Final Exam Schedule


2018 SM South Fall Semester Final Exam Schedule                     

December 17  Monday
Hour 1- 7:40- 9:05 (85 minute review)
Hour 2- 9:10- 9:55 (45 minutes)
Hour 3- 10:00- 10:45 (45 minutes)
Hour 4- 10:50- 11:35 (45 minutes)
Hour 5- 11:40- 1:05 (50-55 minutes + Lunch)
       1st Lunch 11:35 – 12:05 (30 min) ~ Class 12:05 – 1:00 (55 min)
       2nd Lunch 12:05-12:35 (30 min) ~ Class 11:40-12:05; 12:35-1:00 (25-25 split)
       3rd Lunch 12:35-1:05 (30 min) ~ Class 11:40-12:35 (55 min)
Hour 6- 1:05- 1:50 (45 minutes)
Hour 7- 1:55- 2:40  (45 minutes)

December 18  Tuesday
Hour 1 FINAL - 7:40 - 9:15 (95 minutes)                CAA/CTC-AM Finals in AM
Seminar - 9:20 - 10:55 (95 minutes)
Hour 2 - 11:00 - 1:00 (90-95 minute Review + Lunch)
1st lunch - 10:55-11:25 class 11:25 - 1:00 (95 minutes)
2nd lunch -11:50-12:20  class 11:00-11:50; 12:20-1:00 (50-40 split)
3rd lunch - 12:35 -1:05 class 11:00-12:35 (95 minutes)
Hour 3 - 1:05 - 2:40 (95 minute Review)

December 19 Wednesday
Hour 2 FINAL - 7:40- 9:15 (95 minutes)                 CAA/CTC-AM Finals in AM
Hour 3 FINAL - 9:25 - 11:00 (95 minutes)
Hour 4 - 11:05 - 1:00 (85-90 minutes + Lunch)
          1st lunch - 11:00-11:30 class 11:30 - 1:00 (90 minutes)
2nd lunch -11:50-12:20  class 11:05-11:50; 12:20-1:00 (45-40 split)
3rd lunch - 12:35 -1:05 class 11:05-12:35 (90 minutes)
Hour 5 1:05 - 2:40 (95 minutes)

Dec 20  Thursday
Hour 4 FINAL - 7:40- 9:15 (95 minutes)                  CAA/CTC-PM Finals in PM
Hour 5 FINAL - 9:25 - 11:00 (95 minutes)
Hour 6 - 11:05 - 1:00 (85-90 minutes + Lunch)
           1st lunch - 11:00-11:30 class 11:30 - 1:00 (90 minutes)
2nd lunch -11:50-12:20  class 11:05-11:50; 12:20-1:00 (45-40 split)
3rd lunch - 12:35 -1:05 class 11:05-12:35 (90 minutes)
Hour 7- 1:05 - 2:40 (95 minutes)

Dec 21 Friday
Hour 6 FINAL - 7:40 - 9:15 (95 minutes)                CAA/CTC-PM Finals in AM
Hour 7 FINAL - 9:25 - 11:00 (95 minutes)
*Seminar - 11:10-12:40 (Make-up for any finals missed (*Optional)
*Lunch - 12:40pm  (*Optional)
Dismissal - 1:10pm  ~  Busses Depart - 1:17pm                                                             

Advisory Enrollment Info

Honors

Glass Castle pg. 1-125 guiding questions.  Follow the link for a consolidated set of the guiding questions for pg. 1-125.  We will take that test tomorrow/Thursday.  Today in class we will get the calendar sorted out, but we are pretty much locked in through the end of next week and into pre-finals week.  We also need to fit in the next Wordwright, which will require either a block day or a two day look due to the length of the reading selection.

It snowed.

Honors:

We review Tuesday.  Glass Castle test #1 Wed/Thurs this week.  Vocab moves to next week.  Glass Castle test #2 will either be Monday or Tuesday next week.  Final Exam Readings will come out Dec. 7.  Wordwright 2 will be Monday and Tuesday Dec. 10-11 (the reading selection is long and in depth)

ELA 10
Memoir excerpts start Tuesday.  Vocab 6 will still be this week.

Vocabulary List 6

1.  equivocate
2.  fortuitous
3.  impeccable
4.  liaison
5.  predisposed
6.  propensity
7.  reprehensible
8.  sham
9.  solace
10.  solicitous

Test will be last one of semester, and will be the week after Thanksgiving break.

Honors Glass Castle test over first two sections of the book (pg. 126) will most likely be Tuesday of that week.  Remember, there are easy to find audio book and pdf versions of it.

Also, if you lost a clear retainer I found one on the floor in my room earlier this week, Wednesday I believe.

Advisory Link for 11/14

Honors:

Jeannette and Rose Mary Walls interview to give you some context for the people you are meeting in "The Glass Castle."


ELA2: Today those who did not finish their test will have a chance to finish in class.

The Glass Castle introductory guiding questions and things to look for

1. Define “checking out, Rex Walls style” and why it resonates so deeply with Jeanette in illustrating her father’s personality.

2. Identify and explain one anecdote from the first section of reading that illustrates Rose Mary’s pride at being able to remain strong in the face of adversity. Be specific.

3. Contrast the literal quality that either the Joshua tree or the Stars as Christmas Presents represented to Jeannette as a child compared to the metaphorical attributes they come to hold to her as an adult looking back. How did she see it THEN vs. how she sees it NOW?

4. Give a literal description (what it is) as well as a symbolic definition(what it represents) of either the Glass Castle or the Prospector and what they represent to JW and her family.

5. JW makes multiple strong references to fire. Using the images and descriptions of her life so far, what reasonable inferences can we make about her fascination with fire? (Use 1 specific reference)

-the glass castle as a metaphor about the Walls family life
-the personalities of the characters individually and as a group and how they interact
-the END OF EACH CHAPTER typically contains a paragraph or at least a sentence that conveys some type of realization or message about life (their individual lives, their life as a family, and/or life in general)
-comparisons that Jeannette makes between her experiences and those of others

-the prospector, the literal glass castle, the stars "given" as presents, the family's moves, the joshua tree, Rose Mary's art

Honors

We will officially start "The Glass Castle" on Monday.  There are a lot of interviews with Jeannette Walls online.  We'll look at one or two next week, but that's a good place to start getting some background built in on TGC.

We will also continue to discuss and incorporate images, especially photography, into our conversation as we head toward the end of the semester.  Watch the following video for a full circle narrative about storytelling through images.

The Story of Life in Photographs

ELA2:
Finish The Glass Castle.  Final review prep. Test Monday

ELA10: The Glass Castle final test will be moved to Monday 11/12 to give you one more weekend to finish things up, and to give us one final day of questions/discussion.

Advisory KSMS show

National Geographic photo editor discussion of the power of photography

AP Reading Images

Work from Friday is on G-Classroom

Honors
Read "A Choice of Weapons" in textbook today.  Begin discussion of the AP's "Reading Images" concept.

ELA 10
Walkthrough of The Glass Castle guiding questions for the rest of the book.  Test Friday.