Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

Per. 5: "The Pedestrian" song presentations by Kate Joslin and Janelle Jordan

1) Check Vocabulary Workshop Workbook Lesson 11 & 12 + sentences and definitions.
QUIZ TOMORROW.

2) Reviewed following terms:

Situational irony: Occurs when the opposite of what reader/viewer expects to happen in the story actually does happen.

Dramatic irony: Occurs when the reader/viewer knows something that the character does not know or of what he/she is unaware.

Flashback: An interruption in the chronological flow of the story to give information about what happened BEFORE the beginning of the story.

Foreshadowing: Hints about what will happen later on in the story.

3) Students received two handouts: Character Chart and Literary Terms . Please ask for these if you were absent and try to make it to a lunch viewing of the film.

4) Viewed beginning of film Mildred Pierce taking notes on examples of dramatic irony.