there are NO EXCUSES for not getting this done!)
1. Practice these Buzzwords for a quiz on Friday.
2. Essay
The goal of a horror story is to create tension and suspense. If the story can do that well, the reader will feel fear! I believe that the written version of The Monkey’s Paw does a better job at creating a sense of fear in the reader than the movie version does on the viewer. (You choose which position you want.)
The rough draft of the essay is due ASAP so I can help students with their drafts.
The final draft of the essay is due on Friday.
- Look that this simple outline for the Monkey's Paw essay.
- Brainstorm using this
- Rubric for comparison essay
- Monkey's Paw video
- Create a Google Doc for your essay and share it with me: mrbozhb@gmail.com
Section 1: What is due by Friday this week?
Section 1: Honors
1. You will have a quiz Wednesday on the Tell-Tale Heart vocabulary. Practice here.
2. You will have a vocabulary quiz Friday on units 1-6:
Units 1-6 Review Homework
3. You must write or brainstorm or outline the essay for Tell-Tale Heart: Which version of the story creates more tension, suspense, and fear.
4. You must have a final draft of ONE of the two essays you have brainstormed. Write a good version of either the Monkey's Paw essay or The Tell-Tale Heart essay.
Here are links you will need:
Name it: Lastname_FirstName_Tell_Tale_ Comparison_Essay
Share with mrbozhb@gmail.com
(Bold them in your essay!)
1. You will have a quiz Wednesday on the Tell-Tale Heart vocabulary. Practice here.
2. You will have a vocabulary quiz Friday on units 1-6:
Units 1-6 Review Homework
- December 18: Quiz on units 1-6 Words
- Monday, Dec. 14- Pages 81 +82
- Tuesday, Dec. 15- Pages 83 + 84
- Wednesday, Dec 16- Pages 86+87
- Do two of this Quizlet Unit
3. You must write or brainstorm or outline the essay for Tell-Tale Heart: Which version of the story creates more tension, suspense, and fear.
4. You must have a final draft of ONE of the two essays you have brainstormed. Write a good version of either the Monkey's Paw essay or The Tell-Tale Heart essay.
Here are links you will need:
Name it: Lastname_FirstName_Tell_Tale_ Comparison_Essay
Share with mrbozhb@gmail.com
- Look that this simple outline for the Monkey's Paw essay.
- Rubric for comparison essay
- Tell Tale Heart video
- Monkey's Paw video
Rubric:
1. How well did you write the essay?
60 - 100% How well did you address and support this topic? (Writing grade)
In your opinion, which version of the story is better at creating tension, suspense, and fear: the written or the video?
2. How well did you understand the story?
60 - 100% You have included enough details from the story to prove that you understand the story from beginning to end. (Reading comprehension)
3. Can you explain the elements of the horror genre?
60 - 100% We have taught the elements of horror. Prove that you understand the elements of the horror genre by including all of the following terms in your essay:
___ Plot
___ Flashback
___ Characters shouldn’t go
___ Characters shouldn’t seek information
___ Setting
___ Their world is believable or like ours
___ Conflict
___ Source of horror inside/outside
___ Natural explanation
___ Movie techniques like lighting, sound, music
(Bold them in your essay!)
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Buzzwords Quiz coming next week!
Be sure you have all these buzzwords in your notes.
Practice the buzzwords using this Quizlet page.
Practice the buzzwords using this Quizlet page.
| 1. | commemorate | to call or recall to mind | |
| 2. | covert | not openly made or done; covered over: sheltered | |
| 3. | hoax | an act intended to trick or deceive | |
| 4. | horticulture | the science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants | |
| 5. | infatuate | to fill with a foolish or excessive love or admiration | |
| 6. | intercept | to take or seize on the way to or before arrival; to include (part of a line surface, or solid) between two points, curves, or surfaces | |
| 7. | luminous | giving off light; shining | |
| 8. | manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff | |
| 9. | maneuver | a clever or skillful move or action | |
| 10. | manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially with skill | |
| 11. | mellifluous | smoothly flowing | |
| 12. | misconstrue | to misinterpret | |
| 13. | optimist | a person who has the habit of expecting everything to turn out for the best | |
| 14. | panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all | |
| 15. | pandemonium | a wild uproar : tumult (Hell in Paradise Lost) | |
| 16. | pantheon | a group of illustrious people | |
| 17. | rebellion | open opposition to authority; open fighting against authority (as one's government) | |
| 18. | recede | to move back or away; to slant backward; to grow less or smaller | |
| 19. | root: duellum | root meaning war | |
| 20. | root: man | root meaning hand | |
| 21. | root: optimus | root which means "best" | |
| 22. | root: pan | root meaning all | |
| 23. | root: tele | root meaning far away | |
| 24. | root: theos | root meaning god | |
| 25. | root: trans | root which means "across" | |
| 26. | struere | the Latin root which means "to build" | |
| 27. | telepathic | able to manipulate people's minds | |
| 28. | tranquil | free from disturbance or turmoil : quiet | |
| 29. | transcend | to rise above or go beyond the limits of : exceed | |
| 30. | uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
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