Category: Writing

The lady of the tiger story
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Comprehension Questions: 1. In the story, if an accused person opened the door with a maiden behind it, he would immediately marry her whether or not he already had a girlfriend. wife. andfor family. Apart from whether or not this is a just reward for the man. what about the women involved? How just is it to break up a family or force a woman into marriage? Refer to the second paragraph on page 300 for details. 2. In the story, the tiger is described as the most savage and relentless ofbeasts. In your opinion and using evidence from the text, explain which character is most like the tiger in hisi’her savage nature? 3. How does the author show that the king is semi- barbaric? With support from the text, explain in one sentence how he is barbaric, and in another sentence, how he is civilized, or progressive. 4. When the author states that the king “was greatly given to self-communing,” what does this say about the way he rules? 5. Drawing on the text, describe the king’s method of administering justice within the arena. 6. What characteristics does the king’s daughter share with her father? T. Describe the princess’s passion for her lover. What role does her barbarism play? 8. Why doesn’t the king approve of the youth’s love for his daughter? What clues from the text make this clear? 9. According to the story. “No matter how the affair turned out. the youth would be disposed of.” What does this mean? Would justice have been administered fairly? Why or why not? 10. Why do you think the young man trusts the princess to save his life? Drawing from the text, explain how he knows that she will guide him to choose the right door 11. The princess experiences many “grievous reveries” about the fate of her lover. How do you think these in?uenced her decision?
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TEXT QUESTIONS Date The Most Forgetful Man in the World Joshua Foer responses. DIRECTIONS: Respond to these questions. Cite textual evidence to support your
(a) Recall What two types of amnesia does EP suffer from?
(b) Explain What affect does each type of amnesia have on him?
(a) Compare and Contrast How are EP’s case and Clive Wearing’s case similar? How are they different?
(b) Assess Which man do you think is happier? Explain.
Interpret Do the results of Michel Siffre’s experiment in 1962 seem to support Ed Cooke’s hypothesis, on the one hand, or the fictional Dunbar’s hypothesis, on the other? Explain.
Evaluate In the final paragraph, Foer describes a philosophical conundrum. Do you think it would be wrong to put patients through pain during a surgery if they were unable to remember the pain afterward? Why?

1.22 Background & Context of the Poem “The Abuelita Poem” If you’ve ever spent time with family, whether it is a grandparent, parent, aunt, or uncle, the memories you share doing the everyday things such as cooking are incredibly valuable. The memories created will be remembered in the years to come, long after the family members are gone “The Abuelita Poem” celebrates the Latina grandmother who cooks culturally ethnic foods and spends time with her grandchildren, passing on knowledge that she has inherited from her ancestors It is written in two sections. The second section explores how cultural assimilation into America has affected the traditional ways of the grandmother’s life. Journal Assignment Entry 1.23 Poetry Reading: “The Abuelita Poem” by Paul Martinez Pompa, page 851. In your journal, label a section “1.23 The Abuelita Poem”. You will write a two-paragraph reader response to this poem. During your response think about the following: What is your first impression of the poem? How does the poem make you feel? What do you think of the overall message the author is sending? Does it bring back memories of spending time with your family? Why do you think the second section is labeled “Apology”?
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Use Nicolas Pizzolatto’s “Ghost-Birds” to analyze the construction of it
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Characterization: Narrator-Does the character stay the same or change throughout the story? Evidence? Erica-Does the character stay the same or change throughout the story? Evidence? Setting: What was the setting? What function does the setting serve? What is the relationship between the setting and the narrator? Structure: What is the story’s structure?(linear, non-linear, in media res, epistolary, frame narrative, flashback) Why is the sequence of events ordered in this way? Narration: Is he a reliable narrator? Why/why not How does this affect the story? Figurative language: Symbols-What symbols can you identify? What function do they serve? Imagery-What imagery can you identify? Identify at least 2 (copy the lines exactly and properly cite them) and be specific about the type (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory). What function does each serve? Similies- What similes can you identify? Identify at least 2 (copy the line exactly and properly cite them). What function does each serve? Personification-What personification can you identify? Copy the line exactly and properly cite it. What function does it serve? Author’s purpose- What is the author’s purpose? (Think about it like this: How do all the above standards contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole? What does Pizzolatto want his readers to understand about the world?). Provide textual evidence, properly cited.
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What is plot? Who is antagonist, protagonist? Conflict? Main idea?
Michael Martone / DISH NIGHT Michael Martone trees. She’d talk about collecting enough pieces for our family of eight. “Oh, it’s everyday and I know it,” she’d say, holding it at arm’s length. “They’re so modern and simple and something we’ll DISH NIGHT have a long time after we forget the movies.” 1. Event – waz I forget just what happened then. We heard about Pearl Harbor & count olithe right at a Sunday matinee. They stopped the movie, and a man came out on stage. The blue stage lights flooded the gold curtain. It Protagonist man was dark in there, but outside it was bright and cold. They didn’t Dithis jumbol of connection of Love and finish the show. Business would pick up then, and the Wells Theatre wouldn’t need a Dish Night to bring the people in. The commitshunt . one we had gone to the week before was the last one ever, and we hadn’t known it. The gravy boat looked like a slipper. I went to the war, to Europe where she’d write to me on lined school paper and never failed to mention we were a few pieces shy of the full set This would be the movie of my life, this walking home under the moon from a movie with a girl holding a dinner plate under her arm like a book. I believed this is what I was fighting for. Everywhere in Europe I saw broken pieces of crockery. In the farmhouses, the cafes. Along the roads were drifts of smashed china. On a beach, in the sand where I was crawling, I found a bit of it the sea washed in, all smooth with blue veins of a every Wednesday night was Dish Night at the Wells pattern. Theatre. And it worked because she was there, week in and week I came home and washed the dishes every night, and she stacked out. She sat through the movie to get her white bone china. A them away, bowls nesting in bowls as if we were moving the next day. saucer. A cup. The ushers stood on chairs by the doors and reached into the big wooden crates. There was straw all over the floor of The green field is covered with these tables. The sky is huge the lobby and balls of newspaper from strange cities. I knew she and spread with clouds. The pickup trucks and wagons are backed was the girl for me. I’d walk her home. She’d hug the dish to her in close to each table so that people can sit on the lowered chest. The street lights would be on and the moon behind the tailgates. On the tables are thousands of dishes. She walks ahead of me. Picks up a cup then sets it down again. A plate. She runs
her finger along a rim. The green field rises slightly as we walk, all the places set at the tables. She hopes she will find someone else who saw the movies she saw on Dish Night. The theater was filled with people. I was there. We do this every Sunday after church.

