English
2014-2015
8/19: Do Now
Directions:
Take out a sheet of folder paper and respond to
the following prompt. You don’t have to copy the
prompt.
Select an adjective to describe your transition to
high school. Explain what happened (in a
paragraph).
CONNOTATION
emotions and associations connected to a word;
depending on our experiences, certain words have a
positive, negative, or neutral connotation
Visual (literal or symbolic)
CONNOTATION
Connotation Exercise 1
Read the groups of words used to describe people. Between you and your partner, create a 3
column-chart (positive, neutral, negative) and write in the word(s) that show its connotation.
1. Mommy, Daddy, Mom, Dad, Mother, Father
2. Skinny, Slender, Anorexic, Stick
3. Cheap, Frugal, Miserly, Economical
4. Young, Immature, Juvenile, Youthful
5. Inquisitive, Interested, Curious, Nosy
6. Confident, Arrogant, Egotistical, Know it all
7. Talkative, Extrovert, Sociable, Gregarious
8. Shy, Introvert, Anti-social, Snob
More Practice on Connotation
Connotation Exercise #2
Read the sentences below. Identify the words that have a negative connotation.
1. Hawaii Kai is a snooty neighborhood.
2. During his presentation, the presenter came off as
know-it-all.
3. Every morning, Tiana takes her mutt to the park.
4. Jeremey needs to be pushy when asking for help from
the teacher.
5. Gabe is vocal during class. He is always speaking.
DENOTATION
literal, or dictionary, meaning
Example:
The denotation of a term is its exact, or literal,
meaning. Consider the word “home.” Its
denotation is “residence of fixed dwelling place.”
What are your connotations of home?
DICTION
the choice and use of words and phrases in
speech or writing
Activity: 5 volunteers
• She walks into the room.
• He jogs into the room.
• He danced into the room.
• She floated into the room.
SB 1.1: Coming of Age
QuickWrite:
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase
“coming of age”?
What are some milestones (action or event that marks a
significant change)…
• you already hit?
• you ‘re looking forward to?
8/22: DO NOW
DICTION
Directions: Label each sentence as formal, casual, or slang based on its
diction. You don’t have to copy the sentences.
1.Let’s
2.It
go get some dinner.
is vital to understand the text one reads.
3.Screw
4.
computers!
The Mona Lisa looks weird from up close.
5.Pickett’s
charge at the Battle of Gettysburg was surely an awe-inspiring sight.
CONNOTATIONS
Directions: In the following sentences, choose ONE word among the words in
parentheses to make the sentence have as negative a connotation as possible.
1.The
leader was his nation’s most (notorious, well-known, famous)
advocate.
2.A
(trim, skinny, slender) woman entered the room.
3.Where
did you find that (outfit, get-up, attire)?
VOICE
•
Refer to SB 1.2
Copy definition onto index card.
•
Boston Pops vs. Jimmi Hendrix
VOICE
VOICE
•
I do not like them
in a house.
I do not like them
with a mouse.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
“You have brains in your
head. You have feet in
your shoes. You can
steer yourself any
direction you choose.
You're on your own. And
you know what you know.
And you are the one
who’ll decide where to
go...”
TONE
•
Refer to SB 1.2
Copy definition onto index card.
•
Examples of tone in a story include just about
any adjective you can imagine:
Overwhelming, Anxious, Worried, Excited, Foolish,
Depressing, Elation, Nervous, and the list goes on and on.
TONE
•
Example 1
•
Consider the tone of The School by Donald Barthelme.
•
“And the trees all died. They were orange
trees. I don’t know why they died, they just
died. Something wrong with the soil
possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the
nursery wasn’t the best. We complained
about it. So we’ve got thirty kids there, each
kid had his or her own little tree to plant and
we’ve got these thirty dead trees.”
•
TONE
•
Example 2: EB White’s Charlotte's Web
•
“Your future is assured. You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur.
Nothing can harm you now. These autumn days will shorten
and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees
and fall. Christmas will come, and the snows of winter. You
will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean
a great deal to Zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever.
Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the
pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the
frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. All these
sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy,
Wilbur—this lovely world, these precious days…”
TONE: Formal? Informal?
•
Example 3:
The way I look at it, someone needs to start doing
something about disease. What’s the big deal? People
are dying. But the average person doesn’t think twice
about it until it affects them. Or someone they know.
•
Example 4:
There was a delay in the start of the project, attributable to
circumstances beyond the control of all relevant parties.
Progress came to a standstill, and no one was prepared to
undertake the assessment of the problem and determination of
the solution.
VOICE vs TONE
INFERENCE
•
Refer to SB 1.2
Copy definition onto index card.
More Vocabulary
• Syntax
• Imagery
SB 1.2
•
QuickWrite:
Refer to page 5