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Assignments 

Assignment: Life of Pi Chapter Analysis 
Assignment: Magic Realism Essay
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BONUS ASSIGNMENTS
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Assignment: Movie Review
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Jan 13, 2021

Watching Life of Pi 
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I am sick, see you tomorrow.  - Mr B

Jan 12, 2021

WODS
ignominious
humiliating, disgracing
Utopia
Any imaginary and remote place of perfection

Jan 11, 2021

Grammar: ​Pronouns

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Tacit
expressed without words
Orthodox
conventional, conforming to established protocols

Jan 8, 2021

WODS
Serendipity
Luck, finding good things without looking for them
Purile
juevenile, immature

Short Story Friday: Mono No Aware
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Jan 7, 2021

WODS
Ebullient 
extremely lively, ethusiastic 
Diaphanous 
light, airy, transparent

Magic Realism 3
This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, bigger beard. 

Jan 6, 2021

WODS 
Contrite
penitent, eager to be forgiven
Solicitous
concerned, attentive

Magic Realism 2
This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, warmer weather

Jan 5th, 2021

WODS 
repentant
penitent, sorry
expiate
to make amends for, atone

Magic Realism 2
This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, homemade haircut.
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Jan 4th, 2021

WODS 
exculpate
to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
surfiet
an overindulgence supply or indulgence

Active and Passive voice 
This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, different chirps
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December 18, 2020

​WODS
​•Surfiet: an overabundant supply or indulgence
•Exculpate: to free from guilt to exonerate 


FIlm technique of the week: Deep Focus​
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December 17, 2020

WODS
•Viscous – not free flowing syrupy
•Gluttony – overindulgence in food or drink​
Macbeth: after Killing Duncan
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appalls me?
What hands are here? Hah! They pluck out mine eyes.
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.

Blood is a symbol for guilt in Macbeth

December 16, 2020

•Repentant: penitent, sorry
•Expiate: to make amends for, atone

December 15, 2020

WODS
​ •Gourmand: someone fond of eating and drinking
•Palatable agreeable to the taste or sensibilities 

December 14, 2020

WODS
​•colossus – a gigantic statue or thing
•coalesce – to fuse into a whole
Bonus
•apocryphal - of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.


Literary term of the week
Symbol:A concrete object used to represent an abstract idea
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December 11, 2020

WODS
​inviolable:
secure from assault
truculent: ready to fight, cruel
Film technique of the week: Dolly Zoom

December 10, 2020

WODS
cleave: to divide into parts. to stick together firmly
tortuous: winding
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December 9, 2020

WODS
•libertarian advocating principles of liberty and free will
•iconoclast one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

December 8, 2020

WODS
canvas
noun: a piece of cloth on which an artist paints
verb: to cover, inspect
envervate
to weaken or exhaust

​The western wave was all a-flame.
The day was well nigh done!
Almost upon the western wave
Rested the broad bright Sun;
When that strange shape drove suddenly
Betwixt us and the Sun.

Rime of the Ancient Marinier

December 7, 2020

WODS
•penurious miserly, stingy
•ruse a trick

Literary Term of the Week 
Synecdoche
A figure of speech, in which a part stands in for the whole.

December 4, 2020

WODS
•accretion slow growth in size or amount
•plenitude an abundance
•dearth a lack, scarcity
•satiate to satisfy excessively'

​Film Technique of the Week

​•Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality.

December 3, 2020

WODS
•mollify to soften in temper
•prescient to have foreknowledge of events
​•enigmatic mystifying, cryptic
•vilify to lower in importance, defame

Literary Term of the Week
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Euphemism
  • a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

December 2, 2020

WODS
•contravene to contradict, oppose, violate
•umbrage resentment, offense
•vitriolic having a caustic quality
•nefarious heinously villainous

Prologue to the Miller's Tale here

Grammar Colons and Semi Colon​
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Act 3: A Midsummer Night's Dream

December 1, 2020

WODs
•perfidious disloyal, unfaithful
•latent existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed.
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Two framed stories:
Titanic and The Princess Bride
Essay writing: Summary, Paraphrasing, and Quotations
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​Act 2: A Midsummer Night's Dream

November 30, 2020

WODs 
feral: wild, savage
undulate: to move in waves

Literary Term of the Week 
Frame story: A frame story is one which contains either another tale, a story within a story, or a series of stories. ​

​Film Technique of the Week
Establishing shot
 An establishing shot is a shot in filmmaking or television that sets up the context for the scene ahead, designed to inform the audience where the action will be taking place.

ACT 1: A Midsummer Night's Dream

November 26, 2020

How to use MLA
​WODS

Equanimity: Composure 
frenetic: frenzied, hectic, frantic
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Short Story Friday 
THE PAPER MENAGERIE HERE

November 25, 2020


WOD Quiz and Satire  Quiz

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WODS:

ascetic: praticing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
dubious: doubtful, or uncertain quality
​intractable: difficult to manipulate, unmanagable
transmute: to change or alter in form

November 24, 2020 

Grammar: Commas

WODS​:
Amorphous: without defite shape or type
Protean able to change shape; displaying great variety.

November 23, 2020 

Body Essay See page here

WODS 
pernicious: extremely destructive or harmful
amenable: willing 
allay: to soothe, ease
mercurial: characterized by rapid change or tempermentality


Literary Term of the Week 

Juxtaposition: a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology​

November 20, 2020

Essay: Introductions
See Essay page here

WODS 
noxious: harmful, unwholesom
putrid: rotten, foul
assuage: to ease/pacify
tractable: easily controlled 

November 19, 2020

Essay: Thesis statements
​See Essay page here

 temerity
  • audacity, recklessness
fetid
  • having a foul odor
noxious
  • harmful, unwholesome
putrid
  • rotten, foul

November 18, 2020

Stoic
  • Unaffected by passion or feeling
Despondent
  • Feeling depressed, discouraged
​Tremulous
  • fearful
Augment
  • to add to, expand
LITERARY TERM OF THE WEEK
  • ​Archetype
    • a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.

November 17, 2020

The Trouble with Irony 2 here
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Apostrophe Review
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Ostracism
  • Exclusion from a group
Pejorative
  • Derogatory, uncomplimentary
Swarthy
  • Of dark colour or complexion
Ruminate
  • To contemplate, or reflect
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November 16, 2020

The Trouble with Irony Part 1 here 
Cynical Irony of '90s television

​Fabricate
  • To make up, invent
Tantamount
  • Equivalent in value 
Inimical
  • Hostile, enemy like
Propitious
  • favorable
LITERARY TERM OF THE WEEK

Bildungsroman
  • a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.
    • Examples:
      •  To Kill a Mockingbird
      • Harry Potter
      • Life of Pi
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Week 1

November 13, 2020

Last Week Tonight Satire
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Friday Short Story: Navigators
see page here
WORDS OF THE DAY
​Duplicity
  • crafty dishonesty
Torrid
  • Giving off intense heat, passionate

November 12, 2020

Punk Rock Satire
see the page here
WORDS OF THE DAY
Potable
  • Suitable for drinking
Efficacious
  • Effective
Privation
  • Lacking basic necessities
Inextricable
  • Hopelessly tangled or entangled
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April 21, 2021

Satire: Short People
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WORDS OF THE DAY
​Nascent
  • in the process of being born or coming into existence
Confluence
  • A gathering together
Esoteric
  • Understood by only a select few
Grandiloquence
  • Lofty pompous language
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LITERARY TERM OF THE WEEK
​​Allusion
  • Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly.
  • A reference

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