In-Class Examples
What is the title of the text this passage is from?
He smiled understandingly - much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced – or seemed to face – the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
A Haiku is a Japanese style of poetry that consists of three lines in what syllable pattern?
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
Positive, negative, transformational, and flat.
Name this film:
Girl wins contest. Ends up murdering the president.
The Hunger Games
What is Mr. Lee's first name?
Philip
What is the title of the text this passage is from?
“Singer,” Tyrion said, turning to Marillion, “when you make a ballad of this, be certain you tell them how Lady Arryn denied the dwarf the right to a champion, and sent him forth lame and bruised and hobbling to face her finest knight.”
“You’re asking a lame man to teach a cripple how to dance,” Tyrion said. “However sincere the lesson, the result is likely to be grotesque.”
- GRR Martin
Game of Thrones
What is Mr. Lee's favorite style of poetry?
Free verse
What type of "tag" is exemplified here:
“Please, just let them go. Take me instead,” Graham moved between the officer and the door, tears in his eyes.
Action tag
Name this film:
Two grown men kidnap a child and run away from the government.
Monster's Inc
What schools has Mr. Lee taught at?
North Creek High School
What is the title of the text this passage is from?
Reacher saw the dark blue Chevrolet and instantly linked it through Vincent's testimony back at the motel to the two men he had seen from Dorothy Coe’s barn, while simultaneously critiquing the connection, in that Chevrolets were very common cars and dark blue was a very common color, while simultaneously recalling the two matched Iranians and the two matched Arabs he had seen, and asking himself whether the rendezvous of two separate pairs of strange men in winter in a Nebraska hotel could be just a coincidence, and if indeed it wasn’t whether it might then reasonably imply the presence of a third pair of men, which might or might not be the two tough guys from Dorothy’s farm, however inexplicable those six men’s association might be, however mysterious their purpose, while simultaneously watching the man in front of him dropping his car key, and moving his arm…
Lee Child
Worth Dying For
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write over his lifetime?
154 sonnets are credited to William Shakespeare.
What is the difference between De Jure and De Facto Power?
De Jure: How power is legally divided
De Facto: How power is factually/practically divided?
Name this film:
Everyone tries the ice bucket challenge
Titanic
How old was Mr. Lee when he graduated from high school?
18
Name the text these place names are from:
You don’t need an entire language to name a place in a fictional language. Consider making a lexicon of places instead:
Forest, River, Hill, Valley, Farm, Castle, Village, Mountain
Minas = Tower
Minas Tirith = Tower of the Guard
Annuminas = Western Tower
Lord of the Rings
What type of imagery does this poem serve as an example of?
Bob’s Lane - Edward Thomas
"Women he liked, did shovel-bearded Bob.
Old Farmer Hayward of the Heath, but he
Loved horses. He himself was like a cob.
And leather-coloured. Also he loved a tree."
Visual Imagery
Finish this phrase:
Religion is _______
Complicated
Name this film:
Eggs give you heartburn.
Alien
Which country was Mr. Lee born in?
USA
The Expanse
This style of poetry are funny (and sometimes rude!) poems which were made popular by Edward Lear in the 19th century. They have a set rhyme scheme of AABBA, with lines one, two and five all being longer in length than lines three and four. The last line is often the punchline. Their sound is very distinctive, it’s likely you’ve heard or read one before!
Limerick
What are Brandon Sanderson's Three Laws of Magic?
The First Law
An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic is DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL to how well the reader understands said magic.
The Second Law
Sanderson’s Second Law can be written very simply. It goes like this: Limitations > Powers.
The Third Law
The third law is as follows: Expand what you already have before you add something new.
Name this film:
Family decides to farm drugs in the middle of a desert. Fails.
Dune
In what city did Mr. Lee get married?
Everett, WA