Treasure Island Study Guide
Characters to know
Jim Hawkins
Dr. Livesey
Captain Smollett
Ben Gunn
Mrs. Hawkins
Long John Silver
Squire Trelawney
Israel Hands
Billy Bones
Black Dog
Quotes to know
1. “Dead men don’t bite.”
2. “I’ll have my dues, and not a farthing over.”
3. “Silver trusted me; I passed my word, and back I go.”
4. “Everyone in Bristol slaved in my interest as soon as they got wind of the port we sailed for—treasure, I mean.”
5. “Now, if I can’t get away nohow, and they tip me the black spot, mind you, it’s my old sea chest they’re after…”
6. “There was some that was feared of Pew, and some that was feared of Flint; but Flint his own self was feared of me.”
7. “…I am responsible for the ship’s safety and the life of every man Jack aboard of her.”
8. “…three years have I been here, says you, and not a bite of Christian diet…”
9. “Ah, Bil, Bill, we have seen a sight of times, us two, since I lost them two talons.”
10. “…if I were sure they were raving…I should leave this camp, and, at whatever risk to my own carcass, take them the assistance of my skill.”
Friday, September 11, 2009
9/11 and 9/14
Prayer
Attendance
Materials Checks
Organizing Time
Vocab
6. impressionistic adjective a. Of or pertaining to a highly personalized response to art or experience as opposed to a response based on reason or fact. b. Reflecting a style of painting of the late nineteenth century that is marked by concentration on the impression created by the subject.
7. insight noun a. The ability to see and understand the true nature of something. b. An idea of the true nature of something.
8. myopia noun a. Shortsightedness or lack of good judgment in thinking or planning. b. Nearsightedness.
9. perceptive adjective a. Having the ability to be keenly aware of things and situations; knowing. b. Marked by understanding.
10. survey trans. verb a. To examine or look at broadly. b. To inspecit carefully; scrutinize. c. To determine the measures, boundaries, or elevation of land or features of earth’s surface. intrans. verb to make a survey of land. noun a. A broad view. b. A detailed inspection or investigation. c. The act or process of surveying land.
Worksheets
Treasure Island Report
-worksheets, study guides
Grammar Quiz
"The Most Dangerous Game"
Homework:
Vocab worksheets will be collected for a grade next class
Vocab quiz next class
Type 1 sentence for each of the fifty (50) vocab words.
type them in order
Treasure Island test next class
Attendance
Materials Checks
Organizing Time
Vocab
6. impressionistic adjective a. Of or pertaining to a highly personalized response to art or experience as opposed to a response based on reason or fact. b. Reflecting a style of painting of the late nineteenth century that is marked by concentration on the impression created by the subject.
7. insight noun a. The ability to see and understand the true nature of something. b. An idea of the true nature of something.
8. myopia noun a. Shortsightedness or lack of good judgment in thinking or planning. b. Nearsightedness.
9. perceptive adjective a. Having the ability to be keenly aware of things and situations; knowing. b. Marked by understanding.
10. survey trans. verb a. To examine or look at broadly. b. To inspecit carefully; scrutinize. c. To determine the measures, boundaries, or elevation of land or features of earth’s surface. intrans. verb to make a survey of land. noun a. A broad view. b. A detailed inspection or investigation. c. The act or process of surveying land.
Worksheets
Treasure Island Report
-worksheets, study guides
Grammar Quiz
"The Most Dangerous Game"
Homework:
Vocab worksheets will be collected for a grade next class
Vocab quiz next class
Type 1 sentence for each of the fifty (50) vocab words.
type them in order
Treasure Island test next class
Thursday, September 10, 2009
9/9 and 9/10
Prayer and Attendance followed by a dictionary check and a round of "Stump Mr. Swaney from the Dictionary."
Vocab Quiz
New Vocab
Homework Review
Homework:
Grammar Quiz next class
Reread "The Most Dangerous Game"
TI report due next class
Vocab Quiz
New Vocab
Homework Review
Homework:
Grammar Quiz next class
Reread "The Most Dangerous Game"
TI report due next class
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
9/4 and 9/8
prayer
attendance
new vocab
grammar review
different hats
Homework:
Chapter 12 Chapter Review. # 1-40
Vocab Quiz Next Class
Read "The Most Dangerous Game" in Adventures in Reading.
HONORS:
Literacy Narrative due next class.
attendance
new vocab
grammar review
different hats
Homework:
Chapter 12 Chapter Review. # 1-40
Vocab Quiz Next Class
Read "The Most Dangerous Game" in Adventures in Reading.
HONORS:
Literacy Narrative due next class.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Honors Literacy Narrative
For the Honors class, we are currently working on an essay called The Literacy Narrative. As our first "essay," it may prove difficult to grasp because it is both an essay and a personal narrative about an important event or moment in your own life.
The "Ideal Jeopardy Categories" activity was designed to get you to think about things on which you are an expert. It was a prewriting activity. From that, you composed a document called a "Process Paper" in which you outlined the steps of how to do one thing. This was another prewriting activity.
