river oaks [english]

Thank you for all of your work this year!   You should all have a copy of the summer reading list and assignments.  If not, then you can download one from the school's website:  SUMMER READING Enjoy your summer break!

Research Process MLA Format – what it is and how it looks Finding and evaluating sources The two “R”s – Relevance and Reliability Using the databases Using sources The two “I”s – Introduce and Integrate Parenthetical Citation (know the punctuation) Works Cited entries (expect at least to know the form for an article from a subscription database) Romantic Period Introduction to the period (620-638) Gothic Literature & Frankenstein (study guide) Women writers of the period (726-728) William Blake: "The Lamb" & "The Tyger" & "The Chimney Sweeper" (two versions) William Wordsworth: "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" Samuel Taylor Coleridge:"Kubla Khan" & "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Lord Byron: "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" Percy Bysshe Shelley: "Ozymandias" John Keats: "Ode On a Grecian Urn"

Remember to read to the end by the end of the week! This week is your last chance for points before the final, and the final will include the novel. The study questions should help you prepare, as will the essay due next week. Wednesday - read to page 50; turn in 10 vocab from Part II Thursday - respond to three (five if in honors) questions from the study guide Friday - read to the end; turn in 10 vocab from Part III The honors essay should be a critical analysis of some specific aspect of the novel. Take your topic from the study guide, and use the homework as a way to get started. Start to pull specifics from the book now, as you read and we discuss, and the job will be easier this weekend. Remember, too, that you all have the opportunity for extra points by (a) doing an essay on the novel if you're non-honors, and (b) taking AR tests on books you have read outside of class. Most best-sellers and all classics are testable. Just check with me or Mrs. Ransom to take a quiz.

Remember to read Part One (1-27) of Heart of Darkness over the weekend. Your homework for this week is on the study guide I handed out in class. If you were absent Friday, then you can pick up yours on Monday (remember to bring my $2.00). As for the context, I know it's horrifying, but it's important to know what happened. Many recent critics have noted that the political context has been overshadowed for years by the various mythological/archetypal and psychological readings since the book was published. A recent article in London's The Independent sheds some light on the context, however, and might help explain why in some ways the Congo region is still in recovery: Forever in chains: The tragic history of Congo

Your final will include the following six chapters: Ch 29 - The Countries of South Asia Ch 22 - Southwest Asia: Regional Atlas Ch 23 - The Countries of Southwest Asia Ch 10 - Mexico Ch 11 - Central America & the Caribbean Ch 12 - Brazil The test will be 100 questions in length - multiple choice and maps.

Your final exam will consist of three sections - AP multiple choice, vocabulary and an essay. The multiple choice section will come from your handout, and you will have a choice of essay prompts. The vocabulary will include 20 of the following 30 terms: eschew - to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds discursive - moving from topic to topic without order veracity - the quality or state of being lively in temper, conduct or spirit perilous - full of or involving danger ephemeral - lasting a very short time prevail - to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority dismal - showing or causing gloom or depression ingenuous - showing innocent or childlike simplicity and honesty syllogism - a subtle, specious, or crafty argument laudatory - of, relating to, or expressing praise pedantic – narrowly or stubbornly learned; unimaginative exhort – to urge strongly sardonic - disdainfully or skeptically humorous reprove - to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly