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Download Final Study Guide 91A 2011
FORMAT OF FINAL EXAM
Approximately 125 Scantron questions
6-8 general knowledge essay questions
Final Exam review session-TBA
Admission Ticket-Definitions of Literary Terms, Definitions of Composition Terms, and Two facts about each reading selection
STUDY Tools and Resources:
Download 9TH FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Vocabulary words that will be on the final and pages numbers in the book: Download Vocab review for 92B
A study guide will be provided in class - here is another copy: Download FinalExamReview91B2012
The following schedule is tentative and subject to change:
In Class Essay Due at the END OF CLASS, MONDAY, MAY 7: Download Rubric for Tone-POV Essay-Honors
PRACTICE FOR EOCT 9th LIT/COMP: EOCT PRACTICE LINK. Go to page 71 - answer on paper-check your answers using the answer key at the end of this section.
THE ODYSSEY - TEST ON PART II - FRIDAY, MAY 11th. We will review Thursday, May 10th. Here is a list of places Odysseus visits: Download Captain's Log - student copy . Remember: Captain's Log is due the day of the test (Friday). How to study? Review the lit terms and the adventures of Odysseus (Captain's Log). Download Lit Terms Honors 2012
FINAL VOCAB QUIZ will be Tuesday, May 15th.
YOUR PREZI/POWERPOINT Presentation is due Monday, April 30th! We will finish presenting Wednesday, May 9th. We will begin with presentations on a volunteer-first basis.
Download The_Odyssey_Project. Sample of a Preszi presentation (NOT an odyssey, but an excellent Prezi). You can do cool things with Power Point also - example of illuminated text.
Monday (16): Keeper of the Wind- summary; NPR story on modern day (super) heroes: Phoenix Jones; class discussion; define lit terms (due Wednesday) Download Lit Terms Honors 2012
HW: picture of yourself - email or if you can't open email at school - save to a flash drive. Do NOT copy into a word document - it must be in jpeg or gif format!
Tuesday (17): Review of plot through Circe; Download 20 Study guide questions 2012; check Captain's Log (should have 5 entries by the end of class today)
Wednesday (18): Review lit terms; complete opinionnaire; begin writing assignment Download Opinionnaire, Download Writing assignment 1 friends;
Thursday (19): Download Tagxedo project 2012 (Word), Download Tagxedo project 2012 (PDF) Download Handout to accompany Tagxedo (Word); Download Handout to accompany Tagxedo
Friday (20): Oral quiz - from the 14-20 index cards you have prepared, I will ask you to explain 4- 5 terms. Be prepared to explain the term, its definition, and an exmaple, as well as why it is important in the story.
Monday (23): Begin comparative myth project using Prezi - media center presentation. Come in with Hero's Journey graphic organizer completed up through the First Threshold. This project is due Monday, April 30th. See example powerpoint and Prezi... Download Project example - Copy.
Project is due next Monday. Be prepared to present your project to the class.
HW: Introduction to Vocabulary Unit 14- complete pages 160-161 on synonyms and antonyms and sentences; Quiz will be Friday, April 27th. You should have entries up through and including The Sirens.
Tuesday (24): Mentor Sentences #1-2 Download Week-3-4-mentor-sentences1; Oral quiz continued; Review of The Sirens... moving on to Scylla and Charybdis (video clip).
Wednesday (25): WEB. Media center oppotunity to continue working on Prezi presentations. ALSO you must submit your Romeo and Julie essay to Blackboard. Over half of you still have to submit your essays!!!
Thursday (26): Review vocab assignment; class discussion - useful for detail summary for Captain's Log; also to be discussed -the motivation of "home" for Odysseus
Friday (27): Vocabulary Unit 14 Quiz online; media center opportunity to work on Prezi presentation
Monday (30): Prezi/Powerpoint/iMovie/MovieMaker must be completed by start of class; review of literary analysis -purpose and terms. Begin brainstorming for in class writing assignment. We will type on Wed. or Thursday. (hopefully both days...) Download Powerpoint review lit analysis .2012 This is a massive powerpoint that I altered, but credit to authorstream (http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest31321-271498-2009-LITERARY-ANALYSIS-a-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/). For this assignment, pay particular attention to slides 21-29.
