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BUILDING ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Building Academic Vocabulary
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking
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Global Market
Creative-
Critical Thinkin
g
Communication
“Vocaoilary”
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Literary Terms or Figurative Language
Allusion
Alliteration
Allegory
AntithesisArchetype
Irony
Paradox
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Allusion/ a hint at another creative work
Religion• The Bible… I did eat of the tree of knowledge• The Gita …How we become entangled with our
desires
World Literature• Shakespeare …”To be ,or not to be: that is the
question” • Cervantes…”Amor y deseo son dos cosas
diferentes”Famous People• Presidents …”With malice toward none, with
charity for all”• Freud …”Civilization began the first time an
angry person cast a word instead of a rock”
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**Allusion activity : Writing and Critical Thinking
Justice is not just a balancing act, but one that involves humanity and a productive life
As King Solomon found out, justice is more than balancing facts and laws; it involves humanity and productive living
Justice is a balance between laws , order, and punishment
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Archetypes/universal heroes that people emulate( copy), or fear
Zorro, or the Fox, is an
archetype that defends the
helpless, punishes cruel politicians, and
aids the oppressed. In England, this would be …?
Yoda is the mentor
archetype, who is an advisor
and confidante to Luke
Skywalker.
La Llorona is the archetypical evil
woman condemned to eternally suffer and weep for violating her
role as wife and mother. In
Mexico, she is identified with
___________, who betrayed
Mexico to the Spaniards.
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Archetypes Activity: Writing & Critical Thinking
Do you have heroes ? Do heroes have “flaws”? Explain. List the character strengths of your hero or heroes (i. e. honesty,
courage, loyalty, leadership, empathy, humility, attitude, etc.) What goals do you have ? How will your goals affect your family, or
your neighborhood, or your city ? Do you have historical heroes, or cultural heroes? What journey will you take in life? There is only one journey: going inside yourself Rainer Maria Rilke A journey consists of three stages: 1)departure, 2) trials and victories,
and 3) return and reintegration with society Joseph Campbell Do you foresee any obstacles (trials) in your journey?
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Alliteration
Poetry
ProseMagazine
s/Ads/Comics
Lyrics
Alliteration/ the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words
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Applications“ Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent upon
battle”(Unknown)
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary” (Poe)“Fly o’ er waste fens and windy
fields”(Tennyson)
“Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer”(May)
“ Boom, boom, boom, gotta-get-get”(BEP)
“ I left my head and my heart on the dance floor”(LG)
“smoking on street corners and throwing stones at passing
cars”(JKR)“Oscar’s only ostrich oiled an orange owl today”( Dr.Seuss)
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**Alliteration Activity : Writing Lists & Sentences ( Critical Thinking)
Don’t Drink and Drive
Good as gold
Beto’s BakeryBlue Bubble
Ballroom
New York YankeesPittsburg Penguins
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Allegory Plot as meaningCharacters, actions, objects have other meanings
Allegory/ a story that has multiple meanings
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Famous Allegories
Three Little Pigs Three
different materials ?
Wolf ?
Hebrew Bible
Genesis Snake?Apple?
BeowulfGrendel?Grendel’s Mother?Dragon?
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**Allegory Activity : Writing & Critical Thinking --American Dream, Beauty, Perception, Money as Evil, Perception, Power cars
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Economics •Poverty •Wealthy or Rich People•Hero •VillainEmotions•Love•Hate
Antithesis/ the opposite or negative of an idea
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Summary Assessment: Reading and WritingDirections:
Indicate “A” for alliteration
Indicate “B” for allegory
Indicate “C” for archetype
Indicate “D” for allusion
Indicate “E” for antithesis
Indicate “F” for none of the above
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Quiz: Read, then write statement, and answer whether the example is an allusion, allegory, antithesis, alliteration, or archetype. 1. To be a high school graduate, or not to be a high school graduate that
is the problem at Georgetown High School. 2. Silly Sally sat on a soft sofa sipping sugared lemonade. 3. The snake represents sex.4. My uncle, my hero, always gives me good advice and always
cares about me .5. Buy at Beto’s Barber Shop because he is the best. 6. My aunt, like the Wicked Witch of the Southwest ,always
blames me when things go wrong in my life. 7. With malice toward none, with charity for all 8. Lovely Lupe , laughing at my jokes, is my second cousin. 9. He is gone to a happier place: God called his number. 10.I wear my hair like … I wear clothes like … I like to say the
exact words like …
11. Challenge (reto , desafio) :Of the five literary devices studied so far, pick any three and write examples which you know or have made.
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Paradox/ a statement that appears to contradict itself
Examples : I know that I know nothing
(Socrates)
Two people might not cooperate even if it is in their best interest to do so ( Prisoner's Dilemma)
Increasing food supply might actually lead to sickness and death ( Enrichment Paradox)
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Antithesis: Famous examples
Abe Lincoln • The world will little note, nor long remember…but it can never forget• These dead shall not have died in vain..have a new birth of freedom
Neil Armstrong •One small step for a man, •One giant leap for mankind
J F Kennedy • Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country• If a rich country cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich
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Paradox Activity: Read the following paradoxes and Write( explain) why they are paradoxes Liar ‘s Paradox: “All citizens of Georgetown are liars,” said
the Round Rock citizen ; and I ,from Round Rock, only tell truths. Is he lying , or telling the truth?
Patient/Doctor Paradox: Everything happens for a reason and if it is my destiny to get healthy, I will get healthy. Therefore, there is no reason to go to a doctor.
Bertrand Russell Paradox: All exact science is dominated by approximation. If a man says he knows the exact truth, then you are safe to reason that he is an inexact man.
Mark Twain Paradox: “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.”
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Irony/ meaning the opposite of what is stated (verbal), or an occurrence (situation) that is opposite of what was expected
“Beautiful weather we had this summer”…It was terribly hot and uncomfortable
Two marriage therapists are divorced from each other
“ I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (Mark Antony… by William Shakespeare)
The bullet that injured President Reagan ricocheted from a bullet proof window
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Irony: Reading activity. Decide if the example is situational irony, or expressed irony? Or, if it is irony at all?
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1. Quiz: Irony. Yes or No? What kind? (Bonus points) 1. President Bush sits at an elementary school for several minutes while the US is under attack by Al Qaeda. 2. A medieval warrior is checking his cell phone. 3. A good looking girl invites the quarterback of the football team for a date. 4. Your mom says that she will not let you go out passed ten when you know she does it all the time when she goes dancing at a club. 5. Congress is doing everything possible to create new jobs in 2011. 6. Musicians come up with a pledge of no use of drugs on the road while driving. 7. Overweight doctors and nurses warn you about not exercising. 8. Your dad warns you about not wearing your seatbelt, which he never uses. 9. More teachers should be laid off because they make too much money.