Portfolios are due tomorrow!

Wordsworth's Boat

A little Q2 practice and some work time.
Also, I announced a voluntary AP Test Practice Session this Sunday (5/3) from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, in my room at EHS. We will consider general test prep strategies, practice some multiple choice and a few essays.

Monday and Tuesday: Prep Time

Both these days were spent primarily working on revision for the portfolio. Monday we began the day with a review of passive and active voice and Tuesday we began with a short multiple choice practice section. The rest of the week will consist mostly of revision and AP practice.

Portfolio Time: Avoiding "Uses"

We began the day with a discussion of ways to avoid the verb "uses" and its synonyms in analytical papers. Students worked on their portfolios for the remainder of the period.

Crunch Time

Today we went over the multiple choice from earlier in the week, and then spent the rest of the period talking about the portfolio, including handouts and resources available at GC.

I'm Baaaack...

Today we spent the period talking about upcoming events and then reviewed the essay practice assignment from yesterday. We will go over the multiple choice practice tomorrow.

Portfolio handouts and AP Practice are available at GC.

New Due Dates:

• The HSU Portfolio 5/1 (no late portfolios can be accepted)
• The AP Test 5/7

Mrs. D Cont.

Today we continued the graphic organizer activity, using it to put some order and thematic framework on the text. We spend the second half of the period in small groups doing the following:

• Groups find a quotation (roughly the length and quality that I choose for warm-ups).
• Individuals write up a short warm-up-like analysis, including an analysis of style and theme.
• Be prepared to share tomorrow.

Monday & Tuesday: Mrs. D

Monday we spent much of the day on a Mrs. Dalloway quiz and then did a short graphic organizing activity, which we continued on the board Tuesday after a discussion of a quotation from the novel.

Rough Drafts, Very Rough in Most Cases

Friday we talked about heading off senioritis, spent some time discussing the poem from yesterday, and then had a bit of a read-around of some generally (with a handful of exceptions) incomplete essay drafts. Don't fall apart now.

Yea! More Work for Me to Grade

Today I collected the poetry homework and checked the Mrs. D journals and essay outlines. Meanwhile, students wrapped up the poetry unit with a timed essay.

Have a draft of your final thematic essay in class tomorrow.

Best Prank... Ever

So in class today, we had our last two poetry presentations and said goodbye to the Germans, but really, all that was just a prelude to the April Fool's Day destruction of Garett's cell phone. Well played, my friend, well played indeed.

Oh, and there's homework. Clearly outline your thematic essay. I will check these tomorrow, and I expect to see a detailed outline indicating the topic and the focus of each paragraph.

Poetry PC tomorrow as well.