5/28/08

Friday, May 30th

*Final Exam: 4c5b Hour
--Write TEST # next to NAME on scantron sheet.
--When finished, bring all testing materials to my desk.

Thursday, May 29th

*Final Exam: 3rd Hour
--Write TEST # next to NAME on scantron sheet.
--When finished, bring all testing materials to my desk.

5/27/08

Wednesday, May 28th

*Final Exam: 2nd & 6th Hours
--Write TEST # next to NAME on scantron sheet.
--When finished, bring all testing materials to my desk.

Tuesday, May 27th

*Review: Grammar/Mechanics
*2nd & 6th Hour Finals Tomorrow

5/23/08

Friday, May 23rd

*Review: Bacon's "Of Studies", p. 406
--Answer and discuss MC questions

5/21/08

Thursday, May 22nd

*Review: Solzhenitsyn's Prose Poetry
--Answer and discuss MC questions

5/20/08

Wednesday, May 21st

*Review: "Two Friends"
--Answer and discuss MC questions

5/19/08

Tuesday, May 20th

Review: Burns's "To a Mouse", p. 642
--Answer and discuss MC questions

Monday, May 19th

*Return Options Projects
*Overview: Exam skills
*Review: Sonnet 73 (p. 226)
---answer and discuss MC questions

5/16/08

Friday, May 16th

*Return Group Projects
*Finish Gullvier's Travels

5/15/08

Thursday, May 15th

*Watch Gulliver's Travels

5/14/08

Wednesday, May 14th

*Constructed Response Final: Day 2 of 2
---have out only paper and pen/pencil
---you MAY write on prompt
---you MAY use dictionaries & thesauruses
*End of hour
---collect all materials

5/13/08

Tuesday, May 13th

*Constructed Response Final: Day 1 of 2
---have out only paper and pen/pencil
---you MAY write on prompt
---you MAY use dictionaries & thesauruses
*End of hour
---collect all materials

5/12/08

Monday, May 12th

*Discuss Poetry Review
*Return Essay Tests
*Info: Constructed Response Final

5/9/08

Friday, May 9th

*No class--Graduation Practice

5/8/08

Thursday, May 8th

*Review: Analysis of poetry

Monday: Present Analyses, discuss poem, return essay tests
Tuesday: Constructed Response Final

5/7/08

Wednesday, May 7th

*Check/Discuss Voltaire assignment

5/6/08

Tuesday, May 6th

*Collect Canto V assignment
*Read p. 537, "Background"
*Read the selection from Voltaire's _Candide_, pp. 538-540
*HW: As you read, use the organizer to record an example of each of the following: exaggeration, understatement, and irony. Explain how each develops the satire in the story.

5/5/08

Monday, May 5th

*Check Pope assignment
*Review "Rape of the Lock"
*Read Canto V
*Answer "Shaping Intepretations" #8 in a well-written, well-organized paragraph, using evidence from the text to support your claim.

5/2/08

Friday, May 2nd

*Read p. 526: "Elements of Literature" & "Background"
*Read Canto III and find three passages which seem satirical (which seem to mock the seriousness of these people or this situation). For each, explain how the satire is working.
*Use the graphic organizer to complete this assignment.

5/1/08

Thursday, May 1st

*Options Project: Due TODAY
*Present Projects