Weeks 16-17: Review

Mon 5/13 S: Grammar Review

Tues 5/14 S: End-of-the-Year Grammar Test

Thurs 5/16 (Blocks B and G) L:

  • Write Letter to Sophomore Year Self

Fri 5/17 S: Final Review

    • Please read study guide for final

    • 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)

Mon 5/20 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.

          • Or 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

Tu 5/21 OR W 5/22 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