Final Week of Semester 1

We've finally made it to the end of Semester 1!  Most of my students are staying with me, so we're at the mid-way point in the year.  A few are leaving me, but for the most part they'll just move across the hall, so I still get to see them.  As we finish the semester, I wanted to give my classes an exam reflective of the type of thing they'll encounter in 2-year and 4-year colleges in English classes, but I ran out of time.  Usually you'll encounter one of three types of exams: occasionally you'll get an objective test over the books covered; sometimes you'll show up with a blue book and be given a writing prompt, and you then write an essay for three hours; often you'll show up for your exam and turn in your final paper.  So what I decided was to not rush through the final paper we were doing, to do it right with editing and revisions, and just think of the final papers that are being submitted on Tuesday as their "final" paper.  I'd rather do things correctly than rush to cram in a bunch of stuff and do nothing well.

Here's this week's schedule:

English 9

• Tuesday, 1/16 - Academic Advisory - finish final edits and revisions; print and submit the final paper, stapled to the rough copy; turn in prewriting for the intro/conclusion; turn in Romeo and Juliet books to the library
• Wednesday, 1/17 - preview information and activities for The Crucible
• Thursday, 1/18 - PSAT Advisory - preview information and activities for The Crucible
• Friday, 1/19 - 1/2 Day

English 10

• Tuesday, 1/16 - Academic Advisory - print and submit the final paper, stapled to the rough copy; turn in prewriting for body paragraph 3/conclusion; turn in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks to the library; begin watching the Henrietta Lacks movie
• Wednesday, 1/17 - continue watching Henrietta Lacks
• Thursday, 1/18 - PSAT Advisory - finish watching Henrietta Lacks; overview of wax museum and research project
• Friday, 1/19 - 1/2 Day

That's the plan for this final week of the term.  We're half way there, folks!  Have a great week! Ciao!

Final Week of Semester 1 by Laura Stubbs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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