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Schedule for Final Exams

Thursday, May 29, 2008

1^st Period  7:00 – 7:50

2^nd Period  7:55 – 8:45

3^rd Period  8:50 – 9:45

4^th Period  9:50 – 10:40

5^th Period  10:45 – 12:15 (Semester Exam)

6^th Period  12:55 – 1:25

7^th Period  1:30 – 2:00

 

Friday, May 30, 2008

1^st Period  7:00 – 8:30 (Semester Exam)

3^rd Period  8:35 – 9:20

4^th Period  9:25 – 10:05

5^th Period  10:10 – 11:00

6^th Period  11:40 – 12:25

7^th Period  12:30 – 2:00 (Semester Exam)

 

Monday, June 2, 2008 (Early Dismissal)

3^rd Period  7:00 – 8:30 (Semester Exam)

2^nd Period  8:35 – 9:10

5^th Period  9:15 – 9:50

4^th Period  10:30 – 12:00 (Semester Exam)

 

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 (Early Dismissal)

2^nd Period  7:00 – 8:30 (Semester Exam)

7^th Period  8:35 – 9:10

5^th Period  9:15 – 9:50

6^th Period  10:30 – 12:00 (Semester Exam)

 

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 – Make-up Exam Day (Early Dismissal)

1^st Period  7:00 – 7:33

2^nd Period  7:38 – 8:11

3^rd Period  8:16 – 8:58

4^th Period  9:03 – 9:36

5^th Period  9:36 – 10:09

6^th Period  10:49 – 11:22

7^th Period  11:27 – 12:00

ESSAY ASSIGNMENT!!!

English III Final Review Writing Assignment

22 May 2008

Instructions: Choose one of the following topics and compose a multi-draft, 1-3-1 essay responding to the question. You must show all of your work and demonstrate that you went through all five steps of the writing process (including brainstorming, rough draft, revising and editing, and final draft) in composing your response. Your final draft must be typed, in MLA format, and must be no less than 500 words, Please be sure to check your spelling and grammar before turning in your essay as they will be graded together with the content of the essay. This essay will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

A. Compare and contrast the characters Dexter (from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Winter Dreams) and Greg (from Walter Dean Myer’s The Treasure of Lemon Brown). Specifically, you should discuss the lessons each character learned about life and what they value. Discuss each author’s use of the modern literary elements we covered in class. Include specific examples from each story in your answer.

B. Identify all of the literary elements, poetic devices, and examples of figurative language used in the poem “Design” by Robert Frost. Include specific examples from the poem in your answer. Also discuss the theme of the poem and how Frost’s use of each device adds to that theme.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE EXTRA CREDIT, YOU MAY DO BOTH ESSAYS!

What’s on the final exam?

Several of you have asked me for a study guide for the final exam. As I have explained to all classes, the exam is an open-note exam. Because I am allowing you the use of all of your notes, worksheets, and prior tests during the test, I will not be handing out a study guide. The short answer to the question “what is on the final?” is “EVERYTHING.” If we covered it in class during the third or fourth nine weeks, it will likely show up on the final. Your notes to date are your study guide.

However, to refresh your memory as to what we covered so you can focus your studying on a few key areas, the following is a list of the topics that will be tested on the final.

1. Words of the Day (all of them)
2. Grammar (parts of speech)
3. Poetry (types, devices, and specific poems)
4. Modern Literary Elements (those covered in the mini-lessons)
5. “Winter Dreams”
6. “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”
7. The Writing Process (the 5 steps in detail)

Vocabulary Study Game

I have just uploaded the vocabulary for the final exam to the Quizlet site for you to use as a study aid. Please follow the link here http://quizlet.com/set/288628/ to practice.

Today in Class – May 19, 2008

Bellringer:

What makes a penny “lucky”?

 

Today/Classwork:

1^st, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th Periods – Today we continued watching presentations of the mini-lessons on the modern literary elements.

 

2^nd Period – Today we completed a writing assignment in preparation for our review for the final exam. Students were asked to use the class period to write down everything they remember about the following topics which will be tested on the final exam: 1) vocabulary, 2) grammar, 3) poetry, 4) modern literary elements, 5) “Winter Dreams”, 6) “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”

 

Homework:

If your team did not present today, you need to be ready to present your mini-lesson tomorrow.

 

Word of the Day:

brink – (noun) the edge, especially of a precipice

 

Elrond: Strangers from distant lands, friends of old you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction, none can escape it. You will unite or you will fall.

 

– Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Today in Class – May 16, 2008

Bellringer:

You’ve been recruited by the Justice League. What is your superhero name and what are your powers?

 

Today/Classwork:

Today we continued watching presentations of the mini-lessons on the modern literary elements.

 

Homework:

If your team did not present today, you need to be ready to present your mini-lesson on Monday.

 

Word of the Day:

impede – (verb) to slow the progress of; to obstruct

 

Ted: Maybe you’d like an analogy. Well, take… take these ants. In the U.S. view, a small group, or cadre, of fierce red ants have taken power and are oppressing the black ant majority. Now the stated U.S. policy is to aid those black ants opposing the red ants in hopes of restoring democracy, and to impede the red ants from assisting their red ant comrades in neighboring ant colonies.

– Barcelona (1994)

Today in Class – May 15, 2008

Bellringer:

Write your favorite letter of the alphabet and 7 words that begin with that letter.

 

Today/Classwork:

Today we began watching presentations of the mini-lessons on the modern literary elements.

 

Homework:

If your team did not present today, you need to be ready to present your mini-lesson tomorrow.

 

Word of the Day:

lethargic – (adjective) sluggish; listless; apathetic

Today in Class – May 13, 2008

SENIOR FINAL EXAMS TODAY!

 

Bellringer:

What is the bravest thing you’ve ever done? Why do you consider this action to be brave?

 

Today/Classwork:

Today students were given instructions and a template for the mini-lesson on modern literary elements. Students then selected team members to work with in preparing and presenting their mini-lesson. The remainder of the class period was spent researching the assigned literary element.

 

The literary elements being presented, and which will show up on your final, are as follows:

1. absurdist tradition
2. characterization
3. extended metaphor
4. external conflict
5. imagery
6. interior monologue
7. internal conflict
8. magic realism
9. objective reporting
10. paradox
11. repetition
12. satire
13. subjective reporting

 

Homework:

No homework.

 

Word of the Day:

terse – (adjective) short and to the point

Today in Class – May 12, 2008

SENIOR FINAL EXAMS TOMORROW!

Bellringer:

May 12^th is “Limerick Day.” Write your own limerick. (Keep it clean.)

Today:

Today we finished the Grammar Rock presentations. When class time permitted, students also participated in a creative writing exercise.

SENIORS – Final Exams were distributed today. They are due at the end of class tomorrow!

Classwork:

After the final Grammar Rock presentations, the class participated in a round robin writing exercise. Students were given the first line of a story and told to write for five minutes. After five minutes passed, the stories were exchanged with other classmates who continued writing in five minute increments. Stories were passed around four times before returning to the original author. When time allowed, we read stories in class. The stories were collected for a participation grade.

Homework:

No homework.

Word of the Day:

terse – (adjective) short and to the point