English 11AP - The End! :-)

For the remainder of the semester, we will be working on our Personal Statement, reading Raisin in the Sun, finishing our outside reading books, and prepping for a Socratic Seminar on the final day.

*On Being - Personal Statement Essay:
>> Sloppy Copy -- due Tuesday, 5/28
>> Rough Draft -- due Thursday, 5/30
>> Self Edit -- in class on Thursday, 5/30
>> Final Draft (plus packet) -- due Tuesday, 6/4
àààPacket = Stamp Sheet à Final à Self Edit à Rough Draft à Peer Conf. à Sloppy Copy à Brainstorm à One Pager

*By Monday, 6/3, finish your outside reading book and come in for a book talk.

*On the day of the final (Friday for 2nd // Monday for 5th), come prepared for our 11AP Final Socratic Seminar

Folk & Myth -- Final Part II

** Final Part II (the original folktale and the critical analysis of it) will be Tuesday, 5/28 - Thursday, 5/30

** Click HERE to find the overview of the expanded critical approaches

** Click HERE to find the Final Part II prep work (due for check off this Friday and Monday)

** Click HERE to find the Aarne Thompson Classification List

English 11AP

-- If needed, finish up the essay reflections for your rhetorical analysis essay and your synthesis essay

-- For Friday, complete a CEHE (just one video) and submit it to turnitin

-- Find and print a passage (1-3 pages in length) from anywhere in The Great Gatsby (except the last page), and bring it to class on Friday

-- Begin reviewing the AP documents in the sidebar of this website and reviewing your AP notes a couple of times per week!

Folk & Myth

-- Click HERE to get to the Independent Folktale Analysis assignment for Friday
>>>>HERE is the link to the online database of folktales (for those that forgot their book)

-- Click HERE to find the complete list of Folktales that we've read this semester

-- Click HERE to find the Final Part I Overview -- Final Part I will be Tues, 5/7

-- Click HERE to find the Final Part I Prep Sheet

Folk & Myth: Little Mermaid Song Battles

We will be sharing our songs with our updated lyrics on Tuesday. Please watch the original song clip below and visit the website with the song lyrics.

>>> Kiss the Girl
>>> Under the Sea
>>> Part of your World
>>> Poor Unfortunate Souls

**CLICK HERE TO FIND THE ORIGINAL LYRICS**

English 11AP: 4/22 - 4/26

MON: Read ch 4 in Gatsby
-If needed, complete the Gatsby vocabulary list

TUES: Read ch 5 in Gatsby
-For Friday, complete 2 CEHEs on the historical event/crash course of your choosing.

WED: Read ch 6 in Gatsby
-For Friday, complete 2 CEHEs on the historical event/crash course of your choosing.

THURS: Read ch 7 in Gatsby
-For Friday, complete 2 CEHEs on the historical event/crash course of your choosing.

FRI: Read ch 8 in Gatsby
-Review vocabulary list for Monday's test
-Finish up the Mock MC Review/Reflection for Monday
-Complete a close reading on the passage of your choosing from chapter 7 or 8 in The Great Gatsby (annotate through Google comments, and write a paragraph that discusses Fitzgerald's purpose in that passage along with examining the choices he makes to convey his purpose AND the effect of those choices). Share your CR with me via email when finished.

Folk & Myth: 4/22 - 4/26

Read the following Japanese tales and review for Thursday's quiz:
>>>Momotoro or the Peach Boy (503)
>>>The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling (506)
>>>The Sparrow With the Slit Tongue (509)
>>>Tale of the Oki Islands (512)
>>>The Stone Cutter (516)
>>>The Wife's Portrait (519)

Don't forget to read in your new outside reading books! Book talks must be completed by Friday, May 31st

Click HERE to read The Little Mermaid