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Friday, June 20, 2025
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
For Thursday/Friday
The final exam and term 4 poetry test will be written on Thursday, June 19 (Block 1) or Friday, June 20 (Block 2) in the mornings.
- Final Exam Grammar:
- For the final exam, study your handouts and notes on the parts of the sentence and sentence errors. You can also review the following online resources:
- Poetry Test:
- Review your notes on poetry.
- You can also review my old online notes on the subject.
Friday, June 13, 2025
For Monday
- Grammar:
- Complete p. 106 of the subject-verb agreement handout, and finish any pages you have missed. The subject-verb test will be written along with the final exam next week.
- Miss the Sentence Errors or Parts of the Sentence test? See me ASAP.
- Poetry:
- Did you get today's notes on sound play? If not, see me ASAP!
- If not done, complete a paragraph response to the following prompt:
- Discuss the speaker's conflicting attitudes towards the pigeons in Ann Goldring's "The Pigeon, Icarus". Download the response sheet here.
- Use your own words!
- Make sure you get the notes on theme, emotional impact, and blending quotations.
- Macbeth:
- 💥Did you miss the Act 1 test? The Acts 2/3 test? The Acts 4/5 test? See me ASAP!
Thursday, June 12, 2025
For Friday
- Grammar:
- Complete pp. 104-105 of the subject-verb agreement handout.
- Miss the Sentence Errors or Parts of the Sentence test? See me ASAP.
- Poetry:
- If not done, complete a paragraph response to the following prompt:
- Discuss the speaker's conflicting attitudes towards the pigeons in Ann Goldring's "The Pigeon, Icarus". Download the response sheet here.
- Use your own words!
- Make sure you get the notes on theme, emotional impact, and blending quotations.
- Macbeth:
- 💥Did you miss the Act 1 test? The Acts 2/3 test? The Acts 4/5 test? See me ASAP!
Monday, June 9, 2025
For Wednesday
- Grammar:
- Complete pp. 98 to 101 of the subject-verb agreement handout.
- Miss the Sentence Errors or Parts of the Sentence test? See me ASAP.
- Poetry:
- If not done, complete a paragraph response to the following prompt:
- Explain the theme for one of the poems on the 11x17 handout sheet.
- Use your own words.
- Come to class with a hard copy that we can analyze.
- Make sure you get the notes on theme and emotional impact.
- Macbeth:
- 💥Did you miss the Act 1 test? The Acts 2/3 test? The Acts 4/5 test? See me ASAP!
Friday, June 6, 2025
For Monday:
- Grammar:
- Complete the first page of the subject-verb agreement handout.
- Miss the Sentence Errors or Parts of the Sentence test? See me ASAP.
- Poetry:
- Complete a paragraph response to the following prompt:
- Explain the theme for one of the poems on the 11x17 handout sheet.
- Use your own words.
- Come to class on Monday with a hard copy that we can analyze.
- Make sure you get Friday's notes on theme.
- Macbeth:
- 💥Did you miss the Act 1 test? The Acts 2/3 test? The Acts 4/5 test? See me ASAP!
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
For Thursday:
- Grammar:
- 💥The Sentence Errors test is tomorrow, June 5!
- Review all of your handouts!
- Macbeth:
- 💥Did you miss today's Acts 4/5 test? If so, see me ASAP!
- Read to the end of the play!
- Get the notes on "Macbeth as a Tragic Hero" and the notes that compare Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
- Study your "Literary Devices of Macbeth" handout from Act 1.
- Finish the Act 4 study guide and Act 5 Study Guide.
- Consider reading the modern English version as well. You can read it here:
- Macbeth: Original vs Modern
- 💥Did you miss the Act 1 test? The Acts 2/3 test? See me ASAP!
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