Last day of school!

per. 4 Final Exam

Have a good summer!

Final Exam

You may use:

• Construction paper review packets
• Goldenrod sheets
• Books (for 10 min)

per. 1: Final Exam, Wednesday, June 9, 7:45-9:09
per. 4: Final Exam, Thursday, June 10, 9:17-10:41

Historical Lens Essay

Finish typing essay.


When finished:

Complete work on Review assignment for final (from Friday, 6/4).
These construction paper sheets will be very helpful to you on the final exam, particularly the author and title matching.

Wednesday (for per. 1) or Thursday (for per. 4):
Final Exam

Topics to be covered include:

• Contemporary literature
• General literary terms
• Matching of titles and authors with correct time periods
• Identifying literature selections and the time periods from which they come.
  

Historical Lens Essay

This essay will be written in class on Monday and Tuesday, June 7-8. The completed essay is due by the end of class June 8.

To prepare for this assignment, consider the literary periods and the “big ideas” that are represented in each of them. Select one idea from each of three periods with which you most identify. For each selected idea, write a reflective paragraph about your connection to and experience(s) regarding this idea, referencing at least one piece of literature from the period to back up your example. Begin your paper with an introduction that mentions each of the literary periods we’ve studied, and specifically highlight the three you’ll discuss in your paper. End with a conclusion that states which of these three periods you find most influential for you personally and why.

Your paper will be graded on the following:

Use of detail (regarding the period and literary works)

Elaboration

Coherence

Analysis

Personal Reflection

Literary Periods/Works to consider:

Encounters and Foundations to 1800

Romanticism: 1800-1860

Rise of Realism:

Civil War to 1914

The Moderns: 1914-1939

Contemporary: 1939-present

Intro, 14-15

Bradstreet, 27

Edwards, 45

Franklin, 75

Jefferson, 97

(Crucible, 1216)

Intro, 167, 168, 171

Longfellow, 195

Thoreau, 213

Hawthorne, 249

Poe, 277, 297
Intro, 457, 459

Douglass, 465

Twain

Intro, 639

Poets: Pound, 648

Eliot, 655

Williams, 665

Moore, 671

Cummings, 675

Frost, 801, 805

Cullen, 819

Hemingway, 683

Faulkner, 721

Of Mice and Men
The Crucible, 1216

Montana, 1948

Danticat

Tan

Alvarez

(Intro, 899)

Silent Reading, 20 min (final time for semester)

Montana 1948

• Finish writing Extended Metaphor poem. Requirements:

1. at least 15 lines long
2. at least three direct comparisons between life and the concrete object
3. rhyming is optional
4. Write final poem on construction paper
5. Include visual

Review Historical Literary Periods

On a separate piece of construction paper for each movement, write

• the name of the movement
• three characteristics of the period
• authors and titles we've read from this period (see list)

With a partner, you'll put these in order from earliest movement to most recent. These timelines will be useful visual aids for the Final Exam on Wednesday or Thursday (6/9 & 10).

Historical Research Essay

Final Essay Due!

Include the following in research folder:

• Final draft with works cited
• Second draft (revised by teacher)
• First draft (peer-revised)
• Outline/Graphic organizer
• 4-5 sources with notes
  

Silent Reading, 20 min (or study for test)

Montana 1948

• Brief review
• Hand in study guide
• TEST, Montana 1948

When finished:

Work on Extended Metaphor Poem. Requirements:

• At least 15 lines long
• Make at least three comparisons between life and concrete object
• Rhyming is optional
• Write on construction paper and include visual
• Poem is due Friday

Historical Research Essay

• Continue working on Historical Research Essay
• Final Draft due Thursday, June 3