--Please skim back through the list of reminders below:
Reminders
- It is important for you to stay caught up with regard to all of your coursework. It is in your best interest to check the blog and Schooltool often. Additionally, if you have an "INC" for a Marking Period, following up with me ASAP would be wise!
- Free reading evidence (a one-pager, a book-talk, etc.) is OPTIONAL for the last two marking periods. If you finished a book and decide to present evidence for an excellence score to be reported as part of your Marking Period 6 GPA, you must do so by 3:00 PM on Monday, 6/11. Please make arrangements accordingly.
- I need you to turn in school materials (e.g., the Parsons text) ASAP. Also, if you have any other books in your possession that belong to me, I need those back as well!
- The English 9 Final Examination will take place on Wednesday, 6/13 from 7:40 AM to 10:40 AM. Continue preparing for a successful performance via the review sheet/information sheet, notes taken during today's class block, any other helpful materials in your binder, etc.
--today's agenda previewed
--Block 2 ACE: Planning for Monday
Flex Block -- Moving Forward
--From now until class ends, do whatever you, personally, need to do in order to move forward in preparation for/mentally prepare for the final class days of the school year and final exams. This might include...
- finishing an incomplete assignment for English 9 (e.g., your The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet End-of-Unit Essay if you have not yet turned it in) or another course in which you are enrolled
- completing a one-pager for a Marking Period 6 excellence score
- using your review sheet/information sheet, notes taken during class last time (SEE THE BLOG POST WITH WHITEBOARD NOTES!), and any other helpful materials in your binder to prepare for the English 9 Final Examination next week
- making a list of definitions/examples in your notebook
- further discussing "The Lady, or the Tiger?" with a partner or small group
- What passages do you think will be on the exam? Why?
- What are the most dominant traits for each of the six characters (Claim)? How do you know (Evidence/Reasoning)?
- Based on your understanding of the story, what does Frank R. Stockton what readers to understand about "big ideas" such as choices, human nature, jealousy, etc. (Claim)? How do you know (Evidence/Reasoning)?
- "Which came out of the opened door--the lady, or the tiger?" (Claim)? How do you know (Evidence/Reasoning)? What would those who disagree with your claim argue instead (Counterclaim)? What piece of evidence might they use to "prove" their point? How would you explain in a respectful manner that your claim is still stronger (Evidence/Reasoning)?
- planning your "The Lady, or the Tiger?" responses (SEE BULLETED LIST ABOVE)
- practicing/preparing for the English 9 Final Examination next week via the following:
- "Reading Nonfiction Document" and a chapter of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- sample ACT passage and questions
- engaging in free reading as a mental break! :)
- listening to music/resting as a mental break! :)
