English with Miss Robinson
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Course Handouts

Introductory Course Information and Activities:

Course Outline

Classroom Rules and Guidelines

Achievement Level Conversions

Student Information Sheet

Sensory Language Writing Activity

Supplementary Reading Sheets:

Supplementary Reading Sheet #1

Supplementary Reading Sheet #2

Supplementary Reading Sheet #3

Supplementary Reading Sheet #4

Supplementary Reading Sheet #5

Supplementary Reading Sheet #6

Supplementary Reading Sheet #7

Supplementary Reading Sheet #8

Supplementary Reading Sheet #9

Supplementary Reading Sheet #10

Short Story Analysis Unit:

Prior Knowledge Quiz (Answers)

Elements of a Short Story Review

Elements of a Short Story

Analyzing Characters in Literature

Character Archetypes:

Character archetypes are stock characters or character models that share similar characteristics, and are developed in similar ways, in many pieces of literature.

Character Foils:

Character foils are two characters who are meant to contrast one another in one or more significant ways. These characters may share some superficial similarities, but they usually possess ONE key difference that is important to an understanding of each character’s personality.

What is Irony?

Verbal Irony:

Situational Irony:

Dramatic Irony:

Suspense Techniques PowerPoint

Suspense Techniques Handout

Reading Strategies (Metacognition)

Steps to Writing a Good Short Answer

Correct Short Answer Format

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Short Story

Character, Irony and Suspense in “Lamb…”

Character Archetypes in “Lamb to the…”

“Lamb to the Slaughter” Alfred Hitchcock Version:

Making Text-to-Text Connections

Figurative Language REVIEW PowerPoint

The Difference Between Similes and Metaphors:

Good, Bad and Ugly Similes & Metaphors

Hilarious Similes

Figurative Language Review QUESTIONS

Figurative Language Review ANSWERS

ANSWERS for your Review Quiz

“Death By Scrabble” (story)

“Death By Scrabble” Analysis Questions

“Death By Scrabble” Practice Paragraph

Persuasive Paragraph Organizer

“Death By Scrabble” Sample Paragraph

The KEY Conventions of Formal Writing

How To Write Persuasively

15 Steps to Writing a Persuasive Paragraph

Transition Word Suggestions

A PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH EXAMPLE

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Judgement Statements

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Vocabulary Definitions

“The Tell-Tale Heart” (Story)

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Animation:

“The Tell-Tale Heart” Practice Paragraph

Persuasive Paragraph Organizer

SAMPLE Paragraph for “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Types of Narration

“Just Lather, That’s All” (Story)

“Just Lather, That’s All” (Ques/Paragraph)

Persuasive Paragraph Organizer

“There Will Come Soft Rains” (Story)

“There Will Come…” Practice Paragraph

Persuasive Paragraph Organizer

Ways to Improve your Persuasive Paragraph

Even MORE Figurative Language

Figurative Language Writing Prompts

News & Important Reminders

News Flash: Monday October 31st, 2016

  • Please refer to the Word Document provided below to ensure that you are submitting everything you need for your Persuasive Paragraph Evaluation in the correct order (due at the beginning of class on Monday November 7th, 2016).

What to Submit for Your Evaluation