Friday October 3rd , 2008

FridayOctober 3rd, 2008

Agenda• SHEET OF PAPER: POP QUIZ #5• SSR (25-30 min)• PP: Additional Organizational Patterns• PP: Fun things about author’s purpose

• “Chekhov’s Gun”• Numerology• Irony

• “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette• Selected scenes dealing with Irony from

“Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”

HOMEWORK STRIKE SYSTEM IN EFFECT: COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK OUT BEFORE BELL

Objective(s):• Identify organizational

patterns and instances of numerology by engaging in class discussion.

• Apply notes on irony by evaluating “Ironic” and scenes from “Monty Python” by writing in composition notebook.

POP QUIZ #5

• LABEL YOUR POP QUIZ

• “UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA”NO NOTES

POP QUIZ #5

Q1: What does a GOLDEN TICKET do? How do you get one?

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Q2: How is main idea like an upside down umbrella?

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Q3: Explain what CHRONOLOGICAL order is!

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Q4: What does a descriptive organizational pattern use?

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Q5: What is a utopia?

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Q6: What is a dystopia?

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Additional Organizational Patterns

• Flashback• Foreshadowing• Inverted Pyramid NO

NOTES

Additional Organizational Patterns

• Flashback: the author goes back in time to show earlier events.

• “That one time when…” • “When I was younger…”

TAKE

NOTES

Additional Organizational Patterns

• Foreshadowing: the author gives SUBTLE hints on what will happen later in the story. TAK

E NOTES

Additional Organizational Patterns

• Foreshadowing example:– STAR WARS: EPISODE II (CLONE WARS)– Obi-Wan: Anakin, why do I get the feeling that

you will be the death of me?”

– STAR WARS: EPISODE IV (A NEW HOPE)– Obi-Wan is killed by Anakin (Darth Vader).

TAKE

NOTES

Additional Organizational Patterns

• Inverted Pyramid: How information is arranged in a news story; the most important news is on the first line, with less important information at the bottom.

TAKE

NOTES

Fun things about Author’s Purpose

• The author purposely chooses everything—from hair color, to personality, even down to the tiny things you would never notice…unless I told you about them

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Fun things about Author’s Purpose

• Chekhov’s Gun: an object/character in the story is introduced, but appears to have no purpose until later on.

• EX: Scabbers from Harry Potter• EX: The Staff of Isis from The Mummy

Returns

TAKE

NOTES

Additional Organizational Patterns

• Deus Ex Machina: – Something/someone comes in at the end and

resolves all conflicts.TAKE

NOTES

Fun things about Author’s Purpose

• Numerology: the study of numbers

TAKE

NOTES

Fun things about Author’s Purpose

• Numerology: the study of numbers

• Significant numbers:– 3: number of completion– 7: the holiest number– 9: the number of “levels” in Hell.– 13: the unlucky number– 23: 2/3 = .666– 666: the mark of Satan/the Devil

TAKE

NOTES

Fun things about Author’s Purpose

• Irony: when expectation is different than reality.– Expectation: what you THINK will happen.– Reality: what actually happens

• Irony can be comical or sad!

TAKE

NOTES

“Ironic”

• We’ll be listening to the song “Ironic” and watching the lyrics.

• At the end, I will give you 5 minutes to identify as many ironic things in the song as you can find.

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“Monty Python”

• As said before, irony can be comical, as well as sad.

• We’re going to take a look at some clips from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

• When I pause the movie, I want you to write down what you think will happen (expectation). Then we will continue watching to see how accurate your prediction will be.

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“Monty Python”

• For each clip, write:

• “EXPECTATION”: ____________________________________________________________________

• WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WILL HAPPEN?• __________________________________

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