which word has same root as replaced?
a. placement
b. replay
c. acted
d. shoelace
which word has same root as customary?
a. accustomed
b. costume
c. custard
d. marry
which word has same root as widened?
1.ended
2.dented
3. wider
4. wisely
which word has same root as blurry?
1.blunt
2.blurred
3.burro
4.bury

Prologue: In what city does this play take place?
Prologue: Why are Romeo and Juliet called “Star-cross’d lovers”?
Act 1 scene 1: Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?
Act 1 scene 1: Who tries to break up the fighting?
Act 1 scene 1: What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet?
Act 1 scene 1: Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they say about him?
Act 1 scene 1: Why is Romeo so sad?
Act 1 scene 1: What is Benvolio’s advice to Romeo?
Act 1 scene 2: Why does Capulet think it will be easy for Montague and him to keep the peace?
Act 1 scene 2: What does Paris ask of Capulet?
Act 1 scene 2: What is Capulet’s first answer?
Act 1 scene 2: A bit later Capulet appears to change his mind about Paris’s question. What does he tell Paris?
Act 1 scene 2: What is the name of the woman Romeo loves?
Act 1 scene 2: Where do Romeo and Benvolio decide to go?
Act 1 scene 3: When Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about the marriage, what is Juliet’s answer?
Act 1 scene 3: Following Juliet’s answer, what does the Lady Capulet then tell Juliet?
Act 1 Scene 4: What does Mercutio say about dreams?
Act 1 scene 5: What does Romeo think of Juliet when he first sees her?
Act 1 scene 5: When Tybalt is ready to seize Romeo and throw him out of the party, what does Capulet say to Romeo?
Act 1 scene 5: Explain what the conversation is about between Romeo and Juliet.
Act 1 scene 5: How does Romeo find out about Juliet’s name?
Act 1 scene 5: How does Juliet find out about Romeo’s last name?
Act 2 scene 1: What is Romeo’s new problem?
Act 2 scene 2: In lines 109-111, Juliet asks Romeo not to swear by the moon…why is she afraid of this?
Act 2 scene 2: What is the only way that Juliet will give herself to Romeo?
Act 2 scene 3: What does Romeo ask Friar Lawrence to do?
Act 2 scene 3: Why does Friar agree to marry the two young lovers?
Act 2 scene 4: Why has the nurse come to the square?
Act 2 scene 4: What information does Romeo give the Nurse?
Act 2 scene 4: Mercutio teases the Nurse, and she is outraged. What does Romeo say about Mercutio to calm her down?
Act 2 scene 4: What does Romeo send to Juliet?
Act 2 scene 5: What is Juliet’s mood as she waits for the Nurse’s return?
Act 2 scene 6: A Romeo and Friar Lawrence await Juliet, what does the Friar warn Romeo about?
Act 3 scene 1: Who accosts Benvolio and Mercutio and why?
Act 3 scene 1: How does Tybalt provoke a fight?
Act 3 scene 1: When Romeo appears, why does he refuse to accept Tybalt’s duel?
Act 3 scene 1: Why does Romeo’s reply make Tybalt even more upset?
Act 3 scene 1: Who ends up actually starting the fight?