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9th Grade Quiz Study Guide

Your quiz will cover these literary terms:

1. symbol
2. theme
3. refrain
4. repetition

Your quiz will contain comprehension questions from these stories: 'The Knights of the Silver Shield', 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', 'The Dinner Party', and 'Quest for Courage.'

Lastly, you should be able to tell me the theme of each of these stories in detail.

9th Grade Homework

In the comments section of this post, I have put the comprehension questions for 'Quest for Courage.' You must copy these into your notebook by tomorrow.

9th Grade Weekend Homework

Write a summary of 'Quest for Courage' and answer the 'Think it Through' Questions for 'Quest for Courage' in your class notes section. We will be going over this on Monday.

10th Grade Presentation Assignment

In your group, find excerpts from 'The Garden Party' that illustrate the theme assigned to you. You must present these themes to your classmates in the form of a Powerpoint presentation. Each presentation should be 20 minutes long, so each person should speak for at least three minutes. After finding these excerpts, you must examine them and decide what Katherine Mansfield is saying to you about these themes. With these themes, what does 'The Garden Party' teach?

Group 1: The themes of childhood and adulthood, innocence and experience, and the roles of women and men in relation to childhood/adulthood and innocence/experience.

Mack
Jasmine
Ha Bin
Daniel T.
Sung
Michelle Lee

Min Young
Ha Rim
Tom
Enoch
Sandra
David D.

Group 2: The Theme of Conformity and Resistance

Mellody
Da Eun
Young In
Alex Chang
Faith
Jessica

David Park
Jessie
Samuel
Sam
Nan Young
Jun

Group 3: The Themes of Social Class and Class Conflict

Sarah
Joseph
Jamie
Li Dam
Daniel Lee
Angela

Roselin
Yu Jin
Iris
Peter
Dave L.
Ha Bin

Presentation Grading Rubric

Each individual from the group has the opportunity to earh up to five points in their individual presentation.

After that, the group as a whole can earn up to 25 points total for the presentation as a whole.

Groups must

1) Present and explain the theme in several areas of the story, and the way that they present this must be in a logical fashion. (i.e. Don't skip from page 14-21 and then back to page 17)

2) Provide page references and specific passages as evidence of the theme. Students must be able to give a concise summary of each passage.

3) Clearly explain how each passage relates to the theme.

4) Explain what Katherine Mansfield is trying to teach about the theme.

5) Be cohesive, organized, display a familiarity with the theme and the story. There shouldn't be silly typos in your presentation. BE PROFESSIONAL!


Due Date: 10A, you will be presenting on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday, you will have a quiz over the stories we have read so far.

10B, you will be presenting on Thursday and Friday. The Monday after that, you will have a quiz over the stories we have read so far.

9A Homework

Read 'Quest for Courage' in your textbook by tomorrow. This story starts on page 67.

9B Homework

Read 'The Dinner Party' on page 102 and do the comprehension questions for the story. Due tomorrow.