Friday, December 7, 2012

December 10-14, 2012

Greetings Students!

Can you believe that we only have ONE WEEK before exams!?

There's much to do in that short time, so I'll not tarry in posting plans:

Pre-APEnglish 10

This week we will finish any remaining presentations on Julius Caesar. We will also have a quiz on Vocabulary Lesson 9 on Friday.

Since your midterm will be a preview of the new end-of-year exam, we will also work together on several prep tests for that exam. I will be assigning a practice test in your successnet each day. After you take each test, we will review and discuss the answers as a group and as a review of skills you should master this year.

See you in class!


English 12

This week you will complete your study of Arthurian Legend. I will post a quiz on your successnet for this unit, so be sure to review the vocabulary and background before taking it. You will also have a quiz on Vocabulary Lesson 10 on Friday and because so many were absent on the 7th, you will have your allusions quiz on Tuesday.

Monday you will have a guest speaker discuss financial aid for college.

APEnglish Literature and Composition 12

Monday you will have a guest speaker discuss financial aid for college.

As you know, your midterm next week will consist of sections of multiple choice and words from the list of literary terms located on the left-hand side of my blog. To this end, we will do MC practice in class. We will also complete Othello this week, and you will create a Shakespeare in Six graphic for the play as a final project. Instructions are as follows:

Shakespeare-in-Six Directions:
• Use the format provided to create a six-part storyboard for one act of the play.
• Underneath each block, provide a quotation which supports your illustration.
• Your finished product should illustrate the main action of the act as a whole.
• On a separate piece of paper, type a rationale fully explaining your choices. For each block,
explain your illustration and the moment’s significance to the act. You should have two or three sentences for each panel/quotation.
• Present your project to the class.
I will provide blank story boards for your projects.

On Friday we will have a scored discussion of Atonement. You must answer at least five of the eight questions I posted on Edmodo BEFORE class on Friday.  You may use your answers or any other questions that arose while you were considering these for the discussion. Also, this discussion should address themes of the book and the importance of the last scene. How do the themes in this work relate to those in Life of Pi and Othello?  No vocabulary this week.