Last day of class before finals :(

Good morning,

Hard to believe this is out last day of real classes before finals tomorrow. Please remember that you final for American Lit is TOMORROW. Yes, the finals schedule is out of order.

Today, please open your English Journal and fill in this statement:
I have earned a ____ on my English Journal because........
Hint: Use the Scoring Guide! (Yes, you can copy and paste in the statement.)

Under that ^^ please answer these questions honestly and seriously.

 What have you learned as a result of being in this class? Write a full paragraph (or more) for each item.
1. About literature-tip: write about something we read that you really enjoyed.
2. About writing- Think about what you may have learned from being in a writing group.
3. About technology- That should be easy.
4. About school- What will you do differently next year?
5. About yourself- What have you learned about yourself this year?
6. About life- What have you learned about life in general this year?

You can still submit questions for the final.

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Studying on your own.

Good morning,  (Read all of this.)

You have created a study guide with your group, worked in another group by months, and presented your work from your month group to your home group.  You have a view-only copy of every group's study guide and every month group's presentation.

It is time to work on your own. You could review study guides and presentations if you were absent Friday, re-read something you missed or forgot and summarize it for yourself (and your group), or work on an assignment from weeks ago that you want me to re-grade. You can also still submit questions you think I should use on the final.

Requirements:

1. Go to your EJ and write an entry about what you are planning to do today.
2. Do it
3. Write in your EJ about what you did and how it went.

Presenting your study guides.

Good morning,

First go to your English Journal and answer the question below. You probably want to look at the EJ scoring guide too.

What grade do you think you have earned on your EJ and why?

Today you will meet with your writing group to give your presentations for the month you worked on for the study guide. All the presentations are shared with you in your 3rd period View Only folder in Google Docs. You will reflect on each presentation and score it right after the person presents. Before you start take a look at the form you will be using to reflect and score. Return to it after each presenter.

Here is the link I promised you to the questions you suggested for the final. There is plenty of room for more.
Suggested Final Questions

Don't forget to use your...

Finals are coming... Friday!

Good morning,
  Yesterday you worked with your group to create study guides about the material we have covered second semester. I copied your work into a Google doc and published it so you can get to it easily again.
Second Semester Study Guide

Now is the time to go through that study guide and re-visit the readings and ideas we learned about this semester. You might even want to go back and look again at some of the things from your First Semester Study Guide.