Ms. Lopez

Final Exam Study Guide

Final Exam Schedule:

3 & 4th Block Monday

1 & 2nd Block Tuesday

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Download Final Exam Study Guide Paper Study Guide

Good Luck!!

Contemporary Literature Week # 17

Monday: 

- Vocab. 14 Review & quiz

- Journal:  Enchanted:  Reflections of 21st century culture

- Discuss graded movie reviews & review rubric for assignment recovery credit.

- Discuss summary vs. analysis vs. evaluation

- Pass out Final Exam Study Guide

Tuesday-Wednesday: 

- Work on ABC books / reading of parallel novels

- Poetry analysis       Download Poetic Devices

Thursday: 

- Study of genre "mystical realism":  notes, discussion, & view "Big Fish" w/ viewing guide

Friday: 

-Finish movie and study guide

- Poetry analysis

-Time to finish up ABC books / parallel reading (due Monday!)

-Turn in parallel reading novels to media center.

Fairy Tales

Download Cinderella France

Download Cinderella Germany

Download Cinderella Italy

Download Fair Brown Trembling Ireland

Download Katie Woodencloak Norway

Download Pepelyouga

Download Rashin Scotland

Download The Cinder Maid- Europe

Contemporary Literature Week 16

Monday:  Finish Memoirs of a Geisha & discuss.  Students will write their own official movie review incorporating something from a previously written review.

Tuesday:  Introduce Vocabulary G-14 (last unit- Yeah!!  Begin Fairy Tale Unit (Cinderella)  Discuss how the selected version reflects the time & culture in which it was written.

Wednesday:  Research versions of this fairy tale from different cultures and analyze reflected cultural elements.

Thursday:  Continue Fairy Tale Unit (research portion) Begin Enchanted (movie) if time allows.

Friday: Vocabulary 14 quiz, then ccontinue watching Enchanted discuss the changes from the original version and how this reflects changes in our culture. (Viewing guide will be given.)

Contemporary Literature Week 14

Plan

Media Literacy Presentations Parallel reading & conferences Introduce words for Vocab 13

Vocab 13 crossword review Work on parallel reading Thesis statements and attention grabbers

Memoirs of a Geisha & Viewing Guide

Finish MoaG & discuss Movie review (find criticisms) Final review of vocab 13 Weekly quiz 13 (over movie & vocab)

Parallel reading:  Checking for completion of 8 pages of ABC book (can be any letters, not necessarily A-H)

Contemporary Literature Week 14

Monday:

Go over Vocabulary Unit 12

Discuss final parallel reading

Download Parallel reading choices

Writing Lesson:  Prepping for an essay about Spring Break

Media Literacy:  Work on projects (due Friday)

Finish movie if time (track product placement)

Tuesday:

Review Vocabulary G-12

Lit: Go to media center to check out parallel reading novels

Writing:  Develop an introduction from a thesis / outline

Media Literacy:  Work on projects

Wednesday: 

Review vocabulary for tomorrow’s quiz

Work on parallel reading

Work on Media Lit. projects

Thursday:

Vocabulary quiz

Work on parallel reading

Media Lit. projects DUE TOMORROW!!

Friday: 

Get new vocabulary

Finish Media Lit. projects

1^st parallel reading assignment

Film Study- Tim Burton / Big Fish

Contemporary Literature Week # 13

Announcements / Reminders: 

** Don't forget, if you miss class YOU are responsible for checking my website and making up work in a timely manner.  "I was not here" is not an excuse when test day comes (unless you were absent the day before the test when new material was presented).

** Grades are getting fairly difficult to move up or down.  This is good for some of you, but for those of you who need to move up, you must change your habits drastically between now and graduation. 

** Because we have to report your passing / not passing status for graduation to administration very soon, any make up work needs to be completed by the end of the week after spring break.  I cannot promise to get more grades in (except new ones) after that point.  Please make an appt. w/ Mrs. Gledhill or myself to come in for make up quizzes etc.

Monday Go over Vocabulary 11 Download Vocab words for g11 Media Literacy: Discuss Visual Literacy:  Images of War Don’t be scammed… Commercials Part I.

Tuesday Review Vocab 11 Media Literacy: Commercials Part II   Hey Kids, Buy This… Download Hey kids buy this links summaries & reflection

Wednesday Introduce Research Projects Preliminary Research Technology:  Youtubegrabber, death by powerpoint

Thursday Weekly Quiz 11 Notebook Check Work on Research projects

Friday Work on Research projects Video clips:  Product Placement

Contemporary Literature: Week 12

Plan

Review Vocabulary unit 10 Media Literacy:  Define and Discuss Download Media Literacy Vocabulary Related Vocabulary Examples of Rhetorical Strategies in Advertising:  Focus  on Product PlacementDownload Media Literacy 30 minutes to work on A.A. Reading & projects

Review Activity Vocab. 10 Media Literacy:  Web-based advertising 30 min. A.A. reading & projects

Review vocab 10 Media Literacy:  Visual Literacy Images of War

Weekly Quiz 10 Questions to include vocab 10, media literacy, and A.A. entire book) Download Study Guide for Weekly Quiz Work on A.A. Projects

A.A. Projects due today!! Media Literacy:  Don’t be a sucker… (Web-based scams & such)

Contemporary Literature Week # 11

Writing Practice:  5 dependant clauses and 5 independent clauses (using novel as subject matter) Go over LTA Download LTA   Review vocabulary Unit 9 HW:  A.A. Chapter 7-8 1st Block Download DependantIndependent

Essay:  “How to Escape From a Bad Date” Download How to Escape from a Bad Date Write process essay HW:  A.A. Chapters 9-10

Weekly Quiz # 10 Finish process essays HW:  A.A. 11-12

Work on LTA HW:  AA 13-14

Food Day & Movie (Angela’s Ashes) Students bring in one food item that has played a significant role in the novel or that are related to the Irish culture in some way.

Notes:  Our next (and last) parallel reading novel will be Termite by Suzy Pepper.  I will check out a class set from the media center, but reccommend you purchase your own copy for study purposes as the class set must remain in the classroom for both 1st & 3rd blocks.

Upcoming unit: Media Literacy

Your research project will be over this unit and will involve the multiple modes of media used in advertising and marketing for a company of your choice.  You may want to be thinking of a company you would like to research.  If you choose, you may work in groups of up to 4. 

I have attached a calander of our last weeks together to give you a "heads up" of what is to come.  There will undoubtably be changes to this as we progress through the course.  We are officially on a 40 day countdown. 

Download Last months of class

Contemporary Literature Week # 10

Notebook check Angela’s Ashes Chapter 3 quiz Give back Lit. Analysis papers & go over common errors.  Read Chapter 4

Read Angela’s Ashes Chapter 4 Compile at least 50 words to a “Wordle” Vocabulary Crossword review

Weekly Quiz # 9 Writing mini-lesson:  varying sentence structure Read Angela’s Ashes Chapter 5 & fill out journal page about characterization of the church.

Vocabulary:  Students create power points w/ pictures for at least 10 words. Read A.A. chapter 6 & fill out Pope’s teacher recommendation for Frankie.

Food Day & Movie (Angela’s Ashes) Students bring in one food item that has played a significant role in the novel or that are related to the Irish culture in some way.