Today in Class...10/31

Happy Halloween!...
What motifs and themes does Poe use in his stories?
1. The Tell Tale Heart...Experience one of Poe's most famous works.
2. Touch base with partner
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3. Vintage horror/mystery
HW: NONE!
In need of some extra points? Want to take your Poe experience beyond the works we'll read in class? Enjoy mystery and suspense? See us for ABOVE AND BEYOND options to earn +5 tacked onto past assignments.....

Today in Class...10/30

Happy Poe Week!!
What issue is worth arguing for?
1. Have vocab sentences out to hand in
2. Suspense vocab...the sequel
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3. Is a BIG GULP too big?
HW: 8 vocab word story prediction

Today in Class...10/29

HAPPY POE WEEK!
Who was Poe?
1. Self-guided notes on Poe- Lab
2. Poe informational paragraph
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3. What's the deal with The Electoral College?
HW: Finish vocab sentences (due tomorrow), Finish Poe paragraph (due Wednesday)

Today in Class...10/26

Happy Birthday to Colin!
Happy Birthday to Jake and Ciara!!
1. Discuss Hitchhiker from yesterday...(Please have this out and ready to hand in.)
2. Tell-Tale Heart/Suspense unit Vocabulary 1-10
3. Time to start sentences...
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4. Rock the Vote!
5. SPAM (Lab)
HW: Write 10 Vocabulary sentences using 10 different examples of sentence variety. DUE TUESDAY!

Today in Class...10/25

How is mood conveyed without visual effects?
1. Our first suspenseful story...The Hitchhiker
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2. Informational text: Another issue: Why it matters
HW: Finish Hitchhiker questions

Today in Class...10/24

Where did the mystery and suspense genre come from?
1. Background/notes and discussion
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2. Analyzing political ads
HW: Read free reading books!

Today in Class...10/23

What are mood and tone and how do they impact a story?
1. Discuss "Delight of Fright" article
2. Lit elements: Mood and Tone
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3. Free read and Free write
4. Political Ads...Persuasive techniques revisited
HW: Read free reading book