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last week before finals

9th - keep studying on usatestprep; EOCT on Monday and Tuesday in Room 500.  Test on Romeo and Juliet on Thursday.  Party on Friday.

10th - Quiz on Exodus/Book 4 on Tuesday or day of the final.  Your choice.  If you send your speech to me by noon on Sunday, you get extra points.  You must have two sources and at least two citation and a Works Cited page.  Vocab test on Friday.  If you take the Cumulative, you can replace your lowest score on vocab.  Essays due Friday.  Bring vocab books on Monday.  You do not have to read your speech.

Film - papers on music due Tuesday.  How does movie play different roles in films?

5/6-5/10

9th - got to usatestprep.com and hit EOCT.  Do any of the four sections.  Do medium.  Just do.  We will continue with test prep and romeo and juliet.  Take heart: I have found some books with English translation.

10th - Quiz on Monday on Book III.  All papers due on Friday.  If you do only one, you must do the vocab test next week.

Film - continue with music?  We'll see.  Papers due Monday of next week.

4/29-5/2

9th - Poetry portfolio due on Monday.  The rest of the week, we will be prepping for the End of course Test.  Make sure you have a title page, table of contents, limericks, haikus, concrete, imagery, raven parody, choice, chickens, the poem you are analyzing, and your analysis.  It should be typed and doublespaced and more than one page.

10th - Book II quiz on Monday.  Book III quiz next Monday.

Film - more music.  Billy Elliot and Moulin Rouge.

4/22-4/26

9th - M-five why the chicken crosses the road jokes via famous people.  By Friday, you will turn in all your poems and an analysis of a poem of your choosing.

10th - Book One quiz on Monday; Book Two quiz on Friday.

Film - papers due Monday.  Move on to Singin in the Rain on Tuesday.

4/15-4/19

9th - It's poetry for the next two weeks.  Bring in a poem you like for Tuesday.  Poetry Portfolio due next Friday.

10th - Quiz on Monday.  Paper due on Wednesday.  Procure copy of Leon Uris's Exodus.  Book One due next Monday.

Film - Sports papers due Friday.

4/1-4/5

9th -  M (82-102), T (103-117), W (118-131), Th (131-147).  Test and/or story on Friday.

10th - M (quiz on half or all of Boo Two - optional) --- Friday (quiz on all of Book Two).  Paper due Wednesday after break: Women's rights in FoG and DA or Rise of the Underclass in FoG or DA.

Film - Finish sports.  Papers due Friday.

3/25-2/29

9th -- We will read approximately 12 pages a night.  Take notes.  Expect a quiz.  Big test on last Friday before break.

10th - Book II due next Friday.  Bring book to class.  We will watch some Downton Abbey.  If you got your Khartoum essay back today, revision due Thursday.

Film -- more sports

3/18-3/22

9th - Vocab test (7/8/9 and 1-9) on Monday.  Then grammar (usage).  Poetry starts next week.  We will save Romeo and Juliet until after the break.

10th - God, Gold, and Glory essay due at the end of class on Monday.  Then we will do some grammar.  Quiz on Book One of Fall of Giants next Monday.

Film - Stick It to the Man essay due Tuesday.  What three things must you have for such a film?

3/12-3/16

9th - Research paper due on Monday.  Make sure you do MLA heading, twelve paragraphs, and a Works Cited page.  Bring your vocab book to class on Monday through Friday.

 

10th - Test on Monday, Khartoum on T-Th (I will not be here on Thursday), and in class paper on Friday.

 

Film - We finish sticking it to the man.  Papers due Friday.

3/5

10th - no vocab test on Wednesday; it's pushed back to Thursday