Planning Your Week:
Monday, 12/16 - Reader Response Journal for Night and American Born Chinese due (assignment here) for
students taking the exam
Wednesday, 12/18 - Compose the final exam essay in class (if taking the final); for students exempting the final exam, reader response journals are due today
Thursday, 12/19 - Final exam for 1st & 2nd
Friday, 12/20 - Final exam for 3rd & 4th
Resources:
Final Exam Study Guide here
Texts:
Monday, December 16
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir and Yang’s graphic novel by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Agenda:
Tuesday, December 17
Learning Goal(s): Review ELA 9-10 standards to prepare for the final exam.
Agenda:
Wednesday, December 18
Learning Goal(s): Compose the final exam essay.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic)
Agenda:
Thursday, December 19
Final exam day for 1st and 2nd periods
8:20-9:50 1st Period Exam
9:50-10:05 BREAK
10:05-11:35 2nd Period Exam
Learning Goal: Demonstrate your mastery of the Georgia Standards of Excellence for 9-10 English Language Arts.
Agenda: Complete the select response portion of the final exam!
Friday, December 20
Final exam day for 3rd and 4th periods
8:20-9:50 3rd Period Exam
9:50-10:05 BREAK
10:05-11:35 4th Period Exam
Learning Goal: Demonstrate your mastery of the Georgia Standards of Excellence for 9-10 English Language Arts.
Agenda: Complete the select response portion of the final exam!
Monday, 12/16 - Reader Response Journal for Night and American Born Chinese due (assignment here) for
students taking the exam
Wednesday, 12/18 - Compose the final exam essay in class (if taking the final); for students exempting the final exam, reader response journals are due today
Thursday, 12/19 - Final exam for 1st & 2nd
Friday, 12/20 - Final exam for 3rd & 4th
Resources:
Final Exam Study Guide here
Texts:
- “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
- “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan
- “Life is Sweet in Kumansenu” by Abioseh Nicol
- The Inferno from Dante’s The Divine Comedy
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Night by Elie Wiesel
Monday, December 16
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir and Yang’s graphic novel by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Agenda:
- Read and analyze American Born Chinese and continue crafting your Reader Response Journal. (assignment here)
- As a class, finish reading Night as needed.
- As time permits, watch the interview with Elie Wiesel.
- Journals are due today for anyone taking the final exam!
- Use the final exam study guide (here) to prepare for the final exam.
Tuesday, December 17
Learning Goal(s): Review ELA 9-10 standards to prepare for the final exam.
Agenda:
- Students who are taking the final exam, use this class period to complete the final exam study guide (here); you will write the essay tomorrow!
- Students who are exempting the final exam, use this class period to continue your reader response journal (here), due tomorrow.
- Use the final exam study guide (here) to prepare for the final exam.
Wednesday, December 18
Learning Goal(s): Compose the final exam essay.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic)
Agenda:
- Compose the final exam essay. (Students who are exempting the final exam also exempt this component but ARE required to come to class.)
- Students who are exempting the final exam must turn in their Reader Response Journals by today.
- Use the final exam study guide (here) to prepare for the final exam.
Thursday, December 19
Final exam day for 1st and 2nd periods
8:20-9:50 1st Period Exam
9:50-10:05 BREAK
10:05-11:35 2nd Period Exam
Learning Goal: Demonstrate your mastery of the Georgia Standards of Excellence for 9-10 English Language Arts.
Agenda: Complete the select response portion of the final exam!
Friday, December 20
Final exam day for 3rd and 4th periods
8:20-9:50 3rd Period Exam
9:50-10:05 BREAK
10:05-11:35 4th Period Exam
Learning Goal: Demonstrate your mastery of the Georgia Standards of Excellence for 9-10 English Language Arts.
Agenda: Complete the select response portion of the final exam!