Weeks 16 and 17

Note:

• Homework for these weeks is to read the book you've chosen and fill out the reading log I'll put on Google Classroom.

• Also, prior to your conference with me, you'll need to review for and write your "sophomore self" letter according to the directions below.

Sophomore Year Self Letter

• Please see schedule below for the date of your conference

• Please bring the "Dear Sophomore Year Self" letter to the conference

  • See instructions attached below

  • You'll also post this letter on Canvas the night prior to your conference

  • Make sure to come with 1-2 questions prepared about your writing and/or some other aspect of English class

  • While other students are having their conferences, you'll be reading quietly in class

    • See attached list of books you can read during conference time

  • Your homework will be to continue reading at home

    • Please fill out the reading logs for home and class time

List of main essays written over course of the year:

"Cell One" Paragraph

"Red Convertible" Mini essay

Odyssey in-class essay

Poetry Analysis essay

Gatsby essay

Fences essay

Mon 5/7 S: Final Grammar Test

• This test will cover material from the entire year

Tu 5/8 (Block F) OR W 5/9 (Block G) L: Conferences

• slot 1: Felipe/Charles

• slot 2: Liam/Ethan

• slot 3: Cole/Isaac

Th 5/10 (Block F) OR Fri 5/11 (Block G) L: Conferences

• slot 1: Zach H/Bek

  • slot 2: Olga/Kenny

• slot 3: Amalina/Julian

• slot 4: Kariss

Mon 5/14 S: Conferences:

• • slot 1: Aditi/Zachary K

  • slot 2: Hannah/Andrew

• slot 3: Andreas/Emma

Tu 5/15 S: Conferences:

• slot 1: Ben/

  • slot 2: Quinn/Gabe

  • slot 3: Diego/Garrett

W 5/16 OR Th 5/17 L: Conferences:

• • slot 1: Nikhil/Jesse

• slot 2: Abram/Grayson

• Slot 3: Noemi

Please note that homework assignments might be modified for review days.

Fri 5/18 S: Discuss conferences and reading/Final Review

• • Please read study guide for final (attached doc below)

  • On Canvas, please post a list of three ideas, values or themes that The Great Gatsby and Fences share

    • • • After each idea/value/theme, please say a few words about how that theme is expressed in each work.

        • Note: it is not enough to say that "love" is a theme in all three texts. As with thesis sentences, specificity is the key here!

        • Here's the link to the assignment page on Canvas:

          • Minimum word count: 300 words

        • Post on Canvas Discussion here

          • • Make sure to post your work in the correct block (E or F)

  • Read over Sample Book Reviews and Guidelines (here and posted below)

Mon 5/21 S: Final Review

• • Please post two passages of at least 50 words apiece, one from Fences and one from The Great Gatsby.

  • Then, freewrite on the theme or idea that you see that connects these two passages.

    • If you wish, you can begin your freewrite with an essay question that links the two passages in some way.

      • • If you wish, you can incorporate other quotations from the two texts (The Great Gatsby, Fences)

    • Minimum word count: 400 words (not including the two passages)

  • Post your work here

  • Also, please bring the book you've been reading during the conferences so I can check annotations.

Tu 5/22 OR W 5/23 L: Party/Evals

• Please think of the following (to be posted during class time):

  • The titles of 1-3 books you'd suggest to your classmates and me for summer reading.

  • A brief description of the book/s and why you think your classmates and I might be interested in reading it/them.

  • Please bring your computer charged up today so you can do the eval for the class--thanks!

• No specific review homework for today but

  • As review/practice for the final, I recommend looking at the passages your classmates posted for Monday (on Canvas Discussion--see link above)

    • Don't look at what your classmate wrote on the passages yet

  • Instead:

    • • Freewrite on the passages

    • OR... write more formally on them, as you prefer

    • Come up with a thesis that identifies a theme or idea that the passages share

      • Make sure to consider how the theme or idea is not only shared by the passages, but also might differ a little in each text

      • Then look at what your classmate wrote about the passages to generate more ideas in preparation for the final

    • NOTE: Once you've chosen a couple passages to compare, I'd recommend looking up the passages in your books to makes sure:

      • that the passages are properly cited

      • that you understand the context of the passages

Th 5/24: NO CLASSES

Fri 5/25: Finals begin