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October
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Please note that notetaking will be essential for this test, including the reviewing of those notes. Be certain that notes are brought to all tests, including any Rough Draft Essays, any notations in books covered, and the accompanying sticky notes. Do not "clean house" prior to the test by taking out the sticky notes from your readings....these may become helpful in their locations on the test. Only remove these upon returning the book. (Suggestion, however, before removing them, jot down the page number, book title, and publisher - this one is overlooked, but different publishers mean different page numbers, so should you keep them, you may return to those pages.)
Please study using the any means possible / whatever works tactics. Take the test using one means: you and everything you put into the studying.
If notes are allowed, consider that test harder, so study the notes more and make the notes "accessible", color code them, place arrows by the important quotes, sticky note the margins of the month's readings, anything that works for you, use sparknotes (as a Tool!, not as a replacement), but note that there are so many more sources that are equally helpful, use each other....I keep going back to the wikispace available for you (see above)...use it, don't just read the weebly information, take notes on them. A great deal of information will be online (as always) on days leading up to tests. I will make those pages "invisible", however, on days of the test.
Oh, and one more thing: read the assigned readings...that might just help. If you are not "getting it", first off, don't worry about it (these readings can be tough, if not in vocab or writing style, than in concept, secondly, communicate this to me using one of the above communications, or during conferencing, please bother me when there is an open seat. My first question, however, will be "how did you try figuring it out?" I really want you to use the items above, so that the answer to your brilliant question can be shared to all the people afraid to ask it.
Please note that notetaking will be essential for this test, including the reviewing of those notes. Be certain that notes are brought to all tests, including any Rough Draft Essays, any notations in books covered, and the accompanying sticky notes. Do not "clean house" prior to the test by taking out the sticky notes from your readings....these may become helpful in their locations on the test. Only remove these upon returning the book. (Suggestion, however, before removing them, jot down the page number, book title, and publisher - this one is overlooked, but different publishers mean different page numbers, so should you keep them, you may return to those pages.)
Please study using the any means possible / whatever works tactics. Take the test using one means: you and everything you put into the studying.
If notes are allowed, consider that test harder, so study the notes more and make the notes "accessible", color code them, place arrows by the important quotes, sticky note the margins of the month's readings, anything that works for you, use sparknotes (as a Tool!, not as a replacement), but note that there are so many more sources that are equally helpful, use each other....I keep going back to the wikispace available for you (see above)...use it, don't just read the weebly information, take notes on them. A great deal of information will be online (as always) on days leading up to tests. I will make those pages "invisible", however, on days of the test.
Oh, and one more thing: read the assigned readings...that might just help. If you are not "getting it", first off, don't worry about it (these readings can be tough, if not in vocab or writing style, than in concept, secondly, communicate this to me using one of the above communications, or during conferencing, please bother me when there is an open seat. My first question, however, will be "how did you try figuring it out?" I really want you to use the items above, so that the answer to your brilliant question can be shared to all the people afraid to ask it.
Lead up CalendarPlease be aware that in the case of school closure, test dates will be rescheduled on the next class meeting day unless otherwise informed. If a class meeting prior to the test is cancelled, such as a "review day", and the actual date for the test remains open, the test will take place as scheduled. Message: study regardless.
Tenative Schedule to end of quarter: 25 B Explanation of test...work period on choice activities 26 A Explanation of test...work period on choice activities 27 weekend study 28 weekend study 29 B "Writing Day" 30 A Test 1A meet in lab 215; 3A meet in lab 128; 4A meet in room 126 (Mr. Falls room) 31 B Test 3B meet in lab 128 1 A National Day of Writing in Auditorium 2 B National Day of Writing in Auditorium 3 weekend choice reading 4 weekend choice reading 5 A Choice reading due for all A and B day students / grades due for all teachers ... no late work for quarter beyond this time. 6 Students are free / teachers have staff day / everyone over 18 who is registered to do so....vote. (Register now, or contact your voter registration office if you are uncertain about your voter status, or if you do not know where to show up on election day) Month ReviewOctober was a month filled with readings all dealing with character, character development, and culture's values systems. Skills for students included the presentation skills, including both visual and oral, as well as continued work on essay writing. "Banned" items include the No Be Verb Rule (from September) and the No Thing, Body, One Ending Rule (including the word "people"). Study skills were reviewed including the 4As, Annotation, and Short Form Notes.
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StudyUse the items below to schedule in your studying
1. Notes...anything covered in the month, place in you WIP folder if on loose leaf / bring notebook or binder if already organized. Bring your WIP folder with you regardless. 2. Know: Elements of Character x 3. Refer to http://demott.weebly.com/israeli-delegation1.html Scroll to the following 3 articles: Characters, Articles on Conflict, and Character Analysis Part 2. Take notes on them so that you comprehend all of the items in the articles...please don't copy word for word, but put the concepts in your own words. 3. Know / have read / have discussed / have taken notes on: Siddhartha Sundiata Gilgamesh Song of Roland Siefried 4. PowerPoint "Rules". See Materials column for downloadable PowerPoint. 5. Elements of Epic Hero (from our Socratic Seminar day) |
MaterialsSee below for specific material needed
Online TextBookBook: http://my.hrw.com UN: ecdemott PW: Tallwood2012
Starting pages are next to title. Sundiata:518? need to verify Song of Roland: 606 Siegfried: 635 Turn In Day of Test1. Character Analysis for Siddhartha (one for each chapter)
2. Siddhartha Rough Draft Essay: How does Hermann Hesse develop Siddhartha as a character? Don't be concerned about the complete ban on be verbs/ thing endings....however reduce them, reduce them, reduce them. This will help with your clarity and make the submission copy easy to edit. I do want an essay, however, in the proper form....not just a bulleted list of what you would say. Be aware that the question is not: How does Siddhartha develop as a character...that's something quite different that the one being asked. 3. Who Are You Warm Ups x 12 Please have homework regarding the 12 warm up prompts for September and October which answers the question "Who are you?" -Etymologically, Metaphorically, Socratically, Alphabetically, Metacognitively, Archetypically, Anachronistically, Cryptically, Hyperbolically, Familially, Socio-Economically, Minimalistically |
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