Summer Reading for Juniors ... English 3 ...2010-2011

Summer Reading for Students entering English 3 in 2010-2011

1. ACTIVE read the following from the CURRENT Literature Book:

Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman (page 923-993)
Joseph Conrad’s short story The Secret Sharer (237-268)

2. Also ACTIVE read Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson (read the first series…the 12 essential essays)

Can be purchased at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Writings-Emerson-Library-Classics/dp/0679783229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275075830&sr=8-1

3. Juniors write research papers in conjunction with the US History course they take. A review of Chapters 19-21 in the Literature Book may be helpful since this was covered more thoroughly 1st semester of sophomore year.

Final Exam Essays start on Tuesday

The final exam essays begin on Tuesday. Both Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s essays are posted on the website (http://sites.google.com/site/english2macvay/Home/final-exam-review). The day of the essay tests I will pick numbers out of a hat (in each block) and students will be given 2 or 3 choices and will be told to pick 1 from the choices I randomly chose for them. I told you in class that it is in your benefit to prepare for each and every question as you do not know what your block's choices will be. You can have YOUR OWN BOOKS IN CLASS…YOUR BOOK MUST HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT…YOU CANNOT BORROW A BOOK TO USE ON THE FINAL AS THAT BORROWED BOOK HAS OTHER STDUENTS’ NOTES, ETC. IN IT.


Thursday will be poetry analysis

June 9th we will have the scantron portion of the final exam.

Grades AND Finals

Please check the accuracy of the grade book against the papers that have been returned to you. The only papers I have are the grammar quizzes for today. What you see online is your grade going INTO the final exam essays/scantron.

Let me know if there is a discrepancy...bring in the paper so a change can be made.

Stop by if you have any questions about your finals. Remember...I WILL PICK a question on the essay day and you will write about that one...be prepared for EACH topic!!

Last week of classes...week fo 5-24-10

Monday 5-24-10 Ballad Revisions due
Wednesday 5-26-10 Grammar Quiz...commonly confused words

All week: Bring ALL novels from this year AND your grammar book...we will be reviewing for the final exam

Week of June 1st:
June 1st: Frankenstein Essay final
June 2nd: Literature Essay Final (all books)
June 3rd: Poetry Analysis final

Scantron Final Exam: Wednesday June 9th at 8:30 AM

Poetry Quiz 5-21-10

The Poetry Quiz will be an interpretation of a poem ... giving textual evidence. There will be a matching section (words and definitions). See blog post Friday May 7th is you never wrote down what terms you need to know!

Looking ahead: Monday ballad final copy, Wedneday grammar quiz

Just for fun...

May 22nd a New Exhibit Opens (http://www.sdmart.org/) Titled Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. Take the quiz to see what Greek god you are...

http://thewalters.org/exhibitions/heroes/quiz/

Tuesday 5-18-10

Today we discussed poetry (Lit Book page 584).

Tomorrow we will discuss the Eugenics Homework...bring with you Brave New World , In My Hands and Survival in Auschwitz.

Monday 5-17-10

Today in class we discussed connections between Macbeth and Frankenstein regarding GUILT and how it manifested itself in a character's Mental/Physical/Emotional Health.

We got into groups and found textual evidence from Frankenstein.

Tomorrow: Literature Homework ... details on previous blog post

Friday 5-21-10: Poetry Quiz

Monday 5-24-10: Ballad Final Draft Due

Wednesday 5-26-10: Grammar Quiz...Commonly Confused Words

Literature Homework due Tuesday 5-18-10

Saved as document titled Eugenics under NEW page on the website: Final Exam Review

Friday 5-14-10

Today we will discuss the Active Reading Worksheet about the REVENGE that Victor and the Creature planned for one another in chapters 22-24. Yesterday the focus was on Victor. Today the focus is on the creature.

We will move on to discuss Frost's The Road Not Taken.

HOMEWORK due Monday:

ACTIVE READ (Literature Book) pages 501-509 (Including Pope's Sound and Sense. Also read The Raven by Poe on pages 513-516. Be prepared to discuss the poems and the background material in class on Monday.

Tuesday's homework will be making a connection between Frankenstein and Brave New World. (Final Exam Prep) Locate your BNW book!! I will post the assignment this weekend on the Frankenstein page of the website in case you wish to work ahead. I will post on the blog when I put the document on the website.


Looking ahead:
Friday 5-21 Poetry quiz
The weekend of the 22nd I will post the final exam study guide
Wednesday 5-26 Grammar quiz
Final Exam Essays (in class Tuesday June 1st and Wednesday June 2nd)
Final exam Multiple Choice/Matching (Scantron) Wednesday 5-9-10 at 8:30 AM (Rooms To Be Announced)

Wednesday 5-12-10

Today we discussed imagery and the poem Harlem on page 592

We started an Active Reading WS about Chapters 22-24 of Frankenstein. Complete 1 comment (from the first page) by Victor and one by the monster.

Tomorrow group discussion regarding Frankenstein.

Continue to bring Frankenstein, Grammar and Literature books to class

Monday May 10, 2010

I returned what papers I had and collected Frankenstein completion questions. We completes sections B and C of Commonly Confused Words Worksheet page 149. We discussed Frankenstein. Topic: What event was the turning point in the character of the CREATURE.


Homework from the LITERATURE BOOK: Active read poem by Rrobert Frost on page 584 (The Road Not Taken) and Langston Hughes page 592 (Harlem).

Week of May 10th...and beyond

Monday 5-10-10 Frankenstein completion
There WILL be a Frankenstein quiz early next week...

Friday 5-14-10 Resume and Final Draft due

Friday 5-21-10 Poetry Quiz. Will include the following #'ed terms from the Poetry Terms document attached to the poetry page of the website.

#'s 1,2,5,7,8-10, 13-15, 20, 27-30, 40, 67-70

Wednesday 5-26-10 Grammar Quiz (Commonly Confused Words)

Wednesday 5-5-10

Block 5 took a Poetry quiz while I was out then read Frankenstein.

Blocks 3 and 4 corrected the grammar lessons from the VOCABULARY book (110,152) in class. We discussed grammar book COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS ...STARTS ON PAGE 656.

Thursday: Frankenstein Chapters 13-15 are due. we'll discuss Frankenstein in class as well as work on GRAMMAR...bring your books!

Week of May 3rd

The last full month of school...

Today you turned in Frankenstein questions from chapters 13-15. We discussed resume/cover letter revisions and Annabel Lee in class.

Tuesday 5/4/10 Quiz on Frankenstein 9-15

Wednesday BLOCK 5 MAKE-UP Poetry Quiz (from last Friday)

Thursday Frankenstein chapters 16-18 due (potential quiz)


IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
SeeMe's from paper drafts...Wednesday before school (tutoring time) we will have a review session.

Wednesday and Thursday are the final two sessions for revising ESLRs...after school till 4 pm.


Next week:
Monday 5/10/10 Complete Frankenstein (potential quiz)
Friday 5/14/10 Resume/cover letter final draft due AND Poetry Quiz