Tuesday (5/1): In class essay (brainstorm and draft). This essay will also provide a review of literary analysis - purpose as well as terms and application.
Wednesday (2): Yearbook distribution; in class essay
Thursday (3): Typing in class essay
Friday (4): Presentations; any questions on content of test next week...
Monday (7): In class essay
End of Course Tests - May 8,9,14,15, 2012
Tuesday (8): Presentations/introduce vocab. unit 15
Wednesday (9): Review for test
Thursday (10): Review The Odyssey and vocab unit 15
Friday (11): Final Test - The Odyssey (lit terms and story content)
Finals 9th-11th grade: May 21 (zero hr.), May 22 (periods 3,4,5), May 23 (periods 1,2), May 24 (periods 6,7)
An example of a casual tone is:
The way I look at it, someone needs to start doing something about disease. What’s the big deal? People are dying. But the average person doesn’t think twice about it until it affects them. Or someone they know.
A formal tone is shown in this example:
There was a delay in the start of the project, attributable to circumstances beyond the control of all relevant parties. Progress came to a standstill, and no one was prepared to undertake the assessment of the problem and determination of the solution.
The following schedule is tentative and subject to change:
In class essay, due at the end of class, Monday, May 7: Download Rubric for Tone-POV Essay-College Prep
PRACTICE EOCT: CLICK HERE. This is our online workbook. There are practice questions that will give you an idea what the EOCT is like... Page 71 - the practice test questions begin; at the end of the test questions, there is an answer key so you can double check your answers against the correct answers.
TEST on The Odyssey, Part II, will be on Friday, May 11. We will review Thursday, in between finishing your hero's journey presentations. Captain's Log will be due on Friday also - Download Captain's Log - student copy. How to study? Review your Captain's Log, which should summarize each adventure of Odysseus and review the lit terms. Download Lit Terms College Prep 2012.
*Your Prezi presentation is due Monday, April 30th! We will present a couple each day on a volunteer-first basis. We will be finished presenting after EOCTs.
Download The_Odyssey_Project. Here is an excellent sample of a Prezi - not of the Odyssey project - but an excellent example of what you can do with Prezi...
* WIT letter assignment or alternate assignment is due Wednesday, April 25. NO EXCEPTIONS.
This week, we will read about Odysseus and his encounters with The Keeper of the Wind and Circe and his trip to The Land of the Dead.
Monday (16): Circe- summary; NPR story on modern day (super) heroes: Phoenix Jones; class discussion; define lit terms (due Wednesday) Download Lit Terms Honors 2012
HW: picture of yourself - email or if you can't open email at school - save to a flash drive. Do NOT copy into a word document - it must be in jpeg or gif format!
Tuesday (17): Review of plot through Land of the Dead; Download 20 Study guide questions 2012;
Wednesday (18): Review lit terms; complete opinionnaire; begin writing assignment Download Opinionnaire, Download Writing assignment 1 friends
Thursday (19): Read myth about god, goddess, or hero (your choice). Then, complete the Tagxedo project: Download Tagxedo project 2012 (WORD); Download Tagxedo project 2012 (PDF)
Due by end of class today.
REMEMBER: QUIZ TOMORROW - KNOW LIT TERMS (H/O) and basic plot (Captain's Log and "20 Questions" h/o)
Friday (20): Quiz on literary terms and plot (see "20 Questions" handout)
Monday (23): Begin comparative myth project using Prezi - media center presentation. You should have completed the first half of the Hero's Journey graphic organizer (up to The First Threshold). That means you have read over half of your parallel reading (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian OR American Born Chinese).
This assignment will be due on Monday, April 30th. Download The_Odyssey_Project
See example powerpoint and Prezi... Download Project example - Copy.
Be prepared to present your project to the class.
HW: Introduction to Vocabulary Unit 14- complete page on synonyms and antonyms and sentences; Quiz will be Friday, April 27th. I will check Captain's Logs on Tuesday - you should have entries up through and including The Sirens.
Tuesday (24): #1-2 Mentor sentences: Download Week-3-4-mentor-sentences1; Captains' Logs checked for completion. Review of The Sirens... moving on to Scylla and Charybdis (video clip).
Wednesday (25): WEB. Media center oppotunity to continue working on Prezi presentations. ALSO you must submit your essay to Blackboard. Over half of you still have to submit your essays!!!
Thursday (26): Review vocab assignment; The Hero's Journey
Friday (27): Vocabulary Unit 14 Quiz
Monday (30): Prezi presentations to be uploaded to a common file; brainstorm/presentation and review of literary analysis - purpose, terms, and application. Download Powerpoint review lit analysis 2012. Pay particular attention to slides 21-29.
Tuesday (5/1): in class writing
Wednesday (2): Yearbooks distributed; in class writing
Thursday (3): typing essay and submitting to Blackboard
Friday (4): Presentations
Monday (7): In class essay Download Wr Prompt AP-Sirens and The Odyssey 2000; Unit 15 vocab will be included on The Odyssey Test (definitions/synonyms only)
End of Course Tests - May 8,9,14,15, 2012
Tuesday (8): Presentations after EOCT
Wednesday (9): Review and Presentations after EOCT
Thursday (10): Review for Final Test - The Odyssey (lit terms and story content); review vocab words.
Friday (11): Final Test - The Odyssey (lit terms and story content - as per your Captain's Log - which you will turn in today as well); will include some vocabulary words from Unit 15
Finals 9th-11th grade - May 21 (zero hr.), May 22 (periods 3,4,5), May 23 (periods 1,2), May 24 (periods 6,7)
RESOURCES:
Download Harry Potter ppt monomyth
Download What Myths Can Do For You!
Download Monomyth organizer 2012 (for parallel reads)
Monday (9)-Friday (13): background information on The Big Twelve (Greek gods and goddesses) - handout provided in class; notes on myth, archetypes, and the monomyth of the hero's journey (powerpoint - Download What Myths Can Do For You!)
Resources:
Download Homers Odyssey (15 sec summary)
FINAL UPDATE!
Download Shakespeare Literary Terms 2012
Download PPT Review for RJ Unit Test
(March 26, 2012)
Performance Project - due Monday 3/26.
Essay- due date was Friday, March 23.
County Benchmark test will be given Tuesday, March 27.
Review for unit test (Romeo and Juliet) on Wednesday, March 28.
Unit test will be given on Thursday, March 29. (61 questions, m/c and respond to passage)
UPDATE as of MARCH 16:
1. Draft essay in class March 16
2. .Type draft 3/19 +peer revision sign off
3. March 21-22-media center - how to paraphrase, find literary criticisms; incorporate into paper
4. Project performance work day-script- Thursday, March 22
5. Project rehearsal - Friday, March 23
6. Unit review-Project performance- Monday, March 26
7. Benchmark Test - March 27
8. Wednesday, March 28 - review
9. Thursday, March 29 - Unit Test on Romeo and Juliet
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Click here for the full online text version of Romeo and Juliet.
Click here for the audio version: Download Act 1-Romeo and Juliet
Click here for assistance in annotating text. This resource lists the original text side-by-side with a translation.
SUMMARY OF ACT II Download R & J scene summaries and analyses
Overview of the week:
Vocabulary Unit12 (in book, pages 134-136). We will check assignments on Thursday.
Vocabulary Quiz on Friday
Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene 2 for homework Tuesday night
Romeo and Juliet Act I Scenes 1 & 2. Annotate for homework on Wednesday. Handout provided in class. Due Thursday.
Act 1 Scene 3 in class - make sure you read up to and including Act I Scene 3 by FRIDAY.
WEEKEND HOMEWORK: Read Act I, Scene 4. We will discuss on Monday, March 5. Read the translation, if that is helpful.
QUIZ ON MONDAY, March 5: ACT I, Scenes 1-4. Use the scene guide handout that we have been completing in class. ALSO - review the family trees (handout) - know the characters and which family with whom they are associated.
Download PPT Review for RJ Unit Test
Download Shakespeare Literary Terms 2012 Open with Word
Open as PDF: Download Shakespeare Literary Terms 2012
(March 26, 2012)
Performance Project - due Monday 3/26.
Essay- due date was extended from Friday to Monday, March 26.
County Benchmark test will be given Tuesday, March 27.
Review for unit test (Romeo and Juliet) on Wednesday, March 28.
Unit test will be given on Thursday, March 29. (61 questions, m/c and respond to passage
CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO VERSION: Download Act 1-Romeo and Juliet
Need help with "translating?" CLICK HERE This link will allow you to read the original and the vernacular side-by-side (very useful when annotating...)
