Junior American Lit. Study Guide

Study Guide for American Literature/1^st

semester/Mrs. Breaux Breakdown of points: The following units below will be 100 question, multiple choice, scantron test.  Bring your pencils.  The multiple choice portion will count 50%.  The written portion will also count 50%. The exam will cover the following:The Multiple choice Portion: 50%Unit 1 literature in your textbook: *Study all notes, and the background information on that describes the unit of literature in your textbook for each unit. 1. The Earth on the Turtle’s Back 2. When Grizzlies Walked Upright 3. The Iroquois Constitution          4. The General History of Virginia        5. Of Plymouth Plantation          6. Huswifery    7. To my Dear and Loving Husband      8. The Crucible*Knowledge of how to effectively write a character analysis and persuasive essay Unit 2 literature in your textbook: *Study all notes, and the background information on that describes the unit of literature in your textbook for each unit. 1. . The Declaration of Independence/Jefferson 2.. The Crisis #1/Paine  3.. Speech in the Virginia Convention/Henry     4. Speech in the convention/Franklin     5.  I have a Dream/MLK, jr 6..Inaugural Speech – JFK  7. Pres. George W.’s 9/11 speech.  8. Giuliani’s 9/11 speech  9. Former Pres. Clinton’s Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Speech 10. Hillary Clinton’s Women and Children Speech

*Knowledge of how to write a Persuasive Speech and characteristics of an effective oral speech

*All your rhetorical devices  The Written portion – 50%You will be given a modern speech that you have not read before. You will read the speech and you will write an essay analyzing it for: rhetorical devices and their intended effect on the audience, content, emotional vs. logical appeal, and how effective the speech is.  You will be given specific instructions for how to write each paragraph.    **All speeches are on my website: www.breauxclassroom.wordpress.com under American Literature handouts

Sophomores Final Exam/End of the Year info.

Here are some links for the final exam:

Full text of Jane Eyre: http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/9/948/frameset.html

Version of Antigone: http://www.bartleby.com/8/6/ – You have to click and then scroll down and it has play divided into three parts by lines.

A Separate Peace Vocabulary: https://secure.layingthefoundation.org/english/vocab/novels/A%20Separate%20Peace.pdf

grammardogguidestudentversion.doc  — Jane Eyre grammar packet you received a while ago. If you lost it, print this and bring it to class tomorrow (12/14).

final-exam-studyguide1sem-200710thh.doc - Final Exam Study Guide

Reminders: You will receive your Jane Eyre Test back tomorrow in class. Optional revision: you may choose to revise: Catcher Essay Test, World View Narrative, or the JE Test for 15 pts. Due on Wed: 12/19 by 1 pm. Details on a handout given in class tomorrow.

That’s all I can think of for now. If I mentioned something in class that I forgot to post, send me an email and I’ll post it.

Have a good night!

Mrs. B

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Oh, how I always forget the stress of the end of the semester until I have papers to grade that are leering in my face taunting me…”grade me, grade me, grade me, grade me NOW!”  Argh…..I know you guys are eager to get your final grade before exams, but it looks like you’re going to have to email me for final paper grades at home this weekend. I won’t be able to give you your final average until possibly Monday, at the very earliest.

The good news is SAT prep is over, so I have 26 few students which brings me to a grand total of 150. Yay!!! Sanity will soon return, I am sure.

SAT Prep.: You finished your exit exam. I will have these graded by next week.

10th honors lit.: Secret Snowman Day in 2nd period, pizza fiasco day in 4th. I handed you the final exam study guide and we finished reading Antigone. HW: Study for your final.

I will have A Separate Peace books in class for you to use to gather quotations.

American Lit.: Day two of speeches. Wonderful job! Today went very well. You should be proud of yourselves! You received a study guide for the final exam in class.

It is very important to have a copy of your rubric printed out and have your speech assembled when you come to class.

HW: Study for the final.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. B

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Two more full days and three more half days….yay!

Here’s what we did today:

SAT Prep: Day 1 of your final exam. HW: None. 

