1. Hopefully LAST seat change; check outside Warm up: Clean our your folders; get out your work from yesterday; period 2,7—finish! By Richard Connell

2. Speech for 8/18 Quick Speech Give a one-minute speech over anything you want to talk about You may ONLY take up bullet points to use as TALKING POINTS, NOT reading-off-the- paper points. Then, turn that paper in. You will be “judged” by someone in the class as well as me. You will then reflect on the back of the rubric about how the experience was for you & why and what you plan to do differently next time.

3. SALSA S how actions that facilitate learning for the self and others. A ctively participate and be cognitively present L earn to be open to new learning S et cell phone to OFF and S end it to your backpack/purse A ct with a positive attitude!

4. Objectives L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. L5a: Interpret figures of speech in context and analyze their role in the text.

5. Now let’s take a stand… If you think the statement is True, stand. If you think the statement is False, remain seated. ___ Hunting is a sport. ___ Animals have no feelings. ___ Hunting is evil. ___ Hunting is unfair. ___ Strength is more important than intelligence. ___ Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.

6. Visual for the Plot Diagram

7. Write these definitions where it tells you too Exposition --introduces the characters, background and setting Rising Action –place where the action begins to rise Climax--point where the story changes Falling action –action that leads to the end of the conflict Resolution/Denouement --the end of the conflict

8. literary devices with this story (notes on your chart) 1. Inference: A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning; guess 2. Conflict: A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play, usually resolved by the end of the work. A. Internal: mental struggle B. External: struggle between a person and an outside force 3. Irony: figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. 4. Foreshadow: a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

9. Background/Author Information in your book pg 66

10. Focused Reading Fill it out as we read/listen. You can go to the online text if you are absent. Audio link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfp04WjOv9A Text link below: http://fiction.eserver.org/short/the_most_dangerous_game.html

11. Extra Credit Film assignment Film link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DXLTw22HOQ Watch the film and write one page comparing/contrasting the story and the film. – Intro the story – Body 1: Compare – Body 2: Contrast – Conclusion – Due Friday

12. Ship-Trap Island Poem Assignment Practicing online submission Write a poem using imagery, personification, onomatopoeia and similes *describing Ship-Trap Island or another choice below. You will COLOR CODE your 4 literary devices! 12 lines total. Remember that poetry is rhythmic, compressed language that appeals to the reader’s emotions and imagination. Free- style poetry does not have to rhyme. *Poem topics: about Ship-Trap, about a superstition, about a panic-like situation, about something you quit due to boredom…. Look at calendar for due date! Due by 11:59PM.