river oaks [english]

Your summer reading list is posted on the school's website - SUMMER READING - and the required works are listed below: To Kill A Mockingbird (9th) Hound of the Baskervilles (10th) The Glass Menagerie (11th) This I Believ e (12th) In addition to the required texts, all students must read ONE (non-honors) or TWO (honors/DE/AP) books of their own choosing. Books must be grade-level appropriate and should be books the students have not already read, obviously.  The goal is to keep you reading, but I would like for you to have some choice in the matter. Visit your local bookstore or go online to see what looks interesting!

Sophomores Your final exam will 100-150 questions, including multiple choice and matching. We will be going over the study guide for the rest of the week, so review your notes and come with questions. I will hand out copies of the review in class, but I've also linked a copy HERE . Honors students, I will post your essay and presentation grades as soon as I have finished grading.

Read "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer and answer questions #2-7 for Tuesday. First hour students must turn in homework for the short stories by Wednesday in order to receive credit.

Sophomores have some more optional homework - this time on the short stories "Araby" and "At The Pitt-Rivers." The questions are due Monday, and we will continue discussion then. Remember to use specific examples from the stories in your answers: Araby - Comp Check, #2-4, and 6 At the Pitt-Rivers - #2-8 You have one more story for the final: " Once Upon a Time ," by  Nadine Gordimer. I've linked it in case you'd like to go ahead and read it this weekend.

Sophomore Honors have PowerPoint presentations due on Monday. The late penalty is TEN POINTS PER DAY. Next week is our last week of class, so it must be turned in and presented to be counted. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me this weekend. Again, DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. I will have to give you a zero. Use the following form for an article from a website: If no author is listed, then the title of the short work goes first in the entry. Here is a  SAMPLE PAGE  for creating a citation from a web page.

The final Honors assignment for the year is a PowerPoint presentation on two 20 th century British authors. To view which authors you have selected, download the Word document . The assignment is to create and deliver a presentation of at least twelve slides – one for a title, five for each author, and one for resources. For each author, include the following: A picture of the author  Short biography  Images and text related to major works  Major themes, settings, genre Focus on most important work, or the most important aspect of their work Your title page should include your name, class and date. Your resources slide should use MLA citations. Consider the quality of a source before you use it, and remember that the best way to avoid plagiarism is clear documentation. Avoid Wikipedia , and cite ALL information and photos. Looking deeper than Wikipedia (or to the page's references) will reveal the many sources behind that single, heavily-plagiarized pag...

Sophomores Your quiz has been moved to Monday, and your homework is to answer questions #2-8 following "Mark of the Beast." Seniors Your end-of-term grades have been posted on Edline. In order to determine if you have to take the final, average the first and second semester grades. This should include all nine weeks and the semester exam. AP students are automatically exempt from the final. Please email me if you are uncertain about your grade. Finals will take place during your normally scheduled period, in my room. The essay will be written in class and should be at least 500 words.