And what is ahead? Download TENTATIVE HONORS Romeo and Juliet Unit 2012 Ham
How to-MLA format of an essay: (click to enlarge)
Housekeeping/Notes/Reminders:
1. You do NOT need to purchase a copy of the play. The entire text, for our purposes, is in your text book. We will review on Monday the how-to-acess the online textbook for home reading assignments.
2. You will be expected to add to the annotations (text, audio, and graphic) of the text on Blackboard.
3. You will need 1-2 packs of index cards (3x5), notebook paper, possibly colored pencils, the ability to work together, and your own creativity...
4. We will begin reading Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - the week of March 26th. As an alternate read, you may choose to read the graphic novel, American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang. This advance reminder should give you an appropriate amount of time to find a copy of either novel. You should be able to find used copies as well.
Finish reading Act I, Scene 5. Quiz MONDAY, MARCH 5 - Act I, Scenes 1-5.
UPDATE as of MARCH 16:
1. Draft essay in class March 16
2. .Type draft 3/19 +peer revision sign off
3. March 21-22-media center - how to paraphrase, find literary criticisms; incorporate into paper
4. Project performance work day-script- Thursday, March 22
5. Project rehearsal - Friday, March 23
6. Unit review-Project performance- Monday, March 26
7. Benchmark Test - March 27
8. Wednesday, March 28 - review
9. Thursday, March 29 - Unit Test on Romeo and Juliet
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1. Lit terms Download Shakespeare Literary Terms 2012
2. Summmarization sheet Download Summarization of Act I
MONDAY (20): Presidents' Day (school holiday)
TUESDAY (21): Timed write (in class writing) - to prepare, consider the setting, how it is symbolic, and how it influences, enhances, or contributes to the theme.
WEDNESDAY (22) - THURSDAY (23): Poetry recitations Example: Download Youssef Biaz The White House - Poetry Out Loud
FRIDAY (24): Intro to Shakespeare.... welcome!!
Poetry Test -Thursday (2/16) - Download Study Guide for Poetry Unit Test 2012 91B
Vocabulary Quiz Unit 11: Friday (2/17)
Final Poem Presentations (2/21)
Final essay - A Separate Peace (2/22)
MONDAY (6): Conclude ballads by discussing the TP FASTT completed on Friday (Dylan's Hurricane); introduction to sonnets: Download Sonnet
TUESDAY (7): In groups, students will read three different sonnets and record their data. Download SonnetChart
WEB WEDNESDAY (8): Scored discussion - A Separate Peace- similar to a Socratic seminar, you will be expected to participate in a discussion covering the first five chapters of the novel. The difference -discussion will be directed by your teacher. You are expected to share your thoughts and contribute to a discussion on the characters, the plot, and the importance of the setting.
The majority of the parallel reading will be completed at home.
Download Calendar a separate peace
THURSDAY (9): Scansion activities; notes on sonnets
FRIDAY (10): SAT online assignment (report of your results and the short essay) is due today at the beginning of class; your sonnet is due on MONDAY (2/13).
RESOURCES FOR WRITING SONNETS:
VisuWords - free online visual thesaurus
Sonnet Packet (class handout): Download Sonnet title packet 12
MONDAY (13):*** Use Mozilla Firefox*** Web activity on setting Download A Separate Peace Web Quest
If you can not access the web quest, use this link Download A Separate Peace Web Quest 2 and here are the web sites:
1. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0862008.html
2. The American Family ttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1692.html
3. How attending private school affected John Knowles
4. A related question will concern the theme - you are more creative than Sparknotes, etc. - but those types of sources may be used as a springboard, to help you come to your own conclusions.
Turn in your sonnets to your pink folder....
HW: Vocab. book p. 127 completing the sentence
TUESDAY (14): Put together your poetry project; review of claim/outline explication of Parsley; how to craft a good claim statement.
HW: Vocab. book p. 128 synonyms/antonyms; read through chapter 11 in ASP
WEDNESDAY (15): Review for poetry test
HW: Vocab. book p.129 Choosing the Right Word
THURSDAY (16): Poetry Test; review vocab answers
FRIDAY (17): Vocabulary Unit 11 quiz; should have finished ASP by today
