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.

Book
Movie
Plot
Compare how the paw was revealed.
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Compare how the story ended.
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Setting
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
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.

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.


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
  • 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
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.

1.commemorateto call or recall to mind
2.covertnot openly made or done; covered over: sheltered
3.hoaxan act intended to trick or deceive
4.horticulturethe science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
5.infatuateto fill with a foolish or excessive love or admiration
6.interceptto 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.luminousgiving off light; shining
8.manaclea shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff
9.maneuvera clever or skillful move or action
10.manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially with skill
11.mellifluoussmoothly flowing
12.misconstrueto misinterpret
13.optimista person who has the habit of expecting everything to turn out for the best
14.panaceaa remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
15.pandemoniuma wild uproar : tumult (Hell in Paradise Lost)
16.pantheona group of illustrious people
17.rebellionopen opposition to authority; open fighting against authority (as one's government)
18.recedeto move back or away; to slant backward; to grow less or smaller
19.root: duellumroot meaning war
20.root: manroot meaning hand
21.root: optimusroot which means "best"
22.root: panroot meaning all
23.root: teleroot meaning far away
24.root: theosroot meaning god
25.root: transroot which means "across"
26.struerethe Latin root which means "to build"
27.telepathicable to manipulate people's minds
28.tranquilfree from disturbance or turmoil : quiet
29.transcendto rise above or go beyond the limits of : exceed
30.uproara state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance

Important dates on this daily page.

Please review

Section 1
Learning Objectives: 
We have now studied The Monkey's Paw in depth and written about it.  Now let's look at The Tell Tale Heart for how Poe uses the elements of horror.  The goal for this week is for you to pick a story you will use for your essay on which  story is better at creating tension and suspense when compared to the a video version of the story.

Whole Group Lesson


Small Group work and/or Lesson Concept clarification.


Assessment/Important Upcoming dates
  1. Students should be finished the brainstorming sheet for the essay today.
  2. Students will write an essay on The Monkey's Paw by December 18.
  3. Students will take a benchmark exam for the district December 21.
December 10, 2015
Today’s Agenda
1. Warm-up: 
    
  Buzzword: Horticulture
       Inferencing: 4-4
2. Twenty five minute essay

3. 
Quiz Friday Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary Practice
4
Vocabulary.com
MODIFIED Performance Task (page 125)
This collection has given you both experience with and background about the horror genre.  In this activity, you will be discussing whether the written form of The Monkey's Paw or The Tell Tale Heart is better at creating tension and suspense when compared to the a video version of the story.

Vocabulary
Units 1-6 Review HomeworkDecember 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

Homework
Quiz Friday Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary Practice


These are the Common Core Standards discussed throughout the Horror Genre performance task.  
"What is the Horror Genre?"
CC.8.R.I.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
"Monkey's Paw"
CC.8.R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.8.R.L.3 Key Ideas and Details: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.CC.8.R.L.6 Craft and Structure: Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

 Sections 2 & 3
Learning Objectives: 

Students should be able to reread a text looking for the elements of horror.
Students will w
atch the video and evaluate the techniques it uses to create tension, suspense, and fear in them.


Whole Group Lesson


Small Group work and/or Lesson Concept clarification.


Assessment/Important Upcoming dates
  1. Students should be finished the brainstorming sheet for the essay today.
  2. Students will write an essay on The Monkey's Paw by December 18.
  3. Students will take a benchmark exam for the district December 21.
December 10, 2015
Today’s Agenda
1. Warm-up: 
    
  Buzzword: Horticulture
       Inferencing: 4-4

2. Complete the organizer below to show us that you have brainstormed your essay.
3. Get a computer and practice these vocabulary words from The Monkey's Paw.
4. Create a Google Doc for your your essay and share it with me.  The prompt is below.

MODIFIED Performance Task (page 125)
This collection has given you both experience with and background about the horror genre.  In this activity, you will be discussing whether the written form of The Monkey's Paw or The Tell Tale Heart is better at creating tension and suspense when compared to the a video version of the story.

Vocabulary
Coming soon