I will tell you your final and overall grades on review day. I am not accepting any late work. Do not ask me about your work until then.
I love you and hope you are able to find some rest this weekend.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
9th Grade Final Exam Study Guide
Your final exam will be on Monday, 12/15, from 10:40 to 11:30. I will be at school on Saturday if you have any questions about your final exam-- (you shouldn't since I've given you all you need to know). On Sunday, I will not be answering your texts or phone calls.
It will be covering A Good Night, A Spark Neglected Burns the House, The Place of Peace, The Night the Bed Fell, Three Days to See, The Ugly Duckling, Appointment with Love, and The Black Arrow.
It will have three sections and be worth 70 points total- a character identification section, a reading comprehension section, and a passage identification and analysis section.
Section I (20 points total)
You should be able to identify the main and minor characters from each story. You should know the first and last name of each character. This is NOT a matching section.
Section II (30 points total)
This section will consist of the comprehension questions taken from the textbook and The Black Arrow.
Section III (20 points total)
Passage Identification (there will be one of these).In this section, you will be given an excerpt from the material that we have read. You must identify the name of the work, the author, and then you must talk about the meaning and importance of the excerpt.
It will be covering A Good Night, A Spark Neglected Burns the House, The Place of Peace, The Night the Bed Fell, Three Days to See, The Ugly Duckling, Appointment with Love, and The Black Arrow.
It will have three sections and be worth 70 points total- a character identification section, a reading comprehension section, and a passage identification and analysis section.
Section I (20 points total)
You should be able to identify the main and minor characters from each story. You should know the first and last name of each character. This is NOT a matching section.
Section II (30 points total)
This section will consist of the comprehension questions taken from the textbook and The Black Arrow.
Section III (20 points total)
Passage Identification (there will be one of these).In this section, you will be given an excerpt from the material that we have read. You must identify the name of the work, the author, and then you must talk about the meaning and importance of the excerpt.
You must spell the name of the work and author correctly.
Here are the things you should write about in your analysis of the passage:
First, relate the passage to the rest of the story or poem
Then, you must discuss any significant parts of the passage
1. Is this passage a key moment within the story?
2. Does it contain any of the literary elements that you were taught about, such as a symbol, repetition, refrain, etc.?
3. What effect does this passage have on you as a reader? How does it make you respond, for example, does it make you feel more excited? Does it make you feel more nervous? What is it teaching you?
Monday, December 8, 2008
Antigone Test Answer Key
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answer key for the Antigone test. If you want to retake the test, you should use this to make sure your answers are correct.
9th Grade Homework: Comprehension Questions and Summary of "Appointment with Love"
In the comments section of this post, I have put the summary of Appointment with Love and the comprehension questions and answers. It is your responsibility to copy these into your notes.
10th Grade Homework: The Characteristics of Epic
In the comments section of this post, I have put the rest of the notes about epic poetry. You must be familiar with all of this information when you take the final. I ESPECIALLY recommend that you memorize the information about the homeric/epic simile.
10th Grade Final Exam Study Guide
10th Grade Final Exam Study Guide for Fall 2008
Your Fall 2008 Final Exam will include 3 out of these 6 passages. You will have to identify where these passages are from, who wrote it, and then write a passage analysis for each of these passages in which you discuss the relevance of the passage, the literary terms within the passage (at least three literary terms in each passage), and finally, the purpose/effect of the passage. Because you only have 50 minutes to take this exam, I recommend that you write these analyses ahead of time so that you can organize your thoughts and make it easier to express yourself on the day of the final.
Remember that your rubric will be the same one that we always have— where each passage is worth 20 points.
Because you have these passages in advance, I will be grading your analyses VERY CRITICALLY.
Passage I
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
Passage II
"This thou perceivest, which makes they love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.”
Passage III
"A HEART alone
Is such a stone
As nothing but
Thy power doth cut.
Wherefore each part
Of my hard heart
Meets in this frame
To praise thy name.
That if I chance to hold my peace,
These stones to praise thee may not cease."
Passage IV
"But Paris in turn did not linger long in his high house, but when he had put on his glorious armour with bronze elaborate he ran in the confidence of his quick feet through the city. As when some stalled horse who has been corn-fed at the manger breaking free of his rope gallops over the plain in thunder to his accustomed bathing place in a sweet-running river and in the pride of his strength holds high his head, and the mane floats over his shoulders; sure of his glorious strength, the quick knees carry him to the loved places and the pasture of horses; so from uttermost Pergamos came Paris, the son of Priam, shining in all his armour of war as the sun shines, laughing aloud, and his quick feet carried him; suddenly thereafter, he came on brilliant Hektor, his brother, where he yet lingered before turning away from the place where he had talked with his lady."
