Assignments for the week of May 16

On Tuesday, we will meet in Room 424 to take roll and pass back papers. Then we will go to the library and take the end-of-year Star Reading assessment to see how much your reading has improved since August. Those who need AR points can take an AR test on To Kill a Mockingbird.

If there is time, students will log on to The College Board website https://www.collegeboard.org and create an account. From there, I will give you an access code that will allow you go to the My Road section of the website and take the ORA Personality Profiler. If I don't have an access code for you (because you did not take the PSAT), I have a paper version of the personality profile you can use.

TAKE 2: Try this website: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

On Thursday, after reading about your results and what college major you may be interested in, you will write a reflection using this Google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d2L961nQDCzde5IzHMxtlzDEOmsmYabLEU80BhvPaVg/edit?usp=drive_web

Study the chpt. 12-13 word from To Kill a Mockingbird on memrise. The link is http://www.memrise.com/course/1055723/to-kill-a-mockingbird-28/

To Kill a Mockingbird Part I Test

Thursday there will be a 25-question test on chapters 1-10 of To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. There are 12 vocabulary questions: eight from the quiz, plus four more. They are:

malevolent (chpt. 1)
perplexity (chpt. 1)
prediliction (chpt. 1)
vexations (chpt. 2)
contemptuous (chpt. 3)
contentious (chpt. 3)
tacit (chpt. 5)
unfathomable (chpt. 8)
ingenuous (chpt. 9)
obstreperous (chpt. 9)
mortifying (chpt. 9)
inordinately (chpt. 9)

Creative Writing Assignment

Due Tuesday: Creative Writing # 3 and 4 pg. 529 (Southbound on the Freeway, Kidnap poems)
or
Creative Writing # 2 and 3 pg. 535 (shoes, what happens next in Beware: Don't Read This Poem)

Turn in when you walk into class. We will have a gallery walk in which the assignments will be posted around the room and students will walk around and read each one.

Reflection on Fall Semester

After you have taken an AR quiz on a book you read during winter break, write a reflection on your progress as an English student.

First, take a few minutes to look through your portfolio. What types of writing do you enjoy? What types or elements or writing give you trouble? Do you need to work on generating ideas before you start writing or do you need to proofread more carefully and revise? Does your grammar or vocabulary need improvement?

In sentence form (not a list), name three things you are good at in English class and three things that you plan to improve on this semester. Turn this in when you are done, or finish for homework if necessary.