American Literature: Speech presentations. You received an evaluation sheet to evaluate your classmates’ speeches. It’s worth .25% of an assessment grade. Some of the speeches were great! The highlights of today were: Jon K, Melissa B., Jordan C., and Ashley V., and Carter R. Way to go!! Remember to practice, practice, practice. A few people “read” their speech and didn’t perform them. Yikes! Practice makes perfect. HW: Study for your final exam!

10th honors Lit.: We almost finished Antigone. We have five pages left to finish in each class.

HW: Study for your final exam!

Junior Persuasive Speeches — Speech Presentation Days

Wednesday, 12/12

1st: Carter R., James R., Joe F.,Cameron M.,Sae C.,Josh D.,Kevin D., and David K.

3rd: Letisya I.,Brandon A.,Rachel J., Steven C., Joe S., Robby W., Stephanie T., Jon K., Henry C., Jennifer P., Melissa B.

6th period: Caulin C., Delica B., Shirin E., Ally B., Travis T., Nick G., Ashley V., Ellie S., Jordan C., Allie P, Oliva A., Molly W.

Thursday, 12/13

1st:  Kyle B., Tian D., Sumana S., Nat S., Asha S., Will W., Brittany W., Derrek M., Phillip W., Ricky J.

3rd: Billy C., Caitlin S., Rebecca W., Billy K., Sherese W.,  Ben B., Michael M, David E., Ignacio G., Laura R., Evan A.

6th: Hayley T., April P., Edward K., Vahid Z., Tyler K., Kate B., Kate D., Sveth K., Matt Wag., Kevin H., Tyler N., Drew M.

Friday, 12/14

1st: Nisha C., Marlene S., Claire P, Joey L., Andrew R., Kyle R., Jason P.

3rd: Meredith T., Jordan C., Taylor W., Michelle H., Lexie A., Rae M.

6th: Diana Z., Chris S., Matt Wak.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Three more days and three half days and then…..two and a half weeks off! Yay!

Here’s what we did today….

SAT Prep: You received your pre-test back and then examined the questions you got incorrect. You were able to take home your pre-test questions and scantrons to study for the exit exam tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. I conferenced with each of you, gave you a grade print out and told you your target grade to get a 100% on the final.

American Lit.: Again, we met in the computer lab and you worked all period. Remember: you have staggering due dates — you will turn in and present your speech either tomorrow, Thursday or Friday. The day your speech is due, you need to have the following: your rubric with your wwww.turnitin.com receipt number written on it, your written speech, and your works cited page. HW: WORK ON YOUR SPEECH!

10th honors lit.: We reviewed the story of Oedipus the King and the elements of a Greek tragedy. Then we read Antigone scene 2. Second period completed questions page 788 (1-5;7-9) HW: None.  Second period reminders: Thursday is Secret Snowman Day. Bring breakfast to share. Thursday fourth period is pizza day.

See you tomorrow!

Three more days and three half days!!

Monday, December 10, 2007

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooo…………………….

Four full days of school and three half days left. 

Here’s what we did:

SAT Prep: You took your Cumulative Vocabulary Test. HW: None

American Lit.: We were in the computer lab working on our speeches. Remember, we have staggering due dates. Your speech presentation is either Wed, Thur, or Friday.

HW: Work on your speech

10th honors: We read background information about Greek Theater and Sophocles trilogy of plays.  We read the first ten pages of the play.

HW: None

Friday, December 7, 2007

TGIF!!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I know I will be spending the weekend grading, grading, grading.

Here’s what we did today:

SAT Prep: I checked off your final index cards (word from recalcitrant to sycophant). Then, you finished section 3 practice test: you spent the first 15 minutes finishing section 6 then you did did section 1 (the essay). HW: Vocabulary Test on Monday (word from abjure to sycophant).

American Lit.: Today we read former President Clinton’s speech memorial address about the Oklahoma City Bombing. I gave all of you a brief overview of the bombing since you guys were about four or five years old when it happened. Then we read Sen. Hillary Clinton’s speech to the UN’s fourth conference on women. Both speeches are in the American Lit. handouts section of this website.

HW: Work on your speeches! You should have all your research done and should be beginning to outline and write your speech. On Monday, three printed out (all info.!) sources are due with your narrowed down topic and stance.