Passage V
No, it’s no disgrace for a man, even a wise man,
To learn many things and not to be too rigid.
You’ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent,
How many sway with the flood and salvage every twig,
But not the stubborn—they’re ripped out, roots and all.Bend or break. The same when a man is sailing:
Haul your sheets too taut, never give an inch,
You’ll capsize, and go the rest of the voyage
Keel up and the rowing benches under.
Oh give way. Relax your anger—change!
Passage VI
Therefore
we must defend the men who live by law,
never let some woman triumph over us.
Better to fall from power, if fall we must,
At the hands of a man—never be rated
Inferior to a woman, never.
Your Fall 2008 Final Exam will include 3 out of these 6 passages. You will have to identify where these passages are from, who wrote it, and then write a passage analysis for each of these passages in which you discuss the relevance of the passage, the literary terms within the passage (at least three literary terms in each passage), and finally, the purpose/effect of the passage. Because you only have 50 minutes to take this exam, I recommend that you write these analyses ahead of time so that you can organize your thoughts and make it easier to express yourself on the day of the final.
Remember that your rubric will be the same one that we always have— where each passage is worth 20 points.
Because you have these passages in advance, I will be grading your analyses VERY CRITICALLY.
Passage I
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
Passage II
"This thou perceivest, which makes they love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.”
Passage III
"A HEART alone
Is such a stone
As nothing but
Thy power doth cut.
Wherefore each part
Of my hard heart
Meets in this frame
To praise thy name.
That if I chance to hold my peace,
These stones to praise thee may not cease."
Passage IV
"But Paris in turn did not linger long in his high house, but when he had put on his glorious armour with bronze elaborate he ran in the confidence of his quick feet through the city. As when some stalled horse who has been corn-fed at the manger breaking free of his rope gallops over the plain in thunder to his accustomed bathing place in a sweet-running river and in the pride of his strength holds high his head, and the mane floats over his shoulders; sure of his glorious strength, the quick knees carry him to the loved places and the pasture of horses; so from uttermost Pergamos came Paris, the son of Priam, shining in all his armour of war as the sun shines, laughing aloud, and his quick feet carried him; suddenly thereafter, he came on brilliant Hektor, his brother, where he yet lingered before turning away from the place where he had talked with his lady."
Passage V
No, it’s no disgrace for a man, even a wise man,
To learn many things and not to be too rigid.
You’ve seen trees by a raging winter torrent,
How many sway with the flood and salvage every twig,
But not the stubborn—they’re ripped out, roots and all.Bend or break. The same when a man is sailing:
Haul your sheets too taut, never give an inch,
You’ll capsize, and go the rest of the voyage
Keel up and the rowing benches under.
Oh give way. Relax your anger—change!
Passage VI
Therefore
we must defend the men who live by law,
never let some woman triumph over us.
Better to fall from power, if fall we must,
At the hands of a man—never be rated
Inferior to a woman, never.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
9th Grade Homework for this Week
9A- Read pages 418-19 in your textbook and do the comprehension questions. This is due Tuesday, 12/9.
9B- Read pages 418-419 in your textbook and do the comprehension questions. This is due Wednesday, 12/10. You will be turning these in to me-- so be ready to rip them out of your notebook.
9A and 9B- you have a quiz over The Black Arrow on Wednesday, 12/10.
*I am planning to have a final study guide ready for you by this Friday after school. This final will be on Monday.
9B- Read pages 418-419 in your textbook and do the comprehension questions. This is due Wednesday, 12/10. You will be turning these in to me-- so be ready to rip them out of your notebook.
9A and 9B- you have a quiz over The Black Arrow on Wednesday, 12/10.
*I am planning to have a final study guide ready for you by this Friday after school. This final will be on Monday.
9th Grade Homework-- Comprehension Question Answers for "The Ugly Duckling"
9A and 9B-
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to the comprehension questions for A. A. Milne's "The Ugly Duckling." It is your responsibility to copy these answers into your notebook.
In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to the comprehension questions for A. A. Milne's "The Ugly Duckling." It is your responsibility to copy these answers into your notebook.
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