Tuesday, September 15th:
1st Period:
Write original sentences using words #16 – 20 from Unit One
Vocabulary.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 16th, there will be a short test over the
twenty vocabulary words from Unit One.
Presentations of Scenes:
“The Driver in the Armored Tank”
Jalani, Jayla, Eric, Jonathan
“The Soldier Killed in the Tank”
Michael, Stephanie, Taylor, Anselmo
In their scene they got the order of the killings in the
wrong sequence
3rd
Period:
Study for the Unit One Vocabulary Test
Test
Presentations of the Scene:
“The Informant”
Jonathan, Ashley, Yulma, Kristina, Kimberly
Good Staging
Kristine – good, narrator, also playing the grandmother
Ashley – pharmacist
Cooper, Sharon, Lynn, Reyna, Josslyn
Good script, details, interesting take, a lot of good
exposition, had connections
Good staging
Wednesday, September 16th:
BIC:
8:00 – 8:15
Fill out the parent form for tomorrow’s Back to School
Night, take it home with you, and give it to your parents.
8:00 – 8:15
Unit One Vocabulary Test
Disregard 1. Pronunciation
ll. Part of Speech:
Identify the vocabulary words #5 - #7 according to which
part of speech they are: noun, adverb, verb, adjective, interjection. Circle
the correct letter.
lll. Spelling:
Circle the vocabulary word #8 – 10 that is incorrectly
spelled
IV. Definition:
Write the correct vocabulary word #11 – 14 next to its
definition.
V. Synonyms:
Circle the correct synonym for the vocabulary word #15 – 18
vi. Antonyms:
Circle the correct antonym for the vocabulary word #19 – 22
Vll. Completing the Sentence:
Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words #23 –
25.
8:45
Start reading "The Most Dangerous Game"; page 12
Please use a pen and paper for your class notes.
1. Find
evidence where the story is set (what is the setting). Find the quotations or
several quotations which supplies the information where the story is set.
2. Find
evidence which supplies the information about the occupation of the men.
3. According
to Rainsford, into what two categories is the world divided?
Answers:
Awrath:
The setting: “…as it pressed its thick warm blackness upon the yacht.”
The setting: “…as it pressed its thick warm blackness upon the yacht.”
The ship is passing past “Ship-Trap Island”
They are sailing towards South America. How do we know this?
“It will be light in Rio.”
Ki:
“…through a moonless Caribbean night.”
Ki and Regina:
“The world is divided into two categories – those who hunt
and those who don’t. And fortunately, we hunt.” The men are hunters.
Hunters:
Regina: Rainsford is going to wind up on the island.
Jasmine: He is going to wake up on the island.
Anselmo:
Rainsford heard gunshots from the island.
“Again, he heard the sound….someone had fired a gun.”
Awrath acts out how Rainsford lands in the water.
Read up to page 7, “….was blacked out entirely by the
lights.”
Period 3:
Brief Study period for the Unit One Vocabulary Test
Take Unit One Test
Thursday, September 17th:
BIC:
Correct your Unit One
Vocabulary
Title your paper
“Unit One Vocabulary Test Corrections
For those of you who
made lower than an “A”, please rewrite each word you missed, write the part of
speech, write the definition, write two synonyms, and an original sentence.
This will raise your test one letter grade.
Example:
1.
Evolve
(Verb): to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level.
Synonyms: Unfold, emerge
Original Sentence: We will apprise you of
the story as it evolves.
Most scientists believe that higher life
forms evolved from lower ones.
Begin reading
“The Most Dangerous”; page 7
Vocabulary for “The Most Dangerous Game”
Opaqueness: solid, cannot be seen through it.
Perils: dangers
Lacerated: cut, scratched
Crimson: red
Stained crimson: implies that the weeds are stained with
blood
Rainsford is finding the evidence of a hunt of a fairly
large animal.
Palatial: having the characteristics of a palace
Chateau: a large luxurious country home.
Mirage: an illusion usually in a desert.
Gargoyle: a small statue of a frighteningly ugly demon
usually found on churches to ward
off other demons.
Discern: to discover with one’s eyes, to see
Synopsis:
Rainsford has fallen over board and has to swim to
“Ship-Trap Island”, a wild and desolate place. As Rainsford is swimming he
hears a high pitch scream of a animal, perhaps wounded, in pain, and terrified,
and then another scream which is cut short by another pistol shot. He is so
exhausted that when he at last
stumbles on the rocky dangerous shore he falls immediately asleep.
When he awakens it is well into the afternoon. Rainsford
sets forth to find another human, for he reasons where there are pistol shots
there are humans. The path is ragged with over grown jungle, untamed and
mysterious. There is trampled grass stained crimson, the site of some tortured
animal’s death gasp, and a .22 cartridge nearby. Rainsford continues his trek through the jungle and stumbles
upon an incongruous sight – a chateau in the middle of a godforsaken jungle
island. The chateau glitters like a village lit with many lights and Rainsford
makes his way towards what is most certainly a mirage. The chateau is massive, with a heavy
door and a knocker in the shape of a gargoyle. Rainsford knocks. The door opens
and a river of glaring gold light flows out. Standing framed by the door is a
massive human being holding a revolver squarely at Rainsford’s chest. Rainsford
stammers out an introduction. Just as the giant raises his thumb to cock the
trigger, he suddenly strikes a salute with his free hand and clicks his heels.
Descending down the stair is an elderly but strikingly handsome man in evening
dress who has apparently called off with an unseen signal his body guard. The
tall elegant man introduces himself as General Zaroff, a Cossack, who explains
that the giant is deaf and mute, but is savage – like himself. And he smiles
with his red lips and his very pointed teeth. Is he a vampire, this General
Zaroff?
Period 3:
Passed back the Unit One Vocabulary Test
Went over how to make corrections
Gave them time to work
on it while I took roll.
This will be due tomorrow.
Began reading “The Most Dangerous Game”
Read to the bottom of page 7
Review notes on setting, etc.
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Friday, September 18th:
BIC:
8:00 – 8:20:
Pass out the “The Most Dangerous Game” Vocabulary Packet.
Work on the vocabulary and grammar packet for “The Most
Dangerous Game”.
Lore: Knowledge, including stories, myths and legends, about
a particular occupation, or a place or location, or a group of people.
Examples:
The story of Davy Jones’ locker is part of sailors’ lore.
At Thanksgiving we love to sit around the dinner table and listen to stories about our family - about how our grandmother came to this country alone when she was sixteen, how our Aunt Maria started the family business on a dare, and other stories from our family lore.
Our uncle falling into a mud puddle with hogs is part of the family
lore from my father's side.
In stage lore, saying “MacBeth” aloud in a theatre is bad
luck. Abraham Lincoln's growing up in a lean-to shack in the forests of Illinois is an example of American lore from the history of our country.
Perils: dangers.
In Peril: in danger
Perilous is an adjective. It means dangerous.
Example: We experienced a series of perils – a spider bite,
mosquitoes, a bear visit, and a capsized boat – on our so-called “fun” camping
trip.
The passengers on the Titanic were in peril when the ship
hit the ice berg.
The refugees had to make a perilous trek across the desert to get to safety.
8:30 Read “The Most Dangerous Game”
How do we know Zaroff is rich?
General Zaroff is very rich. His tailoring is done by a
tailor in London who only sews for people who are dukes, princes, and kings.
Zaroff owns a huge palatial chateau in the middle of an
island.
He dresses in evening clothes for diner.
Zaroff dines on only the finest foods and champagnes brought in by boat from the outside.
Medieval: It is the time period between 400 A.D. and 1300
A.D.
Amenities: Comforts and conveniences
Affable: friendly, genial, easy to get along with
Appraising: sizing up; trying to figure something out about
someone.
Filet Mignon: an expensive cut of steak.
Debacle: Overwhelming defeat.
Zaroff is referring to the Russian Revolution of 1917, when
the Russian Czar and the entire Russian nobility were overthrown and the
communist system of government was installed. Rich people, like Zaraff, had
their lands and money stripped from them and were plunged into poverty. Zaroff
managed to avoid that by leaving the country with his money.
Quarry: prey
What does General Zaroff hunt? Men
Where do the men come from? From ships that founder on the
rocks around the island.
How does General Zaroff get the men to the island?
General Zaroff has set up lights surrounding the island, so
that on dark nights the lights can
be turned on, fooling the ship’s captain into thinking there is a channel there
and a clear passage; but there is no channel there, only sharp rocks. The ship
hits the sharp rocks, and the bottom of the ship is torn off, leaving the men
stranded on the island.
Stopped at top of page 16; “Rainsford, with an effort, held
his tongue in check.”
Period 3:
Collected the corrections for the vocabulary test.
Passed out the vocabulary
packet for "The Most Dangerous Game". Assigned the first two words on the vocabulary portion in class. Went over the words lore and perils in class. Checked to make sure students are working.
Read up to page 14, “Civilized? And you shoot men?!” Right
column in the middle of the page.
Final event: Answer the three questions: What does Zaroff
hunt? Where does he get the men?
How does he get the men onto the island?
Discussion.
