Mr. Roy Literature
NOW WITH MUSIC ON SELECTED PAGES!
2016/2017
Welcome to 9th Grade!
The author gives you a detailed description (CALLED IMAGERY) so you can imagine the scene. Visualization is being able to: ‘see’, ‘smell’, ‘feel’ , ‘taste’ and ‘hear’ the environment that is being described. When you read you become your own film director. You create your own movie in your head.
Use words to help you see, feel, taste and hear......
Do you remeber the movie 'The Gladiator'?....Russell Crowe makes a speech to inspire his men before a battle.....Great speeches can give people the energy and the courage to say, 'YES WE CAN!'
Time/place
When you read....make your own film in your head:)
Problems....arguments....battles..... All part of the plot:)
With words you can taste:)
.....EVER:)
TERM ONE OVERVIEW
TERM TWO
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YEAR OVERVIEW
Making listeners feel a certain way about an idea or a product, convincing them to agree with an opinion, or encouraging an action or a response is the goal of persuasive speaking.
UTOPIA : an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect DYSTOPIA: :1. :an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives. 2. : anti-utopia
COMING OF AGE: the time when a person becomes an adult
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Occupation: Playwright, actor and poet Born: April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Died: April 23, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England Best known for: Writing plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth