Schedule change due to Friday assembly.  We will take Wordwright #2 on Wednesday/Thursday this week now, after we do the new vocab words.  That's tomorrow and the next day.

Semester Exam Guiding Questions Part 1

Same Song

What are the similarities and the differences between the son's experience and the daughter's?

What is the dynamic between the narrator and the kids?

What is the significance of the fairy tale allusions?

What does the author's focus on physical appearance seem to signify?


We Real Cool

What thematic similarities does We Real Cool share with Same Song?

What does the repetition of the word We at the beginning of each line potentially signify?

What is the voice/tone of the poem and how does it affect the message?

How does the final line impact your take on the overall theme of the poem?  Is it different than the rest of the poem, or does it "fit" the message rather than change it?

Final Exam Readings:

Same Song
We Real Cool
Ode to My Socks
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
The World is too Much With Us; Late and Soon
1990 Special
American Gothic (photograph)
Kindred Spirits (painting)


-5-7 questions each
-comparison questions may come into play
-focus on literary devices we have used this semester in discussion
-focus on author's/artists purpose
-focus on big picture connections

December 2017 Final Exam Schedule

December 18 Monday	Hour 1 Final - 7:40- 9:10 Hour 2 Final - 9:20-10:50 Hour 3 10:55-11:25 (30 minutes) Hour 4 11:30-12:00 (30 minutes) Hour 5 12:05-1:30 (50/55 minutes + 30 minute lunch) 1st lunch 12:00-12:30 2nd lunch 12:30- 1:00 3rd lunch 1:00-1:30 Class 12:30-1:25 (55 minutes) Class 12:05- 12:30; 1:00-1:25 (25/25 minutes) Class 12:05-1:00 Hour 6 1:35-2:05 (30 minutes) Hour 7 2:10-2:40 (30 minutes)
December 19 Tuesday	Hour 3 Final - 7:40- 9:10 Seminar – 9:15-10:05 (50 minutes) {no passing} Hour 4 Final – 10:10-11:40 Seminar – 11:45 – 1:05 (50 minutes + 30 minutes lunch) {no passing} 1st lunch 11:40-12:10 2nd lunch 12:10- 12:40 3rd lunch 12:40-1:10 Hour 5 Final - 1:10-2:40 Class 12:10-1:05 (55 minutes) Class 11:45- 12:10; 12:40-1:05 (25/25 minutes) Class 11:45-12:40 (55 minutes)
December 20 Wednesday	Hour 6 Final - 7:40- 9:10 Hour 7 Final - 9:20-10:50 Early Release (Optional lunch 10:50-11:30, Buses depart at 11:30)

Have a nice break.

Wed/Thurs: Vocab Essay 6

Tues: Glass Castle test.  F451 Test.

10H
We will still be working with the memoir supplemental works, but the focus on The Glass Castle test will be just the book itself.  The supplements will come into play on the Vocab 6 test.  Also, if you have previously copied a version of the test, question 15 has been changed. 

10
F451 Test must be done by end of class on Tuesday.  It is posted on G-Class.  Do whatever YOU need to do to figure out the best answers.

Check Skyward.  No your position in your environment, so you can figure out what you need to do to keep it, or improve it.  This is crunch time for EC and makeup work.  Also, pay attention to little details, like which version of a word with multiple spellings you should use.

10 Honors
Go to the Gordon Parks Foundation archives and pick out an image that speaks to you.  You will be writing about this image next week.  There are a lot of options, so take some time.  Don't just pick the first image you see; you will be making it a lot harder on yourself if there is no real connection.

Vocab 6: equivocate, fortuitous, impeccable, liaison, predisposed, propensity, reprehensible, sham, solace, solicitous

10: F451 Final Test is posted on G-Class.  It needs to be done by the end of the hour on Tuesday

10H: GC Memoir test is Mon/Tues

Extra Credit- new option

Come up with and design a hilariously awful metaphor, simile or analogy mini-poster.
-It must be original.  I'll be google searching them, so don't be lazy.  It would probably take longer to find one I can't find than to just come up with one on your own.  And frankly, what's the fun in that anyway?
-It must have visual elements, similar to the CE extra credit posters or the words of wisdom in the hall.  Just having multiple colors isn't enough though, the images need to represent the metaphor/simile/analogy.
- You are responsible for making sure that your entry does not already exist.  Even if you come up with it on your own, you still need to check for it online.  If it's already there, start over.
- You must change the shape of your paper.  No 8.5x11 rectangles.  Arts and crafts are serious business.

Examples of terrible metaphors, similes and analogies include these gems currently posted in class:
- He was as tall as a 6' 3" tree.
- Her eyes were like two brown circles with black dots in the middle of them.
- The sailboat slowly glided across the water like a bowling ball would not.
- The red brick wall was the color of a Crayola Brick Red crayon.
- The two had never met, just like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
- The date was going fine, but she knew in the back of her mind that if her life was a movie, this guy would be buried in the credits as something like "Second tall man."

10
F451 Final Test posted on GC.  You have until Tuesday of next week (Nov. 14) to study it and establish the best answers you can, in any way you can.  On Tuesday, you will fill in your answers on a bubble sheet, and either turn in or complete the short answer questions.  However, I am in the process of changing out the short answer questions to new ones.  I kept the wrong old set on the test originally.

10
F451 Book Two test Monday.  Questions will come from previously posted study questions here and on G-Class.

10 Honors

As we close out time with The Glass Castle, the following are a good base set of items.

Rex       Rose Mary      Lori       Brian      Maureen

What is the relationship that Jeannette has with each of these people individually, but also what do each of them represent to her as she gets older/wiser/more aware?

What is the overall family dynamic?  How does each member interact with the others?  When and where are there alliances formed or factions pitted against each other?

How does each character evolve over time and through the movement of the family based on their current environment?

Phoenix      Battle Mountain      Welch      New York        JW’s farm

Key lessons that Jeannette learns in each place.

How the family changes in each place.

What each place does to affect the evolution of the Walls kids' understanding of how the world around them functions in contrast to how their family functions.

Familiarity with specific scene subsets:

The various "leave in the middle of the night/Rex Walls style" scenes

Rex and Rose Mary's fights

The kids fending for themselves on multiple occasions

The evolution of location compared to family dynamic

Vocabulary Test/Essay #5 today and Thursday.  Writing prompt clues in previous posts.  Bring your books, you should have some time.  If you have questions about volunteer opportunities please feel free to ask and I'll put you in touch with someone or get you more information.