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IMPORTANT DATES coming up:
-short story will be started in class 10/26-10/30; then all independent
work. Final copy is 20 points of the research project and will be due Fri.
12/11
-please check the research paper tab for a complete list of all dates
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PLEASE RETURN ALL OUTSTANDING BOOKS!!
If books are lost, a check can be made out to Arlington Central School
District. Book prices are listed below:
Alas, Babylon: $16
Cry, The Beloved Country: $17
The Princess Bride: $12
Romeo and Juliet: $13
The House on Mango Street: $16
The Contender: $12
*Students will not be issued another book until they have returned or paid
for the book that is out*
The Final Portfolio is assembled in the following way:
-Students will choose 4 essays they have written throughout the year that
reflect their best work.
-These 4 essays will be added to the research paper grade.
-On June 7-11TH ALL high school English students will take an in-class
essay exam on a grade-level critical lens quotation.
-On June 7-11TH ALL high school English students will give a written
self-statement essay that discusses their reflections about their growth
during the year.
-The 4 essays, research paper, critical lens, and self-statement will be
averaged together for a final grade. This grade will be weighted as a 5th
marking period and averaged with the other 4 to produce a final overall
average for the year.
****VERY IMPORTANT****
The critical lens and self-statement are school-wide final exams, and
therefore cannot be made up. Please make every effort to be in class on
these days. If a student is absent, he or she will not be able to re-take
the exam essays.
TEST DATES: MONDAY- FRIDAY JUNE 7-11TH
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Review sheet for literary terms test
Please review the definitions for each of the literary terms listed. You
can find them in your notes, your literary terms packet, or a dictionary.
Allusion
Antagonist
Protagonist
Tone
Setting
Motif
Autobiography
Characterization
Conflict
Narrator
Theme
Stream of Consciousness
Point of view
Flashback
Symbol
Oxymoron
Personification
Metaphor
Imagery
Assonance
Alliteration
Dialect
Climax
Denouement
Fable
Foreshadowing
Irony
Plot
Revelation
Similie
Satire