Category: English 2
SUMMER!!!
Need summer reading recommendations? I’ll tweet the books I read this summer. Follow @MrsC_English to check them out.
English 2 – Tuesday, May 16th
Revisit reading goals. Return notebooks. Wrap-up for the semester. See some of you at the final.
English 2 – Monday, May 15th
Indie read – last clipboard. Last presentation group for lit. circle study. Rewatched Vonnegut’s shape of story video. Discuss finals and what to study.
Final is Wednesday, May 17th at 10:10 am.
- lit. terms matching (defnitely expect allusion)
- Hero’s journey questions / shape of story
- Romeo & Juliet (multiple choice)
- Odyssey (multiple choice)
- A reading section w/ annotations & questions to answer in writing
English 2 – Friday, May 12th
Indie read. Lit. Circle group presentations!
Deadlines:
- One more presentation on Monday.
- Comment on Question #4 by end of Friday 5/12
English 2 – Thursday, May 11th
Indie read. Lit. Circle group presentations!
Deadlines:
- More presenting tomorrow.
- Comment on Question #4 by end of Friday 5/12
Upcoming: Talk about Finals tomorrow (must-take, recommendations, content, etc.)
English 2 – Wednesday, May 10th
Indie read. Lit. Circle group presentations!
Deadlines:
- More presenting tomorrow.
- Comment on Question #4 by end of Friday 5/12
English 2 – Tuesday, May 9th
10 minutes for group collaboration – finalize what needs to be done for tomorrow. Quick Quiz #4 – lit. circle books. Quickwrite #20: Lit. circle movie excerpts – the end. How does it compare? Why did the filmmakers make the choices they made?
Presentations start Wed. 5/10 – be ready!
English 2 – Monday, May 8th
Indie read. Question #4 available on websites today. Work on group projects. Info for emailing your group’s blogpost.
Deadlines:
- Last quick quiz tomorrow 5/9 (finish your lit. circle book)
- Last lit. circle notebook/ movie excerpt writing tomorrow
- Presentations start Wednesday – be ready!
English 2 – Friday, May 5th
Indie read. Rewatch Vonnegut video, handout on story patterns, more in-depth look at the parts of the group project including an overview of how you will receive both a group and an individual grade. Time to work on group plans (Goal: pick the pattern, divide up the work).
Deadlines:
- Comment on Question #3 by end of Friday 5/5 (TODAY!)
- Next (last) quick quiz on Tues. 5/9 (see bookmark for chapters)
- Lit. circle project presentations next week – be ready on Wed. 5/10
English 2 – Thursday, May 4th
Quickwrite #19: “May the 4th be with you” – Star Wars movie clip. Lit. circle post-it #3 in class w/ your group & share. Video: Kurt Vonnegut’s Shapes of Story. Intro to group project.
Deadlines:
- Comment on Question #3 by end of Friday 5/5
- Next (last) quick quiz on Tues. 5/9 (see bookmark for chapters)
- Lit. circle project presentations next week – be ready on Wed. 5/10