01/31/2012

Today:

We started our new Great Expectations unit! Below you will find a link to the bio on Dickens and the novel as well as the homework assignment. You only need to take notes when the Power Point reaches the slide on Great Expectations. You will not be tested on Dicken's bio as it's not a lit standard, you will be expected to know the themes, characters, motifs, plot, and other important information covered in the story.


Charles Dickens

Thank you.

Mrs. Johnson

01/20/2012

I missed seeing most of you this crazy weather week! If you were absent yesterday and did not get a study guide, I am posting one below for you! As far as the final exam goes, it is what we call a "Big Ideas" final in the sense that if you know the central theme, author, key characters and their roles, and finally the literary terminology we've covered over ther course of the semester, you will be fine. That still sounds like a lot right? Let me give you some examples:
For author's and their works, you would simply have to find the author and match them to the title of their work, so who wrote “I Hate and I Love?”
When I say "Big Ideas," I mean that if you know the basic theme of each work, you should be able to answer the question. For example: Poem about moderation. (Which poem is this?) And you'll have a list to choose from... So the questions are not super detailed about each work we covered because, in English, we cover so many works of literature, but we want you to remember the "Big Ideas" that will be referenced again throughout high school and college. The exam is entirely multiple choice and 130 questions.
Hopefully that eases your mind some (if you were worried that is).

Suggestions for study:

• As always, flashcards of authors' names on one side, works and their central theme on the other
• Lit terms: Name of term and a picture that represents it on one side of card, definition on the other side
• Getting together with a fellow Humanities student and studying together for both subjects is always a great plan.

Here is the study guide: Semester I Study Guide

01/13/2012

Today in class:

• We finished Act III of Romeo and Juliet, , so please finish the act at home if you were absent.
• We watched the two death scenes of Mercutio, and I gave an assignment, which you can view under my "Power Points from Lecture" tab and click on R and J Act III assessment. Most likely, you don't have copies of the 1968 and 1996 films at home, but you are welcome to view them with me after school this week to make up the assignment if you can't access the films.

Thank you,

Mrs. Johnson

01/06/2012

Today in class:
Act II Assessment (quiz)
For specific notes on the quiz, go to my "Power Points from Lecture" tab and find the link for "Act II Assessment Notes"
Additionally I assigned a grammar and Act I review guide, so click here for the printable worksheet, which is due Monday: Act I Punctuation Guide

*Bring book Monday

Happy Weekend!

Mrs. Johnson

01/03/2012

Today in class:
We read to the top of page 352 today in Romeo and Juliet.
You will have an assessment Thursday over this act. I will talk to you about what the assessment will cover tomorrow.
Assessment I ,which was taken before the break, must be made up by Thursday after school.
Song of Deeds stories are no longer accepted.
***Bring Green Prentice Hall book tomorrow as we will finish act II.

See you soon!

Mrs. J