Literary Terms

Literary Term Review:

metaphor, simile, imagery, personification, allusion, symbolism, foreshadowing, verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony, ethos, pathos, logos, static characters, dynamic characters, foil characters, protagonist, antagonist, types of conflict, point of view (Three Types), setting, unreliable narrator, alliteration, mood, tone, diction, theme

Final Exam

FINAL EXAM- Monday, June 15th, 8:00 AM in the Gym--- Be there at 7:45. We will begin at 8:00.

Final Exam

• Vocabulary: All words from this year are fair game--- Could be writing your own sentences, inserting the correct word into a sentence, etc.
• Reading comprehension passages with questions
• Be able to identify literary devices, why authors make particular choices and common themes
• Argument
• Read two articles
• Develop a claim, counterclaim and refute it
• Text analysis
• Read a speech
• Identify a central idea in the text
• Analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea.


• Examples include: characterization, conflict, denotation/connotation, metaphor, simile, irony, language use, point-of-view, setting, structure, symbolism, theme, tone, etc.

6.8 Graphic Organizer Due Rough Draft

6.9 Final Exam Review Rough Draft

6.10 Final Exam Review(?) Edit Rough Draft

6.11 Final Exam Review(?) Finish Editing/Final Draft

6.12 Last Day of Classes ⭐Final Paper  DUE!⭐

Monday, May 18th

5.18 HW: Ch. 20-21 Begin in Class

5.19 Discussion Groups Close Reading of Atticus’s Closing Argument

5.20 Regents Practice- Text Analysis Response

5.21 Film/Catch Up Day

5.22 No School

Thursday, May 7

Some slight changes have been made to the schedule regarding due dates, please take note:

5.4 Discussion Groups Article “A Prom Divided”- Read and Annotate, Complete Graphic Organizer for HW	5.5 Discussion Groups HW: Ch. 10 Begin in class	5.6 Discussion Groups Work on Maps HW: Ch. 11	5.7 Language Analysis Written Response- What is courage? HW: Ch. 12-13	5.8 Catch Up Day Courage Essay Due Monday
5.11 Discussion Groups Maycomb’s “Caste System” Activity HW: Ch. 14-15	5.12 Discussion Groups ⭐Map Due⭐ Diction and Syntax Analysis HW: POV Assignment Begin in Class	5.13 HW: Ch. 16-17 Begin in Class Tom Robinson Trial Begins!	5.14 Foil Characters- Bob Ewell vs. Atticus Finch HW: Ch. 18-19	5.15 Discussion Groups Film/Catch Up Day

Monday, May 4th

Good Morning! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! Spring has finally reached the Adirondacks. :)
Unit Schedule:
*** Students already have this in their possession, the schedule is subject to change. I will post said changes below when necessary*** Which chapters are due when will NOT change.

5.4 Finish Reading Ch. 9 in class--- Discuss HW: Article “A Prom Divided”- Read and Annotate, Complete Graphic Organizer	5.5 Discussion Groups HW: Ch. 10 Begin in class	5.6 Discussion Groups Work on Maps HW: Ch. 11	5.7 Language Analysis Written Response- What is courage? HW: Ch. 12-13 DUE MONDAY	5.8 ⭐Map Due⭐ Film/Catch Up Day
5.11 Discussion Groups Maycomb’s “Caste System” Activity HW: Ch. 14-15	5.12 Discussion Groups Diction and Syntax Analysis HW: POV Assignment Begin in Class	5.13 HW: Ch. 16-17 Begin in Class Tom Robinson Trial Begins!	5.14 Foil Characters- Bob Ewell vs. Atticus Finch HW: Ch. 18-19	5.15 Discussion Groups Film/Catch Up Day
5.18 HW: Ch. 20-21 Begin in Class	5.19 Discussion Groups Close Reading of Atticus’s Closing Argument	5.20 Regents Practice- Text Analysis Response	5.21 Film/Catch Up Day	5.22 No School
5.25 No School Memorial Day	5.26 No School	5.27 HW: Ch. 21-23 Begin in Class	5.28 Discussion Groups HW: Ch. 24-25 Begin in Class	5.29 Discussion Groups Poetry Analysis- Connection to Theme
6.1 HW: Ch. 28-31 (Finish Book!) Begin in Class	6.2 Discuss Ending Finish Film	6.3 Coming of Age Novel- Scout and Jem as Dynamic Characters	6.4 Malcolm Gladwell Article, "The Courthouse Ring" Assign Final Paper: Regents Practice-Argument Is Atticus Finch a Hero?	6.5 Graphic Organizer
6.8 Graphic Organizer Due Rough Draft	6.9 Final Exam Review Rough Draft	6.10 Final Exam Review(?) Edit Rough Draft	6.11 Final Exam Review(?) Finish Editing/Final Draft	6.12 Last Day of Classes ⭐Final Paper  DUE!⭐

Monday, April 20th

Welcome back! I hope you had a great weekend!
Today in English 9:

• We will be blocking and meeting in Mrs. Duggan's classroom to present the RSA films.
• Students will present their films and complete a graphic organizer for notes.

Reminders: Q3 Essay is due by the end of 10th period today. If you were on the Chorus Trip your final draft is due Wednesday by the end of the day. Don't forget to make up your Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz.

HW: Read and annotate FDR's Inaugural Address.