Monday 4/17 No school
Tuesday 4/18 1. Caricature- an exaggerated flat or static character. Certain features or mannerisms are exaggerated for satirical effect. (Ex. Napoleon in Animal Farm) 2. Dynamic characters- change and grow throughout the story 3. Static characters- remain the same throughout the story 4. Hyperbole- exaggeration for emphasis; overstatement (Ex. I ve told you a million times to do your homework!)
Wedneday 4/19 5. Parallelism- the repetition of similarly constructed phrases, clauses, or sentences within a short section (Ex. 1 Corinth. 13:11) 6. Irony- A perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, in which the significance and understanding of a statement or event is changed by its context (Ex. The firehouse burned down) 7. Dramatic Irony- The audience or reader knows more about a character s situation than the character does and knows that the character s understanding is incorrect
Thursday 4/20 8. Structural Irony- The use of a naïve hero, whose incorrect perceptions differ from the reader s correct ones (Ex. Huck Finn) 9. Verbal Irony- a discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm (Ex. A large man whose nickname is Tiny ) 10. Narrator- the one who tells the story (not to be confused with the author, who writes the story)
Friday 4/21
Monday 4/24 Endued Capitulated Jack-boots Substratum Cutlass Adjuration Cessation Eddying apprehend Expeditiously Equipped with Gave up resistance Vocabulary Chp 2 Heavy, sturdy military-type boots that extend above the knees Underlying layer Short, curving sword Earnest urging, desperate urging or counseling Halt, the stopping of something Moving in a circular current Anticipate with fear or anxiety, Take into custody, to grasp the meaning of, understand In a speedy manner
Tuesday 4/25 Referable Inexorable Fain Accost Drawer Packet Piscatory Pier-glass Acquit Pecuniary Supplicatory Gradations Vocabulary Chp 3 Related to, and explained by cause of Relentless Obliged Approach and speak to Vocabulary Chp 4 Person who removes liquor from its container, pourer Passenger boat Relating to fish Large, high interior Perform a duty and release from obligation Pertaining to money Beseeching, expressing earnest entreaty Advancing by regular intervals
Wednesday 4/26 Billets Modicum offal Atomies Farthing Porringer Gloweringly Kennel Implacable Feigned Triumvirate Garret Vocabulary Chp. 5 Chunky pieces of wood Small amount Waste (it s not the word awful) Tiny particles Small value of money Shallow cup or bowl A sullen, angry expression Gutter in the street Unchanging Pretended Group of three Attic Provender Postilion In secret Chp. 6 Food Person who rides a coach and guides the rear horse of a pair solitary confinement
Thursday 4/27 Allusions References/ Allusions Definitions Chp Continental Congress In America, in 1775, The Continental Congress sent a list of 1 grievances to the British government Westminster Hall Trials for treason were conducted in this hall, and notorious as a 1 resort of criminals Newgate infamous prison in London 1 St. Giles s a section in London inhabited by the lower classes and notorious as 1 a resort of criminals Dover Road The main road from London to Dover, a part of the direct route to 2 Paris by way of Dover and Calais on the English Channel Temple Bar An old gateway in London where formerly, as a public warning, the 3 heads of executed traitors were displayed Resurrection rebirth of the spirit or body 3 Blank forms Letres de cachet Which were blank forms of arrest given by the 4 French king to their favorites, and bearing the royal signature. These could be filled in with the name of any victim whatsoever Grenadier wooden measure Her bonnet looks like a tall, cylindrical measuring cup. 4
Friday 4/28 Allusions Cont d Saint Antoine Jacques A section of Paris near the famous prison of the Bastille. At the time of the Revolution, this was one of the poorest sections and most dangerous sections This name was the password of a mysterious section of society which some authorities believe to have organized the Revolution 105 N Tower The prison cell in solitary confinement where Dr. Manette has been imprisoned for 18 years Bastille Reign of Terror Law of the Suspected Infamous prison in Paris Beginning in 1793, this is the period when Marie Antoinette, thousands of other aristocrats, and suspected anti-revolutionaries are executed This law permitted the revolutionaries a wide range of excuses for ordering executions
Monday 5/1 Symbols/ Images Tumbrils Guillotine Letres de Cachet Wine Knitting Explanation Rough carts which were used by the revolutionists to carry the condemned prisoners through the streets to the guillotine The machine for beheading people which was used in the French Revolution, named after Dr. Guillotin These are referred to in the novel as blank forms of consignment warrants for imprisonment used by nobles to sentence their enemies to prison A symbol used for blood spilled in the revolution. Both are red, The revolution has an intoxicating power As she knits the names of her enemies, Madame Defarge is effectively condemning people to a deadly fate.
