Homework for the week of OH MY GOD IT'S THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL

Monday:

• Literature review packet due tomorrow
• Survey due Thursday

Tuesday-Thursday:

• Survey due Thursday (please)-- see previous post to download the survey
• Review materials for your Regents exam!

English Regents: Tuesday, June 11th @ 7:30 a.m.

**NOTE: There is a new rule this year (required by New York State) regarding cell phones. You may NOT have a cell phone with you in the testing room at all! Do NOT bring your phone into the room, or your test will be invalidated. Bottom line: Leave the phone at home! 

Homework for the week of 5/27

Tuesday:

• Literature review due next Tuesday

Wednesday:

• Finish paragraphs/multiple choice if not done so in class today
• Meet in lab 205 tomorrow and Friday

Thursday and Friday:

• Complete critical lens brainstorming practice for Monday (just the topics in the packet, not the quotes themselves)
• Literature review due Tuesday
• Survey due next Thursday--please click here to access the document. Copy and paste it into Word, fill it out (anonymously) and print it out. 

Homework for the week of 5/20

Monday:

• Read and annotate "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

Tuesday-Thursday:

• Due Thursday:  Read and annotate "Learn'd Astronomer"
• Due Friday: Read and annotate "Mending Wall"
• Due Friday: Choose any TWO poems in your poetry packet. For each poem, choose ONE poetic device that contributes to the work as a whole. In a well-developed paragraph, identify the poetic device and explain how it contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Use quotes from each poem and cite specific line numbers as evidence. (Write these as two separate paragraphs--one for each poem-- but you may do so on the same sheet of paper. You do NOT have to pick the same poetic device for each poem).

Friday:

• Start working on lit. review packet--due Tuesday, 6/4

Homework for the week of 5/13

Monday:

• Finish reading "A Rose for Emily"

Tuesday-Thursday:

• None :) A well-deserved break!

Friday:

• Define list of poetic devices for Monday

Homework for the week of 5/6

Monday:

• Test corrections due tomorrow

Tuesday-Wednesday:

• Review areas of weakness in your 5 Steps to a 5 book
• Review tone words and names of rhetorical devices 
• Do practice multiple choice questions (see me for a practice test if you'd like)
• Review your writing folder with old exams and essays; learn from your mistakes and be proud of your growth!

Thursday:

• Breathe. Don't cram. And go to bed early. :)

Friday:

• AP EXAM TODAY! Be at the gym no later than 7:15 a.m.

(and then go see Gatsby this weekend.)

Homework for the week of 4/29

Last two weeks before the AP exam! (And the release of Gatsby, obviously...)

Monday:

• Critical lens essay due Wednesday
• In 5 Steps, for Wednesday: Read/highlight pgs. 162-174; complete exercise on pg. 165-166.
• LAST full, timed multiple choice exam tomorrow! 

Tuesday:

• Critical lens essay due tomorrow
• In 5 Steps, for tomorrow: Read/highlight pgs. 162-174; complete exercise on pg. 165-166.

Wednesday-Friday:

• MC test corrections due Monday; follow guidelines on handout you received in class.

Homework for the week of 4/22

Monday:

• Finish Catcher for tomorrow--journal will be collected
• Discussion board due Sunday night

Tuesday:

• Due Thursday, in 5 Steps: Read/highlight pages 96-98, 153-157, 160-161; complete exercises on pg. 153-157; bring book to class tomorrow
• Discussion board due Sunday night

Wednesday:

• In 5 Steps: Read/highlight pages 96-98, 153-157, 160-161; complete exercises on pg. 153-157; bring book to class tomorrow
• Discussion board due Sunday night
• Critical lens essay due next Wednesday

Thursday:

• Argument timed writing tomorrow
• Discussion board due Sunday night
• Critical lens essay due Wednesday

Friday:

• Practice timed MC test Monday
• Discussion board due Sunday night
• Critical lens essay due Wednesday