Homework due the Day of your Final
Assignment 1 of 5:
Study for your final!! You will be given a study guide on Google Classroom by the end of the week but you should already be reviewing the texts we've read in class since January. There will be 60 multiple-choice questions on Of Mice and Men and 25 multiple-choice questions on ALL of the texts listed below:
Act 1 scene 2 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Seneca Falls Convention Keynote Address
Lucy Stone's "The Progress of Fifty Years" speech
"The Work You Do, the Person You Are" by Toni Morrison
"What to Do with the Kids This Summer? Put 'Em to Work" by Ben Sasse
"The Decline of the American Teenager's Summer Job" by Lexington
"Teenagers Have Stopped Getting Summer Jobs--Why?" by Derek Thompson
Excerpt from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Excerpt from 1984 by George Orwell
Excerpt from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Assignment 2 of 5:
Complete your Of Mice and Men Mini Symbol Poster so you can recoup some of the lost points from your final essay.
To get a 4, you must do all the following:
-Choose a valid symbol and provide key interpretations from the text
-Connect your symbol accurately and effectively to a character from the text using two quotes
-Explain how your two quotes demonstrate a character trait that defines a character from the text
-Illustrate your chosen symbol, putting sufficient effort into your work
Assignment 3 of 5:
Fill the index card(s) you received in class with as much information as you like to help you on your multiple-choice portion of the final. It's your responsibility to bring it/them on the day of the final. Don't forget to put your name on it/them.
Acceptable information to put on your index card:
-Definitions of literary devices (symbol, foreshadowing, imagery, analogy, etc.)
-Defintions of key words in Shakespeare
-Examples of rhetorical strategies
-Main arguments for Unit 3 texts
-Symbols from OMAM and what they mean
-Themes from OMAM
-Summaries of the Bible stories Steinbeck makes connections to
You will get your index card taken away if you try to:
-Use someone else's card, use a different-size card, use more cards than allowed
-Copy out questions and answers for the women's suffrage speeches, Unit 3 texts, or any of the Of Mice and Men quizzes
-Summaries of each section of Of Mice and Men
-Write out index cards in a language so that your teacher cannot verify the information on your card meets the above criteria
Assignment 4 of 5:
If you did not do so already, return HmH textbooks (you'll need your student IDs) to the front office.
Of Mice and Men books will be checked back in on the days of your final.
Assignment 5 of 5 (ongoing):
On the day of the final, be prepared to do any (or all) of the following:
Take home your IRP poster
Show your completed symbol log for a grade
Show your unused late passes for extra credit
Sign your teacher's yearbook