If you are within 3 percentage points of the next higher grade, you are eligible for extra credit. For example, if you have a 77% or an 87% ect... There are 3 extra credit assignments. You need to complete one of them for each percentage point you are away from your desired grade....if you have a 77% and want a B, you have to complete all 3 assignments. If you have an 88% and you want an A, you need to complete 2 assignments. All extra credit is due to me- in my hand- not in my mailbox by the end of the school day on Friday, May 12. I will not make any exceptions! Please see the attached file for the assignments. Let me know if you have any questions.
WORDS OF WISDOM: "Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly. " -Susanna Kaysen
-Paper 2 feedback- let me know if you want your paper to be out of 20 instead of 100 -Plot review -Paper 2 review Good luck on exams! WORDS OF WISDOM: "For me, peace comes when I...embrace the beautiful mess that I am, and embrace the beautiful mess that you all are, and that this world is. And just let it be that." -Elizabeth Gilbert
-Housekeeping-make sure to turn in your banquet seating requests and make sure you have indicated where you want your IB transcripts sent- where you are going to college -Score your own Paper 2 -Paper 1 practice Homework: None- bring your texts and binder for Friday's review WORDS OF WISDOM: "Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. -Saul Bellow
-Our last practice Paper 2 Homework: None- we will be reviewing Wed. and Friday. WORDS OF WISDOM: "Developing an adequate response to rejection, neither defensive nor sentimental, lies at the heart of any serious attempt at sanity." -Alain De Botton
WORDS OF WISDOM: "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are."
-Marianne Williamson -Go over RRJ Comparison chart -Practice in working with prompts which don't imply theme -Read part of Act III of "The Visit" Homework: Choose 5 of the prompts from your sample prompt sheet (those which don't imply theme) and write a thesis for each of them, as if you were going to write the essay. You will turn this in on Thurs. WORDS OF WISDOM: "Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet."- Thich Nhat Hanh
-Discuss RRJ- what lit. techniques are you seeing in the play -Read Act II -Add to your RRJ- is the technique you initially identified still begin used? If so, how? If not, what other technique do you see being used? Homework: For your RRJ- work on comparisons between the three texts WORDS OF WISDOM: "Ditchers never prosper...." -Mrs. Kramer- jk
-No work today- hope you enjoyed your "ditch day". **Remember- CAS portfolio due Friday. WORDS OF WISDOM: "It always seems impossible until it's done." -Nelson Mandela
-Work with Paper 2 questions and themes- which of the themes you came up with last class period fit with these categories of questions? -Continue reading "The Visit" Homework: Finish Act 1 of "The Visit" RRJ 1: Choose one of the study guide questions to answer. Identify the literary technique used to create that answer, find the pattern of the use of the technique and determine the effect of that use. What is Durrenmatt getting at by using this technique this way? Do you have an idea of motif yet? REMINDER!!!! CAS PORTFOLIOS ARE DUE (TO ME) THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 14. |