Final Exams and Review Materials

Teachers can run exemption reports on Friday, May 23. Exemption cards are due this Friday, May 30. I will sign exemption cards on Thursday, May 29. The exemption report tells me how many absences you have. I will not be ready to sign exemption cards until some time next week; I have to finish grades first. All levels of English II have two hours to complete the exam. Unless you have special paperwork on file, you will not be given extra time.

For On-Level, the final exam will include 60 multiple choice items, including:

• Vocabulary words - These are the words on the final exam
• Questions about reading nonfiction, persuasion, the rhetorical triangle, etc. (review paper handed out in class)
• Reading and multiple choice questions to go with that reading. 

For K and H, the final exam will include:

• Vocabulary words - K/H Vocab Review
• An essay based on a tone analysis (2 page limit) - Here are some tone notes
• More about Tone - with short practices
• My tone word master list was posted Oct 29, 2013.

Projects

K/H Classes:

Your project is due on Monday, May 19. Please bring a brief outline of your presentation for me to take notes on while you present. You must print this before you come to class. You may use note cards during your presentation, but please practice your presentation so you don't read to the class from your cards. Feel free to bring any props or objects that you think will help us understand your points. I have had some students ask if costumes are allowed - I guess that's okay, just stay in dress code and don't cover your face. Safety issue.

On-Level Classes:

We will continue to work on your projects next week. We will begin debates on Thursday, May 22.

Metamorphosis Project Notes (In Progress)

Existentialism Notes

Feminism and Gender

Gloria Steinem Feminism Article one and two

Marxism Notes

More Marxism

Postmodernism

Postmodernism & Poststructuralism

Poststructuralism

Psychological/Psychoanalytical Approaches

Kafka Biography from class

Here is the link to the video we watched (4 minutes):
Kafka Video

K/H Metamorphosis Project

Project guidelines: Metamorphosis Project

* If there is an "ism" that we have not discussed but that you would like to pursue, please come and talk to me. 

JC Prompt

Read the following quotation:

"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion."
-Aristotle (Ancient Greek Philosopher 384-322 BC)

Write an analytical essay about Shakespeare's play, JC, in which you evaluate the role of rhetorical appeals within a speech.

Be sure to -

·         Develop a clear and focused thesis

·         Use appropriate organization

·         Provide specific support for you argument, include textual support

·         Choose your words carefully

·         Edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and spelling