Narrative Writing

Today, after the farming simulation, we talked about components of strong narrative writing, which is available here as a document.

Your narrative writing assignment is actually done for Mr. Nickel, so please check his website for information about requirements and due date.

The Research Paper

The Research Paper webpage is activated. Please visit it here. Note that due dates for your class have not been entered yet, but a link to the observation/importance powerpoint is available on the left.

Study Study Study

Here is a link to the review activity we did in class, just in case you want to play again at home.

Due Wednesday

Make sure to read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. An e-text is available here in case you didn't take your book home

Semester 1 Final Format

Below is information about your semester one objective final. Your semester one reading list is available on the right.

Semester 1 Final Exam

127 Multiple Choice Questions
Essay Component (maybe..hopefully)

Objective Test breakdown:

 60 Huck Finn Questions

 15 Timeline Questions
 20 Character/Quotation Questions
 12 Character Interpretive Importance Questions
 12 General Knowledge/Interpretive Importance Questions

 20 Time Period General Description Questions

 12 Quotation matching to Time Period

 8 Literary Device Identification

 10 Literary Device Definition

 16 Author Identification

Literary Devices: Semester 1


Aphorism
Personification
Periodic Structure
Allusion
Metaphor/Analogy
Argumentation
Parallel Structure
Rhetorical Questions
Faulty Dilemma/Ultimatum
Slogan
Conceit
Enjambment
Epanorthosis
Diction
Syntax
Simile
Imagery
Appeals to Logic,
Emotion, Authority,
Fear

Due Wednesday 1/8

Complete reading through Chapter 38.