Mon. Dec. 17: In-class: prepare for final
HW: bring food or get white elephant gift for in-class party
Tue. Dec. 18: in-class: party
Wed. Dec. 19: periods 1,4 finals
Thur. Dec. 20: periods 2,5 finals
Fri. Dec. 21: periods 3, 6 finals
Final: essay on feud in Huck Finn and Saki’s short story
Assessment of writing folder
Quiz on title/authors/main theme of readings (quote identification)
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FINAL (SPECIFIC DETAILS) BELOW:
Final Essay:
PROMPT:
What do the feuds in Huck Finn and “The Interlopers” show us about how humans and the ways they
behave? In other words, what is the theme that each author develops through writing about feuds?
Compare and contrast the two author’s ideas.
You have been preparing in class to write this essay. I have also posted the worksheet you used in class
to develop the comparison. Come prepared with your notes and ideas of how to write this essay. It will
consist of an introduction, one “jumbo” body paragraph (with two integrated quotes) on Huck Finn, one
“jumbo” body paragraph (with two integrated quotes) on Saki, and a conclusion.
Writing Folder:
DIRECTIONS: You should come prepared for the final with the following works in your writing folder.
Each work should have a paragraph of comments on how well you did on the paper. On the day of the
final you will be asked to look through your writing folder to note strengths and weaknesses in
mechanics (spelling, punctuation, run on sentences, fragments, etc.) as well as overall aspects of writing
(use of quotes, organization, etc.). You will be asked to make writing goals for the next semester.
In-class essay – summer work
If available: 2 essays from 10th grade
Narrative writing inspired by Momaday – writing about someone you know or yourself, mentioning
place or historical details
Paragraph on “Coyote and Buffalo”
Classification Essay
“Sermon” – imitation of Jonathan Edwards
Imitation of Paine’s “The Crisis”
Raisin in the Sun project
Transcendentalism paper
Quiz on Authors/Titles/Theme
You will be given 5 quotes from works we have read this semester. For each quote, you will be asked to
identify:
1. Author
2. Title
3. 2-3 sentences explaining the overall theme of the work
There will be a word bank with authors and titles. However, the authors and titles will be in random
order so you will need to remember which author wrote which work. Remember that most of the works
we read from the textbook are posted on my website if you have forgotten what they were.
The following is an example of what you can expect on the quiz and how you should answer it:
QUOTE:
The paint and paper look as if a boys' school had used it. It is stripped off--the paper
in great patches all around the head of my bed, about as far as I can reach, and in a
great place on the other side of the room low down. I never saw a worse paper in my
life.
One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.
It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to
constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves
for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide--plunge off at outrageous angles,
destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions.
ANSWER:
A. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
B. “The Yellow Wallpaper
C. The story shows the mental deterioration of a woman whose mental state is reflected in her
increasingly strange descriptions of the yellow wallpaper. Gilman is showing how women led
restricted lives, and like the women she saw in the wallpaper, were trapped with few options for
a productive, free life.
This semester, we have read the following works:
“Coyote and the Buffalo,” retold by Mourning Dove
The Way to Rainy Mountain, excerpt, N. Scott Momaday
The General History of Virginia, excerpt, John Smith
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards
“The Masque of the Red Death,” Edgar Allen Poe
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
Self-Reliance, Nature, excerpts, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walden Pond, excerpts, Henry David Thoreau
“The Law of Life,” Jack London
“The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain