Social Emotional Learning
Poetry
Fiction
Writing
KING LEAR
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND
Random Classroom Ephemera
100

They are never right or wrong. You can't control them. They just are.

What are feelings?

100

A group of lines depicting the unit of a poem.

What is a stanza?

100
The title of the text that starts with "This morning Rino telephoned."

What is MY BRILLIANT FRIEND.

100
The number of minutes given for the FRQ section of the AP Exam.

What is 120 minutes?

100

The brother who schemed his way into more power.

Who is Edmund?

100

Lila's brother

Who is Rino?

100

The single word Mr. Kim uses when encountering any type of adversity.

What is "good?"

200

The first name of the 12th grade PSW (Psychiatric Social Worker).

Who is Taylor.

200

A term for a line that breaks without a pause.

What is enjambment?

200

Literary device that portrays what characters say out loud to each other.

What is dialogue?

200

Something a thesis needs to make sure you are writing an argument. There is a tendency of some students to write an observation in a thesis, like "this shows how the relationship is complex." 

What is problem or conflict?

200

The last person alive in Lear and Gloucester’s family at the end of the play.


Who is Edgar?

200

What happened at Lila's wedding that was such a betrayal to her (from Stefano).

What is inviting Marcello to the wedding and selling him the shoes Lila designed. 

200

The emotion at the heart of all violence.

What is shame.

300

The state of being that suspends judgment and allows for more honest reflection. It also allows for more complex character analysis instead saying "they're evil." This word is also in a children's book about a rascally monkey.

What is curiosity?

300

The persona used by the poem.

Who is the speaker?

300

The two components of character that can reveal the complexity of a character and also drive the plot.

What are desire and obstacle?

300

The two components of character that can reveal the complexity of a character and also drive the plot.

What is desire and obstacle?

300

The greatest fear that drives Lear’s cruelty.


What is the fear of rejection?

300

The items sold in the Solaris' shop.

What are pastries?

300

Mr. Kim will bake this on the day of the exam.

What are blueberry scones?

400

Whether it's dealing with strong-willed/controlling parents or insecurity in a romantic relationship: the strategy needed to protect your emotional well-being.

What are setting boundaries?

400

A device that uses the senses (sight/sound/smell) to depict an emotion.

What is an image?

400

The perspective used where the narrator is the main character.

What is first person point of view?

400
The line that connects all of the claims to the thesis so the essay logically develops the argument.

What is line of reasoning?

400

The character who says, “Thou, Nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound.”

Who is Edmund?

400

The character (not an adult) who slapped Lila when she was a child.

Who is Stefano?

400

When watching MARRIAGE PLOT, with Scarlet Johansson and Adam Driver, the violent physical gesture he did before bursting into tears.

What is punching the wall?

500

Kathy Quinonez's suggestion when feeling like you are not enough.

What is going for a walk or connecting with nature?

500

A measure of rhythm that mimics a heart beat "buh BUH" (unstressed, stressed).

What is an iamb?

500

The name of the younger brother in the short story "Sonny's Blues."

Who is Sonny, bruh.
500

The part of the writing rubric that scores the following: "Identifying and exploring complexities or tensions within the passage."


What is sophistication.

500

The only person who spoke truth to power (to Lear) who wasn't punished.

Who is The Fool?

500

The island that Lenu visited.

What is Ischia.

500

The single most difficult question students in this class ask that makes them feel imposter syndrome.

What is "Am I enough?"

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