Ms. Lopez

2011-2012 Link to my new website

Hi all!  Welcome back to what I'm certain will prove a productive and positive school year!  I have created a new website this year.  Please access this site to get the information you will need:

http://lopezlitclasses.snappages.com/

Modernism CFA (to study for CSA)

Download Modernism CFA

Download Prufrock poem and notes

Download Exploring the Harlem Renaissance

American Lit. - The Home Stretch

May 6th:  Catcher in the Rye Quiz ch. 7-12

May 9th:  EOCT (Please sleep well, eat a good breakfast, and bring 2 number 2 pencils.)

May 17th:  Catcher final test

After that, we will review for and take our "final exam" which will really be our unit test over the modern / post-modern period.  You may exempt this if you qualify, but it is only worth 100 points, not 15%.

Review for Realism / Regionalsim / Naturalism Quest

The stories you need to know for tomorrow's quest:

The Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge p. 480

An Episode of War:  p. 508

My Bondage and My Freedom p. 520

The Story of an Hour p. 628

Slave Spirituals:  p. 532-534

Here are the stories that are not in your book...

"A True Story Word for Word as I heard It:  Download A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It

The Outcasts of Poker Flat:  http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/1101/

 

Multicultural Literature

Clink on the link below for the web-assignment about Africa and the "Lost Boys" of the Sudan.

Download Africa Web activity final version

 

Research Paper PowerPoint shown in class 3/16 and 3/22

Download Rough Drafts

Grammar Review

We will be having our grammar review quiz tomorrow (Wednesday 3/16).  Here are some links to help you review / prepare for the quiz:

Commas:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/commas/index.shtml

Colons:  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/colon.htm

Semicolons:  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm

Forming Possessives:  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm

Hyphens / Dashes:  http://www.education.com/study-help/article/hyphens-dashes_answer/  or http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/punctuation/punct4d.html

Expanding Sentences:  http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=40545

Multicultural Literature

Link to timeline program:  http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline/

Link to our Wikispace: http://multi-lit-88.wikispaces.com/Africa

 

American Literature: Info. for Friday 2/18

Be ready for a quiz over chapter II of The Great Gatsby.  Sparknotes can be your freind, but don't let it be your only friend. 

For your research paper:

• 20 notecards due
• Topical outline due:  See example here- Download Sample Topical Outline

 

American Lit. Week of 2/7

This is a busy, busy week, so I wanted to post these dates so you could manage your time effectively!!  There is a lot due, but most of the assignments are small and you will be given time in class for much of it.  Don’t forget to bring index cards for research and a flash drive!!

Tuesday we will be in the media center (all periods) to work on gathering resources.  By the end of that period, you will be expected to have completed the following:

4 Source cards (one of which will be your primary source)- See packet for specifications and feel free to use www.citationmachine.net to help with MLA format.

Thursday:  We will have a short quiz over Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.  Your notes and the attached power points will serve as your study guide. 

Friday:  Reading quiz over chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby (by F. Scott Fitzgerald) – Don’t panic, chapter one is only about 22 pages.

Also on Friday, you will be quizzed over the 1^st 10 vocabulary words of unit 7.

Lastly, also on Friday, I will collect the Research Study Guide handouts we’ve been working on in class.

Download Emily Dickinson

Download Walt Whitman