Sem 1 Final Exam Day

Reminders:

• You will need a #2 pencil (and a back up) and some paper for the exam. No iPads.
• Complete your Grace Project over the break; come back ready to write a reflection in-class.
• Next semester we will be reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Feel free to get a head-start on reading over the break, start listening to an audiobook, etc.

Here is one of my favorite holiday-time poems, because of Klug's bare use of language to establish a striking image-emotion:

Advent

BY NATE KLUG

In the middle of December

to start over

to assume again

an order

at the end

of wonder

to conjure

and then to keep

slow dirty sleet

within its streetlight

FINALS SCHEDULE

Thursday, 12/11 & Friday, 12/12

Pre--
Please take this survey about my teaching; be as honest as possible. I greatly appreciate your feedback.

Lesson--
Turn in your Grace Project Plan by going to the Project Page (click here), and posting your plan as a comment in reply to the post. Be sure to include your name so I can grade it, and be sure to leave personal details such as names out, or changed, if there are details that should remain private.

Take time to read through your classmates' plans. Gather inspiration from them, and make any revisions to your own plan in light of the things that you see your classmates doing.

Discuss Les Miserables the musical film, and the novel.
How are class differences portrayed differently or similarly?
How are contrasts used?
How are characters developed?


Post--
Review for the final--see the Semester 1 Final Study Guide. 
Grammar notes
Literary Devices/Reading Notes
Writing
Works we have read

HW--
Study for the final exam
Bring a #2 pencil on Final Exam Day


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Wednesday, 12/10

Pre--
Pull out Les Miserables Film Assignment.

Lesson--
Finish the film.
Complete and turn in the assignment.

Post--
Work on the plan for your Grace Project. It is due on block day.

HW--
Grace Project Plan due block day.
Bring a 3X5 card if you want to work on making it; we will have study time in class tomorrow.

Tuesday 12/9

Film Watching Day!

Work on the Les Miserables Film Assignment while we watch.

Monday, 12/8

Pre--
Check out the Semester 1 Final Study Guide
Check out the Changed by Grace: Les Miserables Project
*These are also on the class Focus page.

Lesson--
Briefly review Sem 1 Final Study Guide
Explain LM Project

Post--
Continue Watching LM Film

HW--
Complete PLAN for Change by Grace: LM Project by Block Day. Have it typed up somewhere on your iPad.

Thursday, 12/4 & Friday, 12/5

Pre--
Prepare for Timed Writing; Review Grammar notes, Lit Devices notes, Les Miserables

Lesson--
Timed Writing--25 minutes

Brief discussion of LM Project: How can we embody themes from Les Miserables, do something similar to what a character does, or affect those around us in a grace-filled way?

Begin watching Les Miserables--think of project ideas, and begin assignment.

HW--
Think about LM Project

Wednesday 12/3

Pre--
Review your essay; at the top, write down one thing that you would like your peer to give you feedback on.

Lesson--
Find a partner (your choice). Swap essays with them, and read each others' essay at least twice.

Follow this feedback guide:
1) At the end of the essay, and throughout, give them feedback about the topic they asked you to focus on. Mention at least one strength and at least one weakness.

2) Focus on correcting spelling and grammar. Don't simply fix things for them, but mark areas where they need to make corrections:
   -Spelling (sp)
   -Syntax/sentence writing (syn)
   -Punctuation usage
   -Misplaced Modifiers
   -Distracting Shifts (Verb tense, etc)
   -and many more! You may review your grammar notes if you need to brush up on these.

Spend a quality 30 minutes giving feedback.

Post--
Use the time to review Les Miserables in preparation for the written test tomorrow.
Keep brainstorming ideas for the Les Miserables Project.

HW--
Prepare for Written Test tomorrow by studying and reviewing notes from and the text of Les Miserables.

Tuesday, 12/2

Pre--
Open to Les Miserables Part 48 Ch. 5

Lesson--
Finish reading Les Miserables
Discuss "What to do with it?"

HW--
Prepare for writing on Block Day by 1) Reviewing Essays 2) Reviewing Grammar