Honors 10-09-2013

Wow!  We had some great looking posters for the Fairy Tale Allegory Analysis come in today.  I'll be looking at the info starting tonight.  I only hope that the writing is on par with the appearance.  If that's the case, BOO-YA!

You knew about situational irony and today you picked up some info on dramatic irony.  As a refresher, dramatic irony is when the reader/watcher/viewer knows and understands something that the characters in the story do not.  Romeo and Juliet is a classic example as Romeo quaffs the poison while believing that Juliet is dead.  The audience knows she is just under a sleeping potion, but she awakes too late, and, well, I guess that's why they call it a tragedy.

We discussed several examples of dramatic irony--Disney seems to love it--but we also connected it to Animal Farm.  Sure was a lot in there. Great job pointing out the examples from the book.

After the quiz today (why aren't we all getting 5/5s?) we didn't have a chance to discuss Osip Mandelstam's poem "The Stalin Epigram", so we'll be moving that to Friday.  Pretty solid poem.  You should read it if you get the chance before Friday.  In addition to thinking about how it relates to Animal Farm, ask yourself, "What's an epigram?"  Be sure to know by Friday.  

I gave you seven prompts to prepare for tomorrow.  After we go to the IMC, we'll be having an assessed group discussion.  If you come prepared to discuss those prompts, then you should have nothing to worry about.  If all you do is glance at them and say, "Aw...I'll wing it.", you might struggle a bit.  Prepare to succeed.  Here are the prompts, in case you misplaced your sheet.

1) Why does Clover sing "Beasts of England" to calm herself? What does it say about her?

2) Why does Napoleon ban "Beasts of England"? What is he trying to accomplish?

3) What does blaming everything on Snowball accomplish?

4) Why did the animals confess in front of Napoleon and the dogs? What is mass hysteria?

5) What are your thoughts on the purge? Be specific.

6) What remains of Old Major's vision of animalism?

7) Have your one and ones at the ready.

 The T-chart is starting to take shape.  We'll keep filling in the details.

We'll be making a trip to the IMC tomorrow prior to our discussion.  In addition to checking out a book for Friday reads, we'll be visiting the Book Fair which opened today.  You might want to bring some cash in case you see something you want to purchase.  

  See you soon.