Due for Tuesday 28th I will be collecting your freshmen letter!
Due for June 3 I will be collecting your freshmen year critique! Here we are! Last week or so of May, with only a handful of classes to go until review week. Throughout this year, we’ve tackled some great novels - Of Mice and Men, Lord of the Flies - looked at some foundational texts - Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey - learned some vocabulary stems and grammar, and read every single word of Catcher in the Rye! And, somehow, through it all, we talked about gender, power, gender, romance, gender, coordinating conjunctions, and gender. Now that we’re through, I ask you to take a strong look back at this past year and ask yourself, what did I actually learn? Was it actually worth it? What should the focus of Newton South’s freshmen year English curriculum be? To that end, we will be engaging in a series of conversations that looks at possible answers to this central question. While we hold these conversations in class, you will be working on a paper that articulates a compelling answer to this question with voice, perspective, research, and references. Objectives
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Due for Monday May 20 Have your Catcher in the Rye Essay completed and ready to submit in class!
Many people consider Catcher in the Rye to be the quintessential American "coming of age" novel in which our protagonist transitions into adulthood through a profound experience. If we buy into this notion, consider what it might mean to be an American Male through the lens of our novel, and argue whether or not this definition/ commentary still holds validity in 2019, over 60 years later? Requirements:
Also, you will be presenting your picture book on Monday! Due for Tuesday We will have a voluntary Review Session for our AP exam during classtime. If you are not taking the AP, please check in with me so that I can take attendance!
Due for Wednesday Don't show up to class! It's our AP exam day! Make sure you go to Cutler Commons by 7:40 that morning. Due for Friday May 17th Make a list of 19 things you never want to forget about the past four years. The items that comprise this list can be moments, lessons, individuals, songs, promises, relationships, experiences, etc. Try to be as specific as possible. Share this in your Google Doc Folder Due for Monday, May 20th Imagine there were some sort of intimate, exclusive candle-lit ceremony in which you and forty other seniors of your choice (and everyone’s parents) were in attendance to recognize and honor all that you’ve gone through over the past four years. The penultimate portion of this ceremony was an “open mic” session in which any senior is allowed to address the congregation of peers and parents say whatever is on his/her/their heart. You walk up there, grab the mic, and start, “Hello, I just wanted to say…” (500 words) Due for Tuesday May 28th Submit your Reflection Paper on Turn It In Due for Tuesday Rewrite one of the following sentences three times reflecting three different rhetorical devices listed in our document; try to use at least one from each page!
Due for Wednesday Take 50 minutes and try on the synthesis prompt (Q1) from 2018! Bring this to class with a codename. Due for Monday Write back to your freshmen self. Looking back on the items and issues that concerned you four years ago, craft a response that addresses the topics you felt compelled to remark upon during your freshmen year. Reflect upon how much you’ve grown, how your priorities have shifted, how you have met or failed expectations, how your relationships have blossomed and withered. Give examples, answer questions, and comment on how your perspective as a senior differs from yours as a freshmen. (500 words) OR Write a letter to someone who holds significant value to you at this current moment. In this letter, comment upon how you’ve grown through your relationship and how the events and experiences that you’ve shared or received has developed your sense of self and worth. What lessons have this person taught you? What moments stand out in your mind as being symbolic for the space this individual occupies in your life? What commitments, values, or understandings would be vacant if it weren’t for this person? (500 words) Submit this letter by placing it in your Google Drive folder. |
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