“Brighton Beach” Intro. 6 March 2013 Miss Rice

Warm-Up What do you already know about the Great Depression? What do you think life was like during this time, especially in big cities like New York City? (Think Cinderella Man) Take out comma rules WS and vocab. HW to be checked/collected

Agenda Neil Simon American life during the Great Depression The American dinner table Comma Rules

ENG. 10 Objectives 3/6 To finish and review comma rules. To reinforce understanding of new vocabulary. To learn about Neil Simon. To understand the history and social context of NYC life during the Great Depression. To understand the traditional family dinner table and contrast it with today’s dinner table.

Warm-Up What was the Great Depression? What do you think life in New York City was like during the Great Depression?

“Brighton Beach Memoirs” Let’s # the pages in our packets

Neil Simon Web Quest Only permitted on the wiki and the links you are led to from there Answer the questions in your packet Dif. Website for #9 Firefox *Turn your desks toward the walls so your comp. screens are facing in

Historical Context Guided Notes

World Events Amelia Earhart is lost in Pacific flight Amelia Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and Women’s Rights activist. She was the first person to solo a trans-Pacific flight from Hawaii to Oakland, CA. Amelia and her copilot disappeared while making an around-the-world flight in 1937.

T he Hindenburg explodes The Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin, was the largest aircraft ever built. It was destroyed by fire while landing in New Jersey during its second year of service. The actual cause of this fire, which killed 36 passengers and crew members aboard the vessel, has never been determined and remains controversial to this day.

Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California opens

Entertainment Disney Films releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Popular Songs “The Lady is a Tramp” “Whistle While You Work” “It’s Nice Work if You Can Get It” “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”

New Inventions

SPORTS The New York Yankees win the World Series 4-1 defeating the New York Giants

Popular Literature John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

A. J. Cronin’s The Citadel Talks about injustices in the medical field

The Family Dinner Table Write about your view of the family dinner table and what the family dinner table looks like in your family.

Homework Prefixes HW due tomorrow Vocab. Unit 3 test Friday

Literary Terms Drama - a piece of literature written in dialogue form and meant to be performed

Literary Terms Playwright - the author of a play

Literary Terms Dialogue - spoken language placed in quotes

Literary Terms Characterization - the way authors portray characters to us (description, behavior, actions, speech, relationships with others)

Literary Terms Epiphany - the moment of realization; the “aha!” moment when the light bulb goes on

Literary Terms Monologue - a long speech by one character

Literary Terms Soliloquy - a long speech by one character who is alone on stage; expresses innermost thoughts of that character

Comma HW Review Sections 1-3 answers…

7. Using commas with quotations Commas set off a quotation from words used to introduce or identify the source of the quotation.

7. Using commas with quotations Use a comma before a phrase that introduces a quotation. Ex. She asked, “How many?” A comma following a quotation goes inside the closing quotation mark. Ex. “There will be three,” she replied.

7. Using commas with quotations Do not use commas if you are using a quotation with a question mark or exclamation point. Ex. “What’s a thousand dollars?” asks Groucho Marx. “Mere chicken feed.” Your turn - see packet

7. Using commas with quotations A) “No one becomes depraved all at once,” wrote Juvenal. B) A German proverb warns, “Go to law for a sheep and lose your cow.” C) “All I know about grammar,” said Joan Didion, “is its infinite power.” D) “Out, out, damned spot!” cries Lady Macbeth.

Vobackulary It’s a tie game!