For English 10H Students for the 2015-2016 school year:

On the first day of school in August you will receive a copy of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.  You will have approximately 2 weeks to read it.  During that time we will begin to establish the goals, methods, and expectations for an honors level discussion, analysis, and application.  You may acquire a copy of F451 and read it yourself over the summer, but I recommend you attempt a close academic read rather than breezing through it so you can learn the plot and character names.  Take notes, ask questions, look up analysis, find patterns, analyze characters, connect to modern society, etc.  Any attempt you make to truly dig into the content of the book will only benefit you in August.

All exams have been graded and recorded.  All extra credit has been applied.  If you have any questions, feel free to check in with me.  Thank you for your time, patience, and effort in a year that has been more challenging than most.

If you are interested in being a lab assistant for me next year, please come see me in person before finals are over or come by the first week of school next year.  You may also contact me by email over the summer at sobarand@smsd.org.  My available hours are 2-7.  Please identify the hour you are interested in.

Get ready for finals

English 12: For the final, here is a list of literary terms to brush up on.  Hamlet and 1984 will be concept and plot based.  Cold reads will focus on using literary terms.

English 10H: SH5 Test. 

Final Exam Announcement: 

The supplemental reading for your final exam will be an excerpt from Ray Bradbury's collection The Martian Chronicles.  The selection you will need to read and prepare for is called "And the Moon Be Still as Bright" and can be found here from pages 19-28.  There are also other full text versions online, and there are hard copies in the classroom.  You are welcome to use a hard copy on the test, but you will not be able to check out a book (in class use only) so I would recommend printing a copy that you can mark up, annotate, etc. to your liking.  You will not have computer access during the test.

Tuesday May 12
English 12: Finals prep

English 10H: SH5 test review.

English 12: Final review.

English 10H: SH5 Ch 5, SH5 Ch 6, SH5 Ch 7.  SH5 test will be Wed/Thurs this week.  Discussion will wrap on Tuesday. Please turn in textbook and SH5 on your block day after the test this week.  I would like as many of these to be turned in as possible this week.  Textbook cost is $85, novels are $10.

Friday May 8

English 12: Turn in Hamlet final

English 10H: Due to AP Euro exam, SH5 group questions will be pushed to Monday.

English 10H:  Please submit your group essay answer through GC by class time on Friday.  If you have already shared it with me and get a chance, please resubmit through GC.  It has been posted as an assignment, but I only need one per group.

English 12: Hamlet Final- Explain Hamlet.  Do not summarize.  Be creative.  Be intelligent.  Impress me.  Due Friday.

English 10H: Vocabulary test 13. SH5 group essay question.  Each group has a different question.  Questions will be posted on GC.  Due Friday.  Be creative. Be intelligent.  Impress me.

The biggest problem with the world's greatest summary is that it is still just a summary.

English 12: Senior skip day.  Finish Hamlet by Wednesday.  You must turn in your textbook by 3:00 Tuesday May 5th or I will have to turn in a hold slip for approximately $80.  Please get this in.  Once the hold slip is turned in, it's out of my hands so don't wait thinking you can just "turn it in whenever."  Whenever needs to be by 3:00 tomorrow.

English 10H: SH5 Ch. 2  SH5 Ch.3 SH5 Ch. 4

English 12: Hamlet full text.  Textbook must be turned in to me by 3:00 on Tuesday May 5th or I will have to turn in a hold slip for approximately $80.  You must finish Hamlet on your own by Wednesday May 7th.

English 10H: SH5 Ch. 1 discussion.