Symbols and Motifs Continued Golden Thread In classical mythology, three sister gods called the Fates controlled the threads of human lives. Lucie weaves her "golden thread" through people's lives, she binds them into a better destiny: a tightly-knit community of family and close friends. The light of Freedom Shoes Dr. Manette makes shoes in his madness. Notably, he always makes shoes in response to traumatic memories of tyranny, as when he learns Charles's real name is Evrémonde. For this reason, shoes come to symbolize the inescapable past. Footsteps Carmagnole At her London home, Lucie hears the echoes of all the footsteps coming into their lives. These footsteps symbolize fate. This is a dance done to a revolutionary song and used to work the mob into a frenzy before the executions. The crazy dance represents the craziness of the revolutionists
Tuesday 5/2 Theme/ Topic Secrecy and Surveillance Tyranny and Revolution Fate and History Sacrifice Resurrection / Rebirth Imprisonment Everybody in A Tale of Two Cities seems to have secrets: Dr. Manette s time in the Bastille, Mr. Lorry s code word, Sydney Carton s past, Darnay s name, Defarge s register, Jerry Cruncher s honest trade, the spies Cly and Barsad. Dickens shows how the tyranny of the French aristocracy high taxes, unjust laws, and a complete disregard for the well-being of the poor fed a rage among the commoners that eventually erupted in revolution. Madame Defarge with her knitting and Lucie Manette weaving her "golden thread" both resemble the Fates, goddesses from Greek mythology who literally controlled the "threads" of human lives. As the presence of these two Fate figures suggests, A Tale of Two Cities is deeply concerned with human destiny. Dr. Manette: his freedom, Charles: his family wealth and heritage, French people: to sacrifice their own lives. Carton: you ll see In each case, Dickens suggests that, while painful in the short term, sacrifice leads to future strength and happiness. Closely connected to the theme of sacrifice is the promise of resurrection. Christianity teaches that Christ was resurrected into eternal life for making the ultimate sacrifice (his death) for mankind. Carton and Manette both symbolize a resurrection and Jerry cruncher is a Resurrection Man The Bastille symbolizes the nobility's abuse of power: Dr. Manette. Charles is imprisoned unjustly in La Force prison. Through this parallel, Dickens suggests that the French revolutionaries come to abuse their power just as much as the nobility did.
Wednesday 5/3 open for testing
Thursday 5/4 open for testing
Friday 5/5 Character Description Chp. Jarvis Lorry family friend of Manettes, banker at Tellson s Jerry Cruncher Lucie Manette Miss Pross Dr. Alexandre Manette Madame Therese Defarge Monsieur Ernest Defarge Gaspard Jacques Odd-jobs man at Tellson s, delivers Lorry s letter, A Resurrection Man, mean to his wife for flopping The daughter of Dr. Manette. Qualities of innocence, devotion, love. Resurrects, or recalls her father back to life, after his long imprisonment. Lucie s maid and mother-like figure who is very bossy and strong-willed French Dr. imprisoned in Bastille for 18 years. He loses his mind, Lucie restores him. Makes shoes every time the PTSD kicks in Knits the names of their enemies into a register. She is the opposing absolute evil to Lucie s absolute goodness The former servant of Dr. Manette, Defarge uses his Paris wine shop as a place to organize French revolutionaries. Writes blood on wall during wine spill, Marquis kills son with a carriage The code name of the Revolutionaries
Monday 5/8 11. Paradox- At the most basic level, a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. 12. Personification- a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. 13. Symbol- a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process 14. Allegory- a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Parable, analogy, metaphor, symbol, emblem, a symbol.
