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October Agenda

Agendas, Vocabulary, Journals. October Agenda. Agenda 10/2/12. Vocabulary Set #5 Finish Reading Beowulf pg 56-62 Answer the Critical Reading Questions 1-7 individually (turn in) Journal. SAT Movie Vocabulary.

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October Agenda

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  1. Agendas, Vocabulary, Journals October Agenda

  2. Agenda 10/2/12 • Vocabulary Set #5 • Finish Reading Beowulf pg 56-62 • Answer the Critical Reading Questions 1-7 individually (turn in) • Journal

  3. SAT Movie Vocabulary • Narrator: Then, the passing of a titan. Howard Stark’s lifelong friend and ally, Obadiah Stane, steps in to help fill the gap left by the legendary founder, until at age 21, the prodigal son returns and is anointed the new era for his father’s legacy creating smarter weapons, advanced robotics… • Rhodey: As liaison to Stark Industries, I have had the unique privilege of serving with a real patriot. He is my friend, and he is my great mentor. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present this year’s Apogee Award to Mr. Tony Stark.

  4. Movie: Iron Man, Paramount Pictures, 2008Scene: Early in the movie, Rhodey (Terrence Howard) is introducing Tony (Robert Downey, Jr.) at an awards ceremony Prodigal can mean wasteful or overly extravagant. Prodigal son is an allusion to a parable in the Bible. The prodigal son left home and lived a wastefully extravagant lifestyle, but then returned home and repented. Synonym: profligate Liaison means representative or ambassador. Liaison has a second meaning that standardized tests sometimes use; it can also mean a secret love affair. Apogeemeans highest point. The word apogee and its synonyms are often used in the name of awards that honor the highest point of achievement in a field or pursuit.

  5. Agenda 10/4/12 • Journal-Epic Hero • SSR (30 min) • Beowulf Resume Activity • Resumes due to turnitin.com by Tuesday, Oct. 9th 11:59pm • Reminders: • You need to have Grendel by Wed. Oct. 10th • Touching Base on Monday, 4, 6, 2 block; no flex periods. Classes start at 10:20.

  6. Journal • Beowulf is an epic hero. An epic hero must be Strong, Ethical, Go on a Quest, and be Glorified (Supernatural). Does Beowulf fit this definition? Give specific examples .

  7. Agenda 10/10/12 • SAT Movie Vocabulary (Quiz on Tuesday, Oct. 16th) • Anglo Saxon Unit Test Review • Questions • Poetic Elements Practice • Kennings Extra Credit • Unit Test on Friday, Oct. 12th

  8. SAT Movie Vocabulary • Howard: I am supposed to be many things which are not complimentary. I am supposed to be capricious. I have been called a playboy. I’ve even been called an eccentric, but I do not believe I have the reputation of being a liar. Needless to say, the Hercules was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest plane ever built. It is over five stories tall with a wingspan longer than a football field.

  9. Movie: The Aviator, Warner Bros., 2004 • Capricious means unpredictable or changing too easily. Synonyms: erratic, fickle, mercurial. • Eccentric means an unconventional or odd person. It can also be used as an adjective to describe such a person. Synonyms: idiosyncratic, nonconformist

  10. Agenda 10/12/12 • Anglo-Saxon Unit Test and Essay • May use your notes/review sheets • Write your essay on a separate piece of paper • Do Not Write on the Test! • SSR for the remainder of the period • Next Class: Have your copy of Grendel.

  11. Agenda 10/16/12 • Vocabulary 2 Quiz • Point of view-The True Story of the Three Little Pigs • Grendel-Chapter 1 • Study guides • HW: Read Chapter 2

  12. Vocabulary Quiz 2 • Write a paragraph using 5 of the 10 vocabulary words correctly. • Word Bank: • apathy, incorruptible, elemental, reprisals, ramifications, prodigal, liaison, apogee, capricious, eccentric,

  13. From a different point of view • In groups, choose a children’s story (not The Three Little Pigs) to rewrite from a different point of view. • Story length should be at least one page long and consistent with the original story elements. • Due: Thursday, Oct. 18th

  14. Agenda 10/18/12 • Movie Vocabulary Set 3 • Grendel Quiz Chapters 1 & 2 • 30 min. SSR • Children’s Story Rewrite (graphic novel/comic strip) • HW: For Monday, Oct. 22nd, Have Chapters 3 & 4 read and the study guide questions completed

  15. SAT Movie Vocabulary: Set 3 • D.E. : The details of my life are quite inconsequential ...Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for … Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we’d make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds-pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe.

  16. Movie: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, New Line Cinema, 1997.Scene: Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) and his son, Scott Evil (Seth Green), are in group therapy together. The therapist says, “Tell us a little about yourself,” prompting this hilarious response from Dr. Evil Inconsequential means not important. Penchant means fondness for or tendency. Malaise means unhappiness. Lament means grieve, as in “The Lament for Gandalf” sung by the elves in The Lord of the Rings. Insolent sounds like insult and means rudely disrespectful.

  17. Grendel Quiz Chapters 1 & 2 • Answer the 5 questions as specifically and fully as possible. • You may use your study guides, but not your books

  18. Agenda 10/24/12 • Vocabulary Set 3 (Quiz on Friday) • Grendel Quiz Chapters 5 & 6 • Read Chapters 7 & 8 • Answer study guide questions • Whole class discussion

  19. SAT Movie Vocabulary: Set 3 JOR-EL: These indictments that I have brought to you today, the specific charges listed herein against the individuals-their acts of treason, their ultimate aim of sedition-these are matters of undeniable fact. I ask you now to pronounce judgment on those accused. On this, this mindless aberration, whose only means of expression are wanton violence and destruction; on the woman Ursa, whose perversions and unreasoning hatred of all mankind have threatened even the children of the planet Krypton; finally, General Zod, …chief architect of this intended revolution and author of this insidious plot to establish a new order amongst us, with himself as absolute ruler.

  20. Movie: Superman, Warner Bros., 1978Scene: This scene is at the beginning of Superman when Jor-El is accusing three characters mentioned. • Sedition means starting rebellions. • Aberration means abnormality and can, as in this case, mean specifically a person who behaves in an unacceptable and abnormal way. • Wanton means deliberate and spiteful. • Perversions means misuse or corruption of things. • Insidious means treacherous and clever.

  21. Children’s Story Rewrite • In your groups or individually, rewrite your chosen story from a different character’s point of view. • Make sure to keep consistent with the original story and the character you have chosen. • Once the story has been written, create a comic book style rendition of your story. Should include both graphics and dialogue/text.

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