10H+A+-+October+28+-+November+1

=Monday, October 28= = = =Tuesday, October 29= >> =VICT (VINC): conquer, show conclusively= = = =Wednesday, October 30= = = =Thursday, October 31= = = =Friday, November 1=
 * =vocab warm-up: Latin Roots II=
 * =TORT (TORS): twist=
 * 1) =torture – 1. n. – anguish of mind or body; 2. v. – to cause anguish of mind or body; to twist or wrench=
 * 2) =torturous, adj. – causing torture, painfully slow or difficult=
 * 3) =torque – 1. n. – the force used to cause something to rotate(Also a noun meaning a twisted band of precious metal worn by ancient Gauls and Britons); 2. v. – to rotate or twist=
 * 4) =tortuous, adj. – twisty, windy, and difficult; not straightforward.=
 * =draw a captioned picture using these words, paying special attention to tortuous vs. torturous=
 * =midterm grades - there may be problems!=
 * =Scarlet Letter test back=
 * =Scarlet Letter comments on essays=
 * =Scarlet Letter essay back=
 * =back to literary criticism: Perspectives on Nursery Rhymes=
 * =vocab warm-up:=
 * =5. contortionist, n. – person who can twist his or her body into odd postures.=
 * =6. retort – 1. v. - reply quickly or sharply in kind(to “twist back “); 2. n. – a witty, cutting reply.=
 * =7. convict - 1. v. – prove to be guilty; 2. n. – person serving a prison sentence.=
 * =8. evict, v. – to expel by a legal process; to oust=
 * =In terms of cultural, possibly literary, criticism, what is a text?=
 * =What was the intention of the author or artist?=
 * =Does that matter?=
 * =Scarlet Letter=
 * =Of Mice and Men=
 * =Practice criticism!=
 * =Look at different texts=
 * =discuss with group=
 * =fill out chart=
 * =use critical approaches that apply to that text=
 * =every lens may not apply to every text=
 * =lit crit continuation=
 * =Do green sheet on Of Mice and Men=
 * =finish buff colored sheet from yesterday=
 * =//Of Mice & Men// in class writing=
 * =vocab warm-up=
 * =9. evince, v. – show clearly; disclose=
 * =10. invincible, adj. – incapable of being conquered=
 * =11. vanquish, v. – to over come in battle; to conquer=
 * =FRACT (FRAG): break=
 * =12. fraction, n. – part of a whole=
 * =Using these words, draw a captioned picture describing Halloween.=


 * =Pull out your literary criticism notes - which ideas are the most interesting?=
 * =Share the best ideas by writing them on the posters around the room.=
 * =When you're done, tour the posters.=
 * =What do you see that you hadn't considered?=
 * =Which lenses seem most useful to you?=

> Use the rest of the class to write creatively on one of these topics:
 * =Creative Writing Time! Due Tuesday, November 5=
 * =No English Class on Monday, November 4. English Dept. Project Day=
 * The Things We Didn’t Get to Explore – be creative!
 * Curley’s Wife’s journal – What would she say about her life that we don’t know from the book?
 * What does George carry in his bedroll? Are there aspects of his life we don’t know anything about?
 * One month after the end of //Of Mice and Men//, what does Slim (or another character) have to say about it all?
 * Write the story of Crooks and Candy deciding to pursue the dream farm.
 * Write a different version of the very general outline of this book: one very slow person being watched over by one smart person, with a lot of different people around them. It could be in a high school, in a combat situation, at a beauty pageant,, or anywhere else you can imagine. What could happen?