Spartan Charge

JOURNAL #35
SOME PEOPLE FISH TO EAT WHAT THEY
CATCH; OTHERS FISH SIMPLY FOR THE
SPORT, RETURNING THE FISH TO THE
WATER AFTER THEYVE CAUGHT IT. MANY
ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARGUE THAT
SPORT FISHING IS CRUEL AND SHOULD BE
ABOLISHED. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS
ISSUE?

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Essential Question
Objectives
Agenda
Homework

Vocabulary Week #9 Quiz

You have 10 minutes to complete the quiz.
When you finish, flip the quiz upside down and leave

it on your desk.
You may write on the quiz.

Vocabulary Week #10

Alliteration: the repetition of initial sounds in

neighboring words
Allusion: a brief reference to a person, event, place,
or work of art
Euphemism: the substitution of a less offensive
expression in place of one that may suggest
something unpleasant
Flashback: action that interrupts to show an event
that happened at an earlier time
Hyperbole: an exaggeration or overstatement

Vocabulary Week #10

Imagery: language that evokes one or all of the five

senses (seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching)

Irony: an implied discrepancy between what is said
and what is meant
Oxymoron: putting two contradictory words together
Synecdoche: when one uses a part to represent the
whole
Understatement: the presentation of something as
being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually
is

Sample Tribute Speech

Read the sample tribute speech and answer the

questions.
You have 15 minutes.

Tribute Speech Assignment

You are going to write a tribute speech for someone

in your life (it must be someone you know and

interact with personally).
The speech must be at least 1 page.
You must include:

How you know the person (your relationship)

At least one specific story of how theyve impacted your life
At least three reasons (include details) you admire them

Tribute Speech Draft

Using your brainstorm, continue drafting your

speech.
You must have at least 1 full page. If you do not

finish in class today, you must finish for homework.

New Table of Contents

Update your table of contents using the model one

on the board.