Dialect and Imagery

DIALECT
Dialect--Which American Dialect Do You Use?

Now Try and Match the Speaker to the Region of the US (bonus)


IMAGERY
Imagery Quizlet--you only need to know what IMAGERY is, don't worry about knowing each type :)

8th grade survey (last one!)

 click here please

Memorial Day

http://zinnedproject.org/materials/whom-will-we-honor-memorial-day/

* Howard Zinn's opinion piece on Memorial Day--famous for being anti-war and honoring of the dead by preventing future violence 

http://zinnedproject.org/materials/the-first-decoration-day/

* A people's history of Memorial Day--less traditional than most Memorial Day remembrance essays

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_memorial_1.html

* Quick site for background.  Good place to look first.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson119.shtml

* Memorial Day Internet Scavenger Hunt, plus other resources

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/meaning-memorial-day/40391

* Short background on Memorial Day

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Memorial-Day.shtml

*Includes several pieces of background from Veterans and Veterans Affairs

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/meaning-memorial-day/40391

* Short background on Memorial Day

http://www.clintonherald.com/opinion/x2117418864/Remembering-why-we-celebrate-Memorial-Day?zc_p=1#sthash.kpeOLpW7.dpuf

* History of why poppies are handed out for Memorial Day

http://www.chicagonow.com/interesting-chicago/2014/05/memorial-day-is-the-day-of-the-dead/

* Opinion piece on the meaning of Memorial Day and how it should be celebrated

http://life.time.com/history/faces-of-the-american-dead-in-vietnam-life-magazine-june-1969/?iid=lf#40

* Details on LIFE magazine's way of honoring the dead during the Vietnam War--seen as patriotic by some and the opposite by others.  Good primary source.

Macbeth Act I, Scene III

Macbeth has fought bravely in a war, and because he is such a good fighter and so loyal to the king he is being promoted from Thane of Glamis to Thane of Cawdor. The audience knows he's been promoted (in Act I, Scene II) but Macbeth doesn't know yet.

Read the scene and answer the quiz questions.

Text: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth_1_3.html

Quiz: http://www.enotes.com/quizzes/macbeth-act-1-scene-3-326

8th grade reflection on project

8th grade only: Please take this brief reflection survey today