Journal-

How are you?  Is everything well?


Lolita Scavenger Hunt: 

Find 3 allusions on 3 different pages, at least 20 pages apart.

Find 3 metaphors on....

Find 3 similes on....

Find one example of "fake academic jargon."

Find on example of psychobabble.

Find four jokes, or things that are funny and explain why they are funny.

Find an example of the teen-aged girl talk that Nabokov sat at the park and listened to.

Find an example of beautiful description, not from the first 20 pages.



The Winners earn a hug.


Grading and meetings.

What the?

1.  Journal-

Books mean things, right?  What does Lolita mean, then?  What could it possibly be?  What's its purpose?


2.  Discussion.

3.  Reporting what we've learned about the book or VN.

4.  Going over vocab.

5.  Evals.

1. heterogeneous
   consisting of elements not of the same kind or nature
2. hoary
   having gray or white hair as with age
3. homogeneous
   all of the same or similar kind or nature
4. husband
   a male partner in a marriage
5. hyperbole
   extravagant exaggeration
6. iconoclast
   someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
7. idiosyncrasy
   a behavioral attribute peculiar to an individual
8. ignoble
   completely lacking nobility in character or purpose
9. imbue
   spread or diffuse through
10. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
11. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
12. imperturbable
    marked by extreme calm and composure
13. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
14. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
15. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
16. implacable
    incapable of being placated
17. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
18. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
19. incarnadine
    redden or make flesh-colored
20. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
21. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

Lo-lo's chicken and waffles.

1.  Journal-  So, how's the book?  Did you do your reading?  Do you want to continue?  Why?


2.  Quiz-

HH married before he met Lo.  To whom?

Why did they divorce?

HH married again. To Whom?  Why?  What shall befall her in the future?

Name one allusion you noticed in this group of pages.


3.  Reading-  All or small groups?

4.  HW-  Become an expert on Lolita.  Use the web and library sources.  Return with critical opinions, summarized, Nabokov facts, etc.  Anything.  Report back on Tuesday.  Also, reading.  Lots of reading.  To Part Two.

Worried about time.

1.  Vocab test

2.  Reading Lolita?    Or, researching Lolita and Drafting time?  (plan to finish)

3.  Meetings for essays.

vocab

1. Fortuitous
2. Fractious
3. Frenetic
4. Frugality 
5. Furtive
6. Gambol
7. Garner
8. Garrulous
9. Gestation
10. Glib
11. Glower
12. Gradation
13. Gregarious
14. Grievous
15. Grovel
16. Guile
17. Gullible 
18. Hapless
19. Hegemony 
20. Hermetic

Blah

1.  Vocab

2.  Novels

3.  C- Lab drafting time.

4,  Grading meetings.

1. euphemism
   an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
2. euphony
   any pleasing and harmonious sounds
3. exacerbate
   make worse
4. exculpate
   pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
5. exigent
   demanding attention
6. exonerate
   pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
7. explicit
   precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
8. exponent
   a notation of how many times to multiply a number by itself
9. expurgate
   edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
10. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
11. fanatical
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
12. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
13. fawn
    a young deer
14. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
15. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
16. fetid
    offensively malodorous
17. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
18. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
19. foment
    try to stir up
20. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
21. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Yep

1.  Journal-  What's makes a short story a good short story?  Use one we've read to compare.

2.  Vocab words?

3.  Quiz- 

4.  It's like game and poetry portfolio submission.

5.  Time to plan essays... gathering quotes and the way I'd plan mine.

6.  HW-  Short Story essay draft due Tuesday.

7.  Earning stars on previous essays.

Assigning the next essay-

Vocab test?

Journal-  Which was your favorite story?  Why so?

Story quiz-  Choose one story, summarize it briefly, and tell what the theme is and why.  A quick paragraph.

Story Discussion

Groups and planning the story essay.

Poem essays and P/S essays due.

HW-  Reading-  http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/rockwinr.html
                           http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/wf_rose.html

HW-  Poetry portfolio due Thursday