ADV ENG I Final Exam

The final exam will cover the following material:

"Romeo and Juliet"
Unit 15 Vocabulary
Indirect Objects

Study guides, notes and workbook pages have been provided to prepare for the final exam.

Unit 14 Vocabulary

Students will be given the Unit 14 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 14 vocabulary words on Friday, May 6th. Please be prepared.

Romeo and Juliet

We will be starting to read Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The play will take 3 weeks to read due to the block testing schedule for AIR. Students will be expected to complete a study guide (with my assistance) upon discussion of each scene and act of the play. Once we have finished the reading, the students will be assigned a group and will complete a project involving the character and plot of the play.

NOTE: A large portion of the final exam will cover Romeo and Juliet material.

Unit 13 Vocabulary Test

Students will be given the Unit 13 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 13 vocabulary words on Friday, April 15th. Please be prepared.

Grammar Lessons - Direct Objects

Students will be given a set of mini-lessons to complete as a class over the next couple weeks. Students will be tested over this material on direct objects on Friday, April 8th. They will be expected to hand in the mini-lessons at that time.

Position Essay

We will writing a position essay based on the student's choice in topic. Research must be done and prewriting must be established with organization of the essay before developing the rough draft. We will be working on this in class and around the AIR testing schedule over the course of the next several weeks.

UPDATE: Position essay is due Thursday, April 14th!

Unit 12 Vocabulary Test

Students will be given the Unit 12 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 12 vocabulary words on Thursday, March 24th. Please be prepared.

Non Fiction Reading

We will continue preparing for the upcoming AIR tests which are scheduled to be given in April. To do so, we will be reading a series of nonfiction articles from New York Times and be discussing strategies to use before reading the text, while reading the text and after reading the text.

Grammar Lessons - Predicate Nominatives

Students will be given a set of mini-lessons to complete as a class over the next couple weeks. Students will be tested over this material on predicate nominatives on Friday, March 4th. They will be expected to hand in the mini-lessons at that time.

Unit 11 Vocabulary Test

Students will be given the Unit 11 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 11 vocabulary words on Friday, March 4th. Please be prepared.

"Raisin in the Sun"

Students will be reading "A Raisin in the Sun" over the course of the next couple of weeks. The play will be read in class and discussed periodically. There will be an assignment and a test at the completion of the play. The test is scheduled for Tuesday, March 8th.

Poetry Unit

Students will be working on a poetry unit working with poetry literary terms. They will complete a partner scavenger hunt using several poems to find and describe literary terms used in the poems and they will also complete a group project poetically analyzing a chosen song as a form of poetry using literary terms.

Grammar Lessons - Subject/Verb

Students will be given a set of mini-lessons to complete as a class over the next couple weeks. Students will be tested over this material on subjects and verbs on Friday, February 19th. They will be expected to hand in the mini-lessons at that time.

Unit 10 Vocabulary Test

Students will be given the Unit 10 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 10 vocabulary words on Friday, February 12th. Please be prepared.

Character Analysis

We will be writing a character analysis using a character from To Kill a Mockingbird. We will be developing an outline, rough draft and final copy of this analysis in class. The due date for the character analysis is Friday, February 12th.

To Kill a Mockingbird Test

Students are finishing the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, completed the study guide with class discussion and taking small reading quizzes periodically. The novel test will be given on Tuesday, January 26th and the study guide will be handed in that day, as well.

Grammar Lessons - Conjunctions

Students will be given a set of mini-lessons to complete as a class over the next couple weeks. Students will be tested over this material on conjunctions on Friday, January 29th. They will be expected to hand in the mini-lessons at that time.

Unit 9 Vocabulary

Students will be given the Unit 9 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 9 vocabulary words on Friday, January 22nd. Please be prepared.