Spring '11--Week 18
Mon 5/30--No school!
Tues 5/31— Please do this assignment on the website. As the header of your message, write the title of the work to which you're assigned (see your assignment below).
Period 6: Post your assignment here: http://sites.google.com/a/thecollegepreparatoryschool.org/english-1-period-6/home/final-review/homework-for-tues-6-1
Period 7: Post your assignment here: http://sites.google.com/a/thecollegepreparatoryschool.org/english-1-period-7/home/final-review/homework-for-tues-6-1
Also, find the review guide for the final here:
Step One: Write down the major characters and what makes these characters distinctive and interesting. What motivates them?
Step Two: Write down the major themes of your work.
Twelfth Night: Paul, Jay, Allie//Nathan, Amanda
The Great Gatsby: Maya, Sharon, Jesse//Kenya, Elizabeth
The Ramayana: Zane, Crystal//Isabel, Tara
“Because My Father Always Said”: Ben//Sissy
“Somebody Kept Saying Powwow”: Clare//Spencer
"The Trial of Thomas-Builds-the-Fire": Jamie//Kiki
“Witnesses, Secret and Not”: Georgia//Max
“When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine”: Lukas//Pinkie
“This Blessed House”: Cassie//Rachel
"The Third and Final Continent": Audrey//Jolene
Weds 6/1—On the website (specific place to be posted on Tues), post an interesting passage from the work you were assigned yesterday. The passage must be 6-9 sentences long and include the name of the text and the page number. Then after your passage, write a paragraph-long analysis, explaining what and how the passage contributes to our knowledge of the work. Discuss an important idea or theme the passage raises, or a revealing trait of one of the work's major characters. Make sure to have a topic sentence and embed quotations from the passage into your paragraph.
Period 6: Post your assignment here: http://sites.google.com/a/thecollegepreparatoryschool.org/english-1-period-6/home/final-review/homework-for-6-2
Period 7: Post your assignment here: http://sites.google.com/a/thecollegepreparatoryschool.org/english-1-period-7/home/final-review/homework-for-weds-6-2
Thurs 6/2—Come up with two interesting questions for Part II of the exam. These questions should address some common theme or idea you've noticed in two or more of the texts. Make connections, notice patterns, observe commonalities and interesting differences between the different readings!
Period 6: Post your assignment here: http://sites.google.com/a/thecollegepreparatoryschool.org/english-1-period-6/home/final-review/homework-for-thurs-6-3
Period 7: Post your assignment here: http://sites.google.com/a/thecollegepreparatoryschool.org/english-1-period-7/home/final-review/homework-for-thurs-6-3
Post these questions on the website. Then, time yourself and write for 40-45 minutes on your question or another person’s question, if you prefer.
Fri 6/3—Bring food. Relax!