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