SIDDHARTHA
Tomorrow’s test consists of eight questions of which you should answer at least five. By that I mean that I will count only your best five answers. It might be to your advantage to answer all of the questions and let me pick the best five.
Please type your answers, or write them on a separate [...]
BEOWULF
Here are the notes from today’s reading of the comic. We should finish it tomorrow.
TASK THREE/CRITICAL ANALYSIS
We are currently working on the Greek (Aesop) Fable critical analysis task. All needed files are located in your network folder. The second day of notes can be found below. On Wednesday we will be using the information from our discussion and notes to complete a tree map in preparation for writing the [...]
BEOWULF
Yesterday we began reading Beowulf. Notes are posted below for your review. The plan is to read the comic first, in order to get the basic storyline down, then read the actual poem to get the details. It will also give you a point of comparison that I hope will help you internalize the story. Please [...]
Critical Analysis – Task Three
This week we began looking at Task Three of the New York State ELA Regents Exam. This task asks the student to look at two pieces of literature and then pull and support a controlling idea found in both pieces.
Currently we are looking at a task that contains two Greek fables. We [...]
ANTIGONE TEST
You have been given an actual copy of the test to prepare this evening! Please use it. On the test:
Five short answers, one sentence each.
One short answer essay.
10 vocab words
10 character matches
You guys have the words in the Power Point. You have been given a tree map with all the info for the short [...]
REGENTS TEST CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Today we began looking at Task 3 on the ELA Regents exam. For homework please answer the first five multiple choice questions from the August Exam.
