Freshman College Prep
Agenda
Monday:
December 8, 2014
EQ: What do I still need to work on to prepare
for the final?
What skills
have I mastered this semester?
How can I be
a better speaker and listener?
Tech
Expectations: Closed and put away
1. Present
review topic
Take notes to prepare for exam.
HW: Prepare for exam
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FRESHMAN:
1. What do you anticipate will be the most difficult aspect of the exam?
2. What do you see as your strength in English?
Junior Honors Agenda
Monday:
December 8, 2014
EQ: How can I best prepare for the final?
What will
help me best acquire new vocabulary?
Tech Expectations: Closed and put away
1. What’s on the exam?
2. How to prepare
3. Our Town
a. Setting the stage
b. ACT I
HW:
Prep for final
·
· Lit device
(identification and purpose)
· Vocabulary
(in context)
· Grammar/punctuation
(in writing)
· Understand
the basic tenets of Transcendentalism
· Reading
comprehension (annotating)
· Author’s
style (why particular choices are made)
· Theme
identification (read a passage; identify theme)
· American
Dream (in action—what would ____ think?)
· Essay
writing (clear thesis, support, integrated, clear connection to thesis,
grammar/punct)
· Read
FICTION passage/short story (identify theme)
· Read
NON-FICTION article/passage (identify claim)
· Essay=address
how fiction and non-fiction are thematically related
· Quote
integration/analysis
· Syntax:
short answer (short passage: how does the author’s syntactical choices
convey…?)
· Elements
of literature: setting, characterization, tone, theme (read passage: identify,
address significance)
Junior College Prep Agenda
Monday:
December 8, 2014
EQ: What
types of questions further your understanding of a text?
How does
historical context help a reader understand a text?
Tech Expectations: Closed and put away
1.
R&R # 20
2.
Crucible—reading
a. Predictions
b. Questions
c. Author’s purpose
HW:
none
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR COLLEGE PREP JUNIOR:
1. What predictions and inferences did you make today?
2. Who is the Old Boy?
