"The Call of Cthulhu" Assignment

The narrator found several interviews, diaries, and newspaper clippings in Prof. Angell's box.  Your assignment is to recreate one of these artifacts from the spring of 1925.  It can be:

• A news report of the insane antics of people in a different country
• One of Prof. Angell's interviews with an artist
• Wilcox's dream journal excerpt
• A police report of a violent, insane criminal
• Doctor's notes about a patient in a sanitarium
• Wilcox's bas-relief (there are some pretty specific descriptions of this clay sculpture)
• A piece of artwork or poetry created by one of the artists during the time which reflects the terrifying dreams of "Cyclopean vistas" and unnameable horrors.

Your writing should be at least three paragraphs, and no more than two pages typed.  If you create an artists's artifact, include a short paragraph describing how and when it was created.  Remember, Prof. Angell is the only person (as far as we know) who makes the connection that all of these events happen at the same time.

Your FIRST DRAFT is due Tuesday!  You will have a chance to revise and polish your work.  If you're doing a piece of artwork, let's say have it at least half way finished.

Short Story Elements

Here's the homework from today.  Please complete either on paper or in your Classwork file on your Drive.

Read p.4-5 "The Jump"

1. PLOT - Write a three sentence summary of "The Jump."

What happens at the beginning/middle/end?

2. CHARACTER - Write one word or phrase that best describes the captain. Explain what evidence from the text and/or real life makes you think that.

3. SETTING: How does the setting cause the conflict?

4. THEME: What lesson about life can this teach us?

ADVANCED:

A1: How does the third-person narrator enhance the mood of the story?

A2: How would you describe the tone of the narrator?  What effect does it have on the mood/theme? (Hint: imagine the effect on the work if the tone was different)

WELCOME, CLASS OF 2018!!!

Welcome to all the new English 9 Eighth Graders at Central!
Here's a little getting-to-kow-you activity that might teach you something about yourself and how you learn best.  Please complete the survey and let Mr. Dennis or Mr. Oberheu know when you're done.  We will then meet with you to talk about how you like to learn (and how you don't like to learn).  Just follow the link!
Multiple Intelligence Survey

VOCAB FOR FINAL

Third time's the charm!
Check out this quizlet link for a comprehensive list of terms on the English 9 Final.
If you can get 100% on an all-Matching test, you'll do fine.

http://quizlet.com/12256031/advanced-9-words-to-know-flash-cards/

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Well, before we wind down I wanted to thank everybody for a great year. I've had some of the most fun as well as some of my biggest challenges with you guys, all while teaching content that I really love.  Thank you all for being the pilot class in this program! If nothing else, I hope you are all able to go on and do great things one year sooner.

Don't take anything for granted when you read. Literature is art, so it is exactly as personal and living as you make it.  Your opinions about literary analysis are truer than facts - IF you can prove them.  The art of writing is also what separates great literature from forgettable fiction. If you take nothing else away from this class, remember this: in great writing, there are no accidents.

And in formal writing you don't use first- or second-person pronouns.

Nor should you start a sentence with a coordinating conjunction.

Peace!

-JD

To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz 5

1.) What is Mr. Underwood's article like in his paper?

2.) Why is the book called To Kill a Mockingbird?

3.) Why are Jem and Scout so worried about Atticus?

4.) What is going on during Halloween in Maycomb towards the end of the book?

5.) Why does Bob Ewell attack Jem and Scout?
6.) How does Heck Tate protect Boo? Why?

7.) Who does Atticus think stabbed Bob?

8.) Who is the antagonist in the novel? The protagonist?

9.) Name two dynamic characters and explain how they changed.

10.) Name two static characters.

Characterization Essay

Your final "big" essay for class will be a character analysis paper.  You will either:

• analyze how the author develops and presents one character
• analyze how one character exemplifies one (or more) themes of the novel
• compare and contrast how characterization of one or two major character is changed from literary to film conventions
• compare and contrast characterization of two foils and their impact on a theme

If you treat this paper as 2-3 small papers, you will do fine.  Plan out 2-3 big ideas for your thesis, then develop each big idea into three or more subtopics.

This paper is worth 4 grades, whereas most "big" papers we write are worth 2 essay grades.