Homework for Monday - 29 April

Remember that we are shut down on Wednesday. Our next A Day is Thursday.

AP English III

Today in class we activated a good amount of our AP Skills. We did a lot of close reading related to multiple choice, but we also did some close reading related to our rhetorical analysis strategies. At the end of class, I took some time with you all to review the requirements of the motif project and to give you a helpful text if you've had trouble finding literary criticism.

For tonight you should be focused on your 1Q1P/Motif Projects. Remember that your literary criticism reading guide is due on Wednesday. This will work better if you have already found your quote and considered its importance to one of Steinbeck's arguments. On Wednesday we'll finish the novel in class through a dramatic reading. Be prepared for that!

Final presentations on the novel will be next Monday. Then we will begin our final group project related to the book. We also have a few days left to touch in on our AP Skills related to the examination. Remember that your motif projects will be due on the 10th of May.

For any of you who were unable to submit a resubmission of your paper today because of the printers being down in the library I will accept them tomorrow. You must submit the original, the rubric, and the new one. 

English IV

Today in class we had some great time to work with our vocabulary development, read a bit longer in our books, and to get started on our final projects. With our book project, I really want to push you to be creative and show what you've learned about your book. Remember that there are requirements for each part of the pamphlet. Hopefully seeing the example today in class helped you.

Remember that you should be reading regularly to keep going through your books. There will be a quiz on your books next week. Are you prepared? Have you been filling out your character charts?

We only have NINE classes left before we start final examinations. We're going to be focused a lot on vocabulary because this is the key to our standardized tests. We'll also start to work on sample questions soon too!