Wednesday, February 24

Warm-up:  
Many schools have rules against student cell phone usage in class; some schools even forbid students to bring cell phones to school. State whether or not you agree with cell phone restrictions in school and provide three reasons to support your belief.

Today:

Review strategies and components for open-ended questions

Review literary devices and elements

"The Story of an Hour"

Homework:

Find examples of the following in "The Story of an Hour": imagery, metaphor, characterization, paradox, oxymoron, personification, alliteration, foreshadowing, simile, repetition, point of view, symbolism, onomatopoeia, irony

Answer two open-ended questions about the short story. 

Write responses for these two questions based on “The Story of an Hour.” You will be graded according to the PSSA Open-Response Rubric.

Plan your answer before you write! Remember to answer each part of the question. Use TAG and Say It, Support It, Explain It to help guide you.

1. The ending of the story is unexpected by many readers, but there are hints of what may happen throughout it. Explain the irony at the end of the story and then find two examples of foreshadowing that give clues as to how the story will end.
2. How does the author use figurative language to describe the main character’s emotion? Provide three examples of figurative language and explain how they support the main character’s feelings.