Saturday, May 17, 2014

Final Assignments and Review for Final Exam 10th grade


Final Assignments and Review for Final Exam 10th grade

Pass English 10B!  Earn Points! Improve your grade!  

Note: Beyond the Bell Tutoring and NMA Monday-Friday 200 pts daily if and only if you complete assigned work.    ( 2000 possible points) 


1.     Revise your Act IV and V Quiz  ( to be given 5/19 ) if needed. 

2.     Read page 468-469 on Persuasion.  These pages review the logical appeals, which will help prepare you for the final exam.   Take Cornell Notes, Write legibly for full credit.   Due Wednesday, May 21st   100 points  

3.     Read Mark Twain “The Lowest Animal“ p. 457-463.  Identify the types of persuasive arguments used.  This will help you prepare for the final exam tasks.  Due Thursday, May 22nd   100 pts.

4.     Read 1984 

a.     Complete mini-assessment under Doc C’s supervision 700 points  Optional

b.      Take AR test under supervision of DOC C or Librarian, a passing grade is worth 2500 pts.  Test must be taken by May 27th.   Optional

5.     Review Caesar Quizzes (Test will be made up of quiz questions. Remember to answer in complete sentences and back up you answer with evidence from the text.)

6.      Review Analyzing and Persuading PP. 892 and Model Speech p 895 
 Take Cornell Notes Due Friday, May 23rd 100 pts

7.     Final Exam essay will be a 500-600 word analyzing and evaluating persuasion essay submitted to turnitin.com by Wednesday May 28th at 8 am. No late work will be accepted.  The rubric is the Common Core persuasive essay rubric for grades 9 and 10.  Remember to triple space or there will be a full grade deduction. Any plagiarism will result in a report to the Dean and College counselor.   600 points

Prompt: Analyze Mark Antony’s speech Act III, Scene 2, lines 75-109