Tuesday 5/9 15. Understatement- A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant. Restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect. 16. Theme- the central topic a text treats: a work's thematic statement is what the work says about the subject. 17. Synechdoche- a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs 18. Metonymy- the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. 19. Euphemism- a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Wednesday 5/10 20. Syllogism- an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion (e.g., all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs ). 21. Aphorism- a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. These definitions will be used in a test next week. If you have any blanks on these definitions,1-21, fill them in before school or after school this week! Do not forget. Set a reminder on your phone. The test next week will be open book but it will not be open neighbor.
Thursday 5/11 Character Description Chp. Young Jerry Cruncher Mrs. Cruncher Charles Darnay Mr. Stryver Sydney Carton Young Jerry is just a boy, but he becomes curious about what work his father goes off to do at night-time. He follows his father one night, then has nightmares about what he sees The wife of Jerry Cruncher (and mother of Young Jerry), Mrs. Cruncher's regular praying constantly upsets Cruncher, who feels that it interferes with his work. Heroic sense of justice and obligation, endangers himself in coming to Gabelle's aid. However, Charles is also deluded in thinking he can change the Revolution for the better. Charles s lawyer in the British trial, asks Lucie for her hand, but is so pompous that he is a caricature for obstinacy and foolishness. In his youth, Sydney Carton wasted his great potential and mysteriously lost a woman he loved. Now he's a drunk and a lawyer who takes no credit for his work.
Friday 5/12 Marquis St. Evermonde Roger Cly John Barsad Solomon Pross Gabelle Road Mender Foulon The Vengeance A seamstress Charles s uncle, sent Barsad and Cly to testify against CD in Chp 3, Book 1. He also (to be filled in after reading chp 10, book 3)_ A spy who testified against Darnay in Chp. 3 of Book the Second. Reappears in Chp of Book A spy who testified against Darnay in Chp. 3 of Book the Second. Reappears in Chp of Book Miss Pross s brother. His secret is that he is also Servant of Marquis St. Evermonde, imprisoned by revolutionaries after death of Marquis The man the marquis asks why he stared at the carriage, comes back in Chp., Book to become a Revolutionaries seek vengeance on him for claiming starving people should eat grass. Madame Defarge s partner in crime, the personification of the retribution Carton holds her hand at the end of the novel. She recognizes the difference between Carton and Darnay http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/eytinge/90.html 3.1 2.8-9 10.3 3.1 3.1
Monday 5/15 You will be given a passage that you will put next to your bellwork chart and read through. You will use this passage this week for bellwork questions 1-7. When you answer the question, you will put your answer choice on your ballwork chart. See how week 5 is numbered 1-7? Write your letter next to the corresponding number. You may use your bellwork chart definitons, you may not use your neighbor. 1. The phrase exalted to that height of so many feet (lines 4-5) is an example of --- a) Hyperbole b) Understatement c) Euphemism d) Metaphor e) Allusion 2. In Line 26, it most likely refers to a) The marriage of Lucie and Charles Darnay b) Mr. Barsad s return c) Darnay s becoming Marquis d) The revolution e) The death of the present Marquis
Tuesday 5/16 3. Lines 33-38 imply that Madame Defarge--- a) Has written a list of her enemies b) Has been knitting the names of her enemies c) Will come to be an official of the court d) Knows that she is being unfair to Darnay e) Is keeping secrets from even her husband 4. The phrase for their merits (line 37) could most accurately be restated as ------- a) Because of their accomplishments b) To receive their awards c) In order to prove themselves d) For all they have been given e) Because they deserve to be
Wednesday 5/17 5. Saint Antoine (lines 40-41, 42 and 45) is an example of a) Metonymy b) Allegory c) Symbol d) Synechdoche e) Metaphor 6. Monsieur Defarge s praise for his wife (lines 57-58) is prompted by his observation of her skill at a) Playing the gracious hostess b) Comforting the women c) Encouraging the women d) Inciting the women e) Getting the women to knit
Thursday 5/18 7. The ominous tone of the final paragraph is developed partially through the repetition of I. closing in II. darkness III. knitting, knitting a) II only b) III only c) I and III only d) II and III only e) I, II and III
Friday 5/19 No School
Monday 5/22 No Bell work
Tuesday 5/23 No bell work
Wednesday 5/24 No bell work
Thursday 5/25 No bell work
Friday 5/26 No bell work/half day