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English / Block B Ms. Healey

Nothing but the Truth – Exam Format

Section	Topics	Notes	Questions I Still Have
Character Matching	Jake Barlow Anita Wigham Phillip Malloy Ben Malloy Miss Narwin Dr. Palleni Mr. Lunser Sarah Gloss Miss Rooney Ted Griffen Jack London Dr. Seymour Dr. Doane Jennifer Stewart Coach Jamison	- Radio talkshow host - Miss N’s sister; receives letters from sister about school; lives in Florida - Main char; accused of causing a disturbance in class; freshman in high school; wants to be on the track team; stretches the truth - P’s dad who does not practice what he preaches; does not stand up for himself at work but encourages P to do so at school - P’s homeroom and English teacher; dedicated and demanding; old-fashioned teacher - Assistant principal at Harrison High; suspends Philip - P’s old homeroom teacher; sarcastic; threatens to make P sing nat anth. - tells P that Alison likes him ;) - teacher at P’s new school, Washington Academy; invites P to sing along - neighbor; running for the School Board; uses the P situation to his advantage in his campaign - wrote The Call of the Wild - superintendent of schools; blindsided by the P issue; just wanted to pass the budget - Principal of Harrison High; likes Miss N and thinks she is the best teacher (also her former student) - The Manchester Record reporter; embellishes the story and confuses those whom she interviews - track coach; encourages P to approach Miss N to make amends and do extra credit; holds P accountable for his actions
Section	Topics	Notes	Questions I Still Have
True / False	Statements related to main events in the story… (Suggestion: create list of main events)	1. Philip wants to join the track team as a freshman 2. P hums National Anth and MN tells him to stop. 3. P gets a bad grade on his exam and cannot do track. 4. P hums a 2^nd time – gets sent to Dr.P’s office 5. P hums again and is sent to the office – gets suspended. 6. P begins to exaggerate his story – to his parents, friends, and others – that Miss N is out to get him. 7. P speaks to a reporter at Ted G’s house, and she makes the story even more twisted. 8. The radio station picks up the story and makes it even more public 9. Miss N gets bashed by the public across the nation, and she is asked to resign. 10. P goes to a new school – and he doesn’t know the words!
Multiple Choice Related to Poe	Questions related to Poe’s life, “Annabel Lee,” “The Raven,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Pit and the Pendulum” (Suggestion: Write main facts about Poe and a brief description of the stories)	Poe’s Life: - the women he loved died of tuberculosis - married 13 yr old cousin, Virginia - died from rabies - gothic writer = dark, sad, depressing, violent “Annabel Lee” - live in a kingdom by the sea - AL and speaker cannot be separated even in death - AL dies from a cold wind sent by the angels - Angels killed her bc they were jealous of their love and happiness “The Tell-Tale Heart” - a madman (although he says he’s not) kills and old man - hates his eye and wants it gone - confesses to cops after going insane - hears heartbeat thinks it is the old man’s BUT it is his own racing heart OR guilt “The Pit and the Pendulum” - in a torture dungeon bc he was accused of being a heretic (against the church) - faces physical and psychological torture with the scythe, the rats, the pit, the burning walls - French saved him
Section	Topics	Notes	Questions I Still Have
Short Answer 1	Relates to distortion of the truth throughout the novel… (Suggestion: Create a timeline of how the truth becomes distorted)	- P hums the National Anthem in class - Lies: tells Dr.P that MN is after him! - Lies: tells parents that MN is after him and he just wants to be patriotic - Lies: tells reporter that he was singing bc he is patriotic but teacher won’t let him be - Lies: radio station exaggerates the story and portrays MN as evil anti-patriot - Lies: becomes nation-wide issue of an evil teacher vs. a helpless patriot - P gets concerned that lie is out of hand - others turn on him - meanwhile, MN still is under attack from strangers
Short Answer 2	Analyzing a political cartoon and relating the message to the novel… (Suggestion: make a list of ways to analyze a political cartoon)	- important words (understand multiple meanings) - understand symbols - what is being exaggerated? - what is the message? - characters’ expressions and what they reveal - examine the setting or background - what is it trying to teach you or convince you to think?