Week of Finals

Good luck on your finals, students!

If you're wondering about your grade on your finals or your final grade in the class, feel free to email me anytime during Christmas break at my gmail address.  I'll be periodically checking that email over the break.

Over break, be sure to clean out your binders and come back ready to learn on Monday, January 10th.

Have a Merry Christmas and a relaxing break, everyone!

Friday, 12/17/10

World Literature
1.  Review for your final.  Download the final review sheets below.  They're due today (Friday) if you're failing the class, and the day of the final if you're not.
Review sheet #1
Review sheet #2
Review sheet #3
Review sheet #4

What to bring to your final:

-Multiple PENS

-Blank looseleaf paper

-A book to read when  you are finished

-All four review sheets

-Any extra credit leftover bathroom passes

Composition
1.  Review for your final.  Download the final review sheets below.  They're due today (Friday) if you're failing the class, and the day of the final if you're not.
Review sheet #1
Review sheet #2
Review sheet #3
Review sheet #4

What to bring to your final:

-Multiple PENS

-Your copy of "The Tell-Tale Heart"

-Blank looseleaf paper

-A book to read when  you are finished

-All four review sheets

-Any extra credit leftover bathroom passes

Thursday, 12/16/10

World Literature
1.  Review for your final.  Download the final review sheets below.  They're due on Friday if you're failing the class, and the day of the final if you're not.
Review sheet #1
Review sheet #2
Review sheet #3
Review sheet #4

Composition
1.  Review for your final.  Download the final review sheets below.  They're due on Friday if you're failing the class, and the day of the final if you're not.
Review sheet #1
Review sheet #2
Review sheet #3
Review sheet #4

Tuesday/Wednesday, 12/14-15/10

World Literature
1.  Do your take-home Vocabulary Final and study for Vocab Baseball on Thursday.
2.  Complete your four review sheets and study them.
Review sheet #1
Review sheet #2
Review sheet #3
Review sheet #4

Composition

1.  Do your take-home Vocabulary Final and study for Vocab Baseball on Thursday.
2.  Complete your four review sheets and study them.
Review sheet #1
Review sheet #2
Review sheet #3
Review sheet #4

Monday, 12/13/10

World Literature
1.  If you haven't finished the I Need A Hero! sheets, you must finish them tonight (including any done for extra points).
2.  Complete the take-home World Literature Vocabulary Final.  Remember that we have vocab baseball on Thursday.
3.  Finish the Is Jason a Hero? essay intro.  Prompt below:
In the classic Greek tale of the Quest of the Golden Fleece, is Jason a hero or not?  Support your answer.  Your answer should reference at least one thing that occurs in the first half of the story.

Composition
1.  Complete the 'Cranes' notes we started in class.  Tomorrow we'll turn in the notes stapled to questions 1-9.
2.  Complete the take-home Composition Vocabulary Final.  Remember that we have vocab baseball on Thursday.

Friday, 12/10/10

Finals are coming...

World Literature
1.  Study all 95 words & flashcards that you have.  Part of our vocabulary final will be given out in class on Monday and the other part will be vocabulary baseball on Thursday.
2.  Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece - read the story (122-132) and do the Challenges and Adventures bubble-brainstorm sheet for the challenges that Jason faces on his quest.
3.  Complete your I Need A Hero! sheets.  They are due Monday.  If you are doing any extra sheets for extra credit, you may turn them in the next day.
4.  Study for the Greek Gods & Creation Quiz on Monday.  Here are some hints about what will be on the quiz:

-The first woman and her big mistake

-Prometheus - the punishment and the rescue

-Tartarus

-The fire-bringer's brother

-The second creation story - what was each race made of?

-The war

Composition
1.  Study all 95 of your vocabulary words - make a master list, get all of your old vocabulary flashcards and packets together, and study study study!  Part of our vocabulary final will be given out in class on Monday and the other part will be vocabulary baseball on Thursday.
2.  Read "Cranes" by Sunwon Huang (222-227) in your Holt literature book.  Do questions 1-9 on p. 228.

Wednesday & Thursday, 12/08-09/10

Hey all SBHS students and parents!  I apologize for the blog not being updated for the last two days -- as your student may have told you, I was out sick on Monday and so I have been behind on my internet updates.  All the information you need is below.

World Literature

• You should have already turned in your Mythological Beings Chart on Monday and your Modern-day Mythology project yesterday.
• You should have your Creation Story Event Map that we started in class done by Friday.
• You should have read the story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece (122) up to page 132 and should have your Jason's Challenges and Adventures bubble-brainstorm sheet done by Friday
• You should have your VPP9 stuff done and you should be ready for the test by Friday.
• You should be working on your I Need A Hero sheets and should be reading the hero story of your choice.  They are due on Monday.
• All fix-ups and/or extra credit assignments are due next week.

Composition

• You should have your Monkey's Paw questions sheets turned in already, and should have turned in your completed Foreshadowing Charts on Monday along with your Irony Essay.
• You should have submitted your theme notes and your completed Irony Charts in class already.
• You should have your VPP9 stuff done and you should be ready for the test by Friday.
• You should have already taken the Irony & Foreshadowing quiz in class.
• Be ready for the next story we're going to read - "Cranes" in our Holt textbook - we're going to be continuing to discuss theme and how it is communicated through stories.  We will also be having a quiz next week on the difference between topic, moral, and theme.

Friday, 12/03/10

World Literature
1.  Myth beings chart - finish.  We'll turn it in on Monday.
2.  Modern-day mythology project due Wednesday.
3.  VPP9 word pictures.

Composition
1.  Irony essay final draft due Monday.
2.  VPP9 word pictures.

Thursday, 12/02/10

World Literature
1.  VPP8 - test & packet due tomorrow
2.  Myth beings chart - complete.
3.  Modern mythology project - due Tuesday/Wednesday.

Composition
1.  VPP8 - test & packet due tomorrow
2.  "The Monkey's Paw" questions are due tomorrow - download questions here.  Read the story here or here.
3.  Finish irony esssays!  Final drafts are due Monday, or Friday if you want extra credit.