PRESENTATIONS/CONNOTATION-DENOTATION

SENIORS: Presentations of your final project began today and will conclude tomorrow.  If you didn't present today, be ready to go tomorrow.  I'll start with volunteers; when I run out of volunteers, I'll call names.  If I call your name and you tell me that you are not ready, you will lose one letter grade on the final; however, you will still have to present.

SOPHOMORES: We reviewed the difference between connotation and denotation. Read over the information on this link; then, in your notebook, under the title Connotation v Denotation, do the following:
1. Choose ONE of these sentences:
     Grandpa is thrifty.
     He has good self-esteem.
     She's very strong-willed.
     He's an eager leader.
     She was tall and slender.
2. Focus on the word written in italics.
3. Write TWO short paragraphs, each beginning with the sentence you chose.
     The first paragraph will give off the feeling that the word in italics is positive; 
      the second paragraph will give off the feeling the word is negative.

For example: Grandpa is thrifty. First paragraph demonstrates how Grandpa's thriftiness is a good thing; the second paragraph demonstrates how Grandpa's thriftiness is a bad thing.