The literacy narrative is supposed to recount a moment or experience in which you realized you had developed a specific knowledge on a topic or a skill. The essay is not just a story about acquiring that knowledge. In fact, the essay is supposed to illustrate how that knowledge has influenced you and your success in other aspects of your life or in later endeavors related to that initial literacy moment.
To help you, I distributed an example paper entitled "Hydrophobia vs. Hydrophilia." Please use it as a guide or a model.
I expect the essay to include a thesis. As we discussed in class today, your thesis should make your point and serve as a brief outline of what you will talk about in your essay.
The thesis should be the last sentence of your introduction. The introduction allows you to have some freedom. You could introduce by explaining how literacy is not just about words and letters, but in fact, sports and other skills require a specific literacy. Your introduction could be a narrative paragraph that tells the story of your "Literacy Moment." There are many strategies for introducing an essay.
Futhermore, your essay may require different rhetorical strategies. You may write in chronological order, but you may also consider cause/effect, effect/cause, or problem solution as viable options for your rhetorical strategy.
A great essay will include reflective analysis of how you learned your literacy and details on how you've adapted this literacy in other aspects of your life.
Also, you should have a conclusion paragraph that ties everything together. Do not stop just because you told your story to its end. Restate your thesis in new words and sum up the lessons explicated in your essay.
This essay should end up being 3 or 4 pages long in MLA format like the first book report.
The draft workshop we started in class should give you some ideas for how to improve the draft you brought today. Please use it to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your document.
The "Ideal Jeopardy Categories" activity was designed to get you to think about things on which you are an expert. It was a prewriting activity. From that, you composed a document called a "Process Paper" in which you outlined the steps of how to do one thing. This was another prewriting activity.
The literacy narrative is supposed to recount a moment or experience in which you realized you had developed a specific knowledge on a topic or a skill. The essay is not just a story about acquiring that knowledge. In fact, the essay is supposed to illustrate how that knowledge has influenced you and your success in other aspects of your life or in later endeavors related to that initial literacy moment.
To help you, I distributed an example paper entitled "Hydrophobia vs. Hydrophilia." Please use it as a guide or a model.
I expect the essay to include a thesis. As we discussed in class today, your thesis should make your point and serve as a brief outline of what you will talk about in your essay.
The thesis should be the last sentence of your introduction. The introduction allows you to have some freedom. You could introduce by explaining how literacy is not just about words and letters, but in fact, sports and other skills require a specific literacy. Your introduction could be a narrative paragraph that tells the story of your "Literacy Moment." There are many strategies for introducing an essay.
Futhermore, your essay may require different rhetorical strategies. You may write in chronological order, but you may also consider cause/effect, effect/cause, or problem solution as viable options for your rhetorical strategy.
A great essay will include reflective analysis of how you learned your literacy and details on how you've adapted this literacy in other aspects of your life.
Also, you should have a conclusion paragraph that ties everything together. Do not stop just because you told your story to its end. Restate your thesis in new words and sum up the lessons explicated in your essay.
This essay should end up being 3 or 4 pages long in MLA format like the first book report.
The draft workshop we started in class should give you some ideas for how to improve the draft you brought today. Please use it to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your document.
HEADINGS
It's been difficult for me to locate names on homework assignments, so we must start using a standard heading. Please submit all work with the following heading or risk earning zero credit for the work:
Name (first and last)
English, Pd. #
Title of assignment
Due Date
Name (first and last)
English, Pd. #
Title of assignment
Due Date
9/2 and 9/3
Blogger kept me locked out of this website for a couple days, so I was unable to post the recent agendas. I'm sorry for that.
For the Honors class that missed the vocab, here you go:
1. devious adjective a. Done in an underhanded manner; tricky; shifty. b. Straying from a straight or direct course. c. Departing from the correct or proper way; erring.
2. duplicity noun Deliberate deception or trickery by speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter.
3. fictitious adjective a. Adopted or assumed in order to deceive; false. b. Of fiction; imaginary; unreal.
4. guileless adjective Free of slyness or craftiness; simple and innocent.
5. gullible adjective Easily deceived or fooled.
Homework for all classes:
Exercises 11 through 17 in Chapter 12 Elements of Language.
HONORS:
Rough draft of the Literacy Narrative which is a revised edition of your process paper.
For the Honors class that missed the vocab, here you go:
1. devious adjective a. Done in an underhanded manner; tricky; shifty. b. Straying from a straight or direct course. c. Departing from the correct or proper way; erring.
2. duplicity noun Deliberate deception or trickery by speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter.
3. fictitious adjective a. Adopted or assumed in order to deceive; false. b. Of fiction; imaginary; unreal.
4. guileless adjective Free of slyness or craftiness; simple and innocent.
5. gullible adjective Easily deceived or fooled.
Homework for all classes:
Exercises 11 through 17 in Chapter 12 Elements of Language.
HONORS:
Rough draft of the Literacy Narrative which is a revised edition of your process paper.
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