Please remember that your test is only 50% of your final exam grade! The other half will be determined by your essays. They have to be two typed pages, double spaced, and written with 12 pt. font. You must choose three of the ten prompts. The test will be four pages with 25 items on each page. Use your flash cards! Good luck on Monday and Tuesday!
1st page- authors & titles
2nd page- characters
3rd page- authors’ biographical info
4th page- The Great Train Robbery
Seeing the snow was fantastic, but we have an exam to prepare for in just a few days! The deadline for missing grades has come and gone. It will come down to your exam grade for some of you to pass the course. Please remember that your current grade will be averaged with your first nine weeks grade , as well as your exam grade. Here is an example:
1st 9 wks. grade- 83 83+83+74+74+81=395
2nd 9 wks. grade- 74 395 divided by 5= 79 which is the final grade.
Exam grade ( essays + test )- 81
This will be our schedule of events ( unless of course we are out for snow) :
Monday- We will have a guest speaker. Thursday- Review for pages 1 and 2
Tuesday- finish The Great Train Robbery Friday- Review for pages 3 and 4
Wednesday- prepare our flash cards for exam review
I would like for you to take a few moments and list your likes and dislikes about our class this semester. I want to know what you found challenging and beneficial, as well as those things that you found trivial and unhelpful. Your comments will make my classes better for next semester! Thank you for your responses!
Coach Wilson
Remember our vocabulary test. We will also cover chapters 26-36 of the GTR.
We will use this Thursday to work on the essay Final! Prepare to utilize a large portion of the block to write your responses.
The following list of prompts represents half of your final exam. You are to choose three to answer. You may answer the remaining seven for extra credit. These are to be typed, double spaced, and turned in the morning of your final exam.
1. Give three examples of how Beowulf was a heroic figure.
2. Retell one of the Canterbury Tales and discuss how it can be applied today.
3. Tell how Arthur became king and then lost his kingdom.
4. Discuss the five major themes of Macbeth and provide examples from the play.
5. Describe four adventures of Lemuel Gulliver.
6. Defend the premise that William Shakespeare is the greatest British author.
7. Write about your favorite literary selection from this semester. What made it your favorite?
8. Relate how the events of the Renaissance have affected our society in the 21st century.
9. Which literary time period would best suit your lifestyle?
10. Give three examples of how imagination was used by Swift, DeFoe, and Bunyan.
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