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Agenda October 23

Agenda October 23. Good Things SURPRISE MOVIE DAY!. Letter to Ms. Pease. Write a letter to Ms. Pease introducing yourself to her. Include: Your name What your favorite subject in school is & why. What your least favorite subject is & why.

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Agenda October 23

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  1. Agenda October 23 • Good Things • SURPRISE MOVIE DAY!

  2. Letter to Ms. Pease • Write a letter to Ms. Pease introducing yourself to her. • Include: • Your name • What your favorite subject in school is & why. • What your least favorite subject is & why. • What Ms. Pease needs to know about your personality to help you best learn. • What your overall goal for Language Arts is for the year.

  3. I have no feet to dance, I have no eyes to see, I have no life to live or die but yet I do all three. What am I? • Where do mummies go to swim? • What is a ghost’s favorite ride at a theme park?

  4. Sorry, wrong number • Written by Lucille Fletcher • The story follows Mrs. Stevenson, who is frantically trying to reach her husband on the phone, but overhears a plot to commit a vicious murder. • LISTEN FOR: • Suspense • Climax • Mood • Tone • Foreshadowing

  5. What do you imagine Mrs. Stevenson to look like? • What is meant by “invalid”? • What was the mood of the drama? • How did we figure out the mood? • Why would no one help Mrs. Stevenson? • What do you think really happened to her? How do you know? • How does listening to this story increase the suspense? • How do we establish the same mood by reading out loud?

  6. URBAN LEGENDS

  7. Definition Of Urban Legends • A secondhand story told as true and believable. • Usually about about some horrific, embarrassing, or ironic series of events that supposedly happened to a real person. • An urban legend is likely to be framed as a cautionary tale.

  8. Elements of Urban legends • Skillful narrative storytelling. • Semi-reliable sources like “a friend.” • A type of folklore involving unexplained phenomenon and fear of ghosts or violence. • Passed along by word-of-mouth. • Meant to be scary. • They are not always false, but are hard to prove as true. • Sometimes they are simply “ghost” stories. • They involve real people.

  9. Pivotal • “The bus boycott of 1955-1956 was a pivotal event in the American Civil Rights movement.” • Adjective • Of central importance or idea.

  10. The Woman in the snow Synopsis Pg 944 • During a terrible snowstorm, a grumpy bus-driver Grady, refuses to pick up an African American woman and her baby. • The woman and the baby freeze in the snowstorm. • The bus driver becomes haunted by his selfish decision.

  11. Petite • “The wind ripped mercilessly at the woman’s petite frame.” • Adjective • Small and slender

  12. Recoil • “Grady felt the baby’s hot forehead and recoiled instinctively.” • Verb • To draw back or pull back in fear or disgust.

  13. Plummet • “The temperature plummeted to below zero, and was even more cold with the wind blowing.” • Verb • To drop suddenly and steeply

  14. boycott • “Ray had watched the Montgomery bus boycott with interest, especially because it was led by Martin Luther King, Jr.” • Noun • To protest, give up, or refuse to use something in order to make a point.

  15. Urban Legends EC Project: Due Wednesday, October 2450 points • All cultures have stories and urban legends that keep people in suspense and wonder of the story’s truth. • Go to SNOPES.com and Research an urban legend, superstition, or ghost story from any culture. • Include: • the history of the legend (when it began, where it began), • a summary of the story (in your own words), • an analysis of the elements of literature in the story (setting, mood, tone, irony, suspense, plot complications, characterization), • and an original illustration (drawing) of the climax or most suspenseful part.

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