Here are some good links I found – some have info., some have additional topics you may want to consider:

www.extemptopicanalysis.com

www.goodspeechtopics.com

www.procon.org

How to do a Works Cited Page sample: http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/sample.shtml

10th honors lit.: We finished the very heinous version (that Mrs. Breaux will never, never show again) of Jane Eyre. Mental note to self: Not everything A&E produces is exceptional.  HW: None   

Looking ahead to next week: You will get your final exam study guide on Monday, your lit. logs, and possibly your JE Test, you will also receive your revision sheet and will get to revise either: the Catcher Essay Test, Reflective Narrative, or Jane Eyre test for up to 15 pts. back.  You also need your books Monday-Friday.

Okay, off to run home. Need some R&R before I grade ALL weekend.

Ciao.

Mrs. B

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Good afternoon, folks!

And what a cold afternoon…and morning we are having! Brrrrrr!

Here’s what we did today:

SAT Prep: We reviewed what index cards were due tomorrow (words recalcitrant to sycophant) and the words for your overall cumulative vocabulary test on Monday (words from abjure to sycophant, minus words from cogent to conundrum.  Then, you took section 4, critical reading, of section 3 practice test in your Sparknotes book.  Then, you took ten minutes of section 6 (writing). HW: index cards (last time!!)

American Literature: Today, we read former NYC mayor and Presidential candidate, Giuliani’s 9/11 speech. You were given a handout work 200 CW/HW points that is due tomorrow. See American Literature Handouts for today’s CW/HW. We have had a date change — your three sources printed out – due on Monday.

Adios.

Mrs. Breaux

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

This one is going to be short, sweet and to the point.

SAT Prep: We reviewed your critical reading section from Monday, then I reviewed points about the essay and how to approach it. HW: None

American Lit.: We read George W. Bush’s 9/11 speech. We discussed its effectiveness, style and structure after we read it. HW: research speech

10th honors lit.: We watched Jane Eyre — the A & E version. No make-up work.

HW: study for last JE vocabulary quiz – words 176-201.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Good morning! Today’s post is early due to the fact that my sophomores are taking their Jane Eyre Essay Test today and I have time to write an early post.   Here’s what we did today: SAT Prep: You took your Case/Complement/S-V Agreement Test, then you got out your SparkNotes SAT Guide and flipped to Practice Test 3, section 2 (sorry, no page numbers are in this section!) and completed #1-24 of the critical reading section.  HW: Finish the section if necessary. We’ll go over it tomorrow. American Lit.: Today, we read MLK, jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, then we read JFK’s “Innaugural Address” from your textbook, finally for HW, you had to complete the chart that was stapled to the back of King’s speech. 

10^th honors Lit.: Today you took your JE Essay Test.  HW: None.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. B

Monday, December 3, 2007

Well, it’s that time of the year again. I have avoided shopping thus far, but I need to start soon because there’s only three weeks until Christmas. I swore to myself when I took up knitting last Spring that I would knit enough scarves for my friends and family. I’ve only knit two and I’m still working on the second! Anyhow, on with today’s lessons…

SAT Prep: Today you took Vocabulary Quiz #7. HW: Study for the complement/case/s/v agreement test. Here are some helpful links for additional practice: http://www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/mnielsen/pronoun_case_1.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu8.htm

http://grammar.uoregon.edu/nouns/nounpractice.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/agreement_add1.htm

 American Lit.: Today, we reviewed the 12 rhetorical devices from your handouts that you received on Friday. Then, we read over the tips for persuasive speeches, then we drew names for speech performances next week. Finally, we began reading MLK, jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. HW: Begin researching your speech.

10th grade honors Lit.: Today, I went over the questions from your JE Study guide and had you cross out the ones I will not ask. Then, I answered any questions that were confusing or that you needed help with, and then you worked quietly at your desk on the questions. Second period has decided to do “Secret Snowmen” and we selected our names today. Thanks to Jessie Sutton for the idea and coordinating! Fourth period voted to not do Secret Snowmen. HW: Study for your JE Test.

Have a great night! I must go cook dinner and grade sophomore papers.