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YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED!</SPAN><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=5>1. </FONT>TKAM questions for chapters 11-31 (120 points)<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">2. Character charts (280 points total) for (<STRONG><U>IN THIS ORDER</U></STRONG>):<BR>Scout<BR>Dill<BR>Jem<BR>Atticus<BR>Calpurnia<BR>Boo Radley<BR>Mayella Ewell<BR>Tom Robinson <BR>(you only need <U>one quote</U> for Dill, Atticus, Cal, Boo, and Mayella)<BR><BR>3. the minor characters sheet (70 points)<BR>(don't forget to add Aunt Alexandra to that sheet!)<BR><BR>4. Your TKAM mini-research project (100 points)<BR><BR>5. Your journal (140 points)<BR></P> <P>On exam day, we will present and turn in projects. We will also watch the 1960 classic film version of "To Kill a Mockingbird." If time permits, we will discuss the differences between the print and film versions.<BR></P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><FONT color=#008000><SPAN style="COLOR: #339966; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #000080"><SPAN style="COLOR: #000080"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #800000; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN> <H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#008000><SPAN style="COLOR: #000080; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003366"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></H4></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #000080"><SPAN style="COLOR: #000080"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><STRONG> <H4 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #800080"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #008000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#008000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS; COLOR: #800080; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A href="http://teacherweb.com/LA/FontainebleauHighSchool/Steigman/Directions-for-Quotation-Analysis-Fall-2011.doc"><A href="http://teacherweb.com/LA/FontainebleauHighSchool/Steigman/Directions-for-Quotation-Analysis-Fall-2011.doc" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #800080"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #008000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#008000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS; COLOR: #800080; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></H4></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #800080"><SPAN style="COLOR: #800080"><SPAN style="COLOR: #993300"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #993300"><STRONG><FONT color=#008000><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #800000; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> <DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #008000; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><FONT color=#008000></FONT></STRONG> <P class="MsoNormal c1 c1 c2 c2" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #339966; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" class=c1><EM><STRONG>Welcome to Spring Semester in Ms. Steigman's English II!<BR></STRONG></EM></SPAN><SPAN class=c1><EM><STRONG><BR>"To Kill a Mockingbird" projects are due on the day of your exam. <BR>The handout with guidelines and expectations can be found here: <A href="http://teacherweb.com/LA/FontainebleauHighSchool/Steigman/Mini-project-descriptions-revised.doc">TKAM PROJECT</A> <BR><BR><BR>We are reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee<BR>Download the study guide <A href="http://teacherweb.com/LA/FontainebleauHighSchool/Steigman/revised-for-web-TKaM-study-guide.doc">http://teacherweb.com/LA/FontainebleauHighSchool/Steigman/revised-for-web-TKaM-study-guide.doc</A><BR></STRONG></EM></SPAN></P> <P class="MsoNormal c1"></P> <P class="MsoNormal c1"></P> <P class="MsoNormal c1"></P> <P class="MsoNormal c1"></P> <P class="MsoNormal c1 c2"><SPAN class=c3></P> <P dir=ltr align=left><STRONG></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>VOCABULARY QUIZ - CHAPTERS 1 & 2 OF TKAM / THURSDAY, APRIL 19.<BR>INTERVIEWS ARE DUE AND WILL BE PRESENTED ON THURSDAY, APRIL 26.<BR>.<BR>THE EOC (END OF COURSE) TEST, WHICH COUNTS AS THE FINAL EXAM IN THIS CLASS, WILL BE TAKEN ON MAY 1.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>CAESAR TEST – FRIDAY, MARCH 30</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The test WILL be multiple choice. The test WILL<STRONG><U>NOT</U></STRONG>be open-notes. There are 60 questions. Review the questions at the end of each act in your textbook. If you have been paying attention in class and taking down the information we worked on (character chart, handouts), you have all the information you need to study and succeed on this test!</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Know the following material for Acts I, II, and III:</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Vocabulary for Acts I and II</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Characters – who they are, personalities, etc.</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Plot and Events</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Conspiracy</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ethos, pathos, logos</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Rhetorical devices: rhetorical questions, parallelism, and repetition</SPAN></P> <P dir=ltr align=left>We are currently preparing to read Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird." We will begin reading upon our return from Spring Break. Students are strongly encouraged to obtain their own copy of the book, however, some will be available for check-out both from the FHS library and from my collection.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Exam Study Guide</STRONG></P> <P dir=ltr align=left>For exam success, please be familiar with and able to identify the following terms:</P> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Character</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Setting</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Dialogue</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Plot</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Stage directions</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Climax</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Methods of Characterization</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Scene</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Act</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>External Conflict</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Conflict</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Irony</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Theme</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Rhetorical questions</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Pun</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Allusion</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Metaphor</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Simile</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Iambic pentameter</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Unrhymed</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Blank Verse</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Symbolism</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Soliloquy</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Author’s purpose</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Rising action</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Mood</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Foreshadowing</DIV> <P class="MsoNormal c1 c2"><BR>We are currently preparing to read <EM>The Tragedy of Julius Caesar </EM>by William Shakespeare.<BR>Please obtain a copy of <U>To Kill a Mockingbird by Monday</U>, March 19**<BR><BR>Tomorrow (Thursday, March 1st) we will work on revising the <A href="http://teacherweb.com/LA/FontainebleauHighSchool/Steigman/Antigone-Extended-Response-Options.docx">Antigone Extended Response Assignment</A>, which most students have already turned in. If you have not turned in this assignment, click on the link and complete the assignment - you must have this completed to participate in writing groups tomorrow!<BR></SPAN></P> <DIV><EM>Please feel free to email me at ellen.steigman@stpsb.org with questions or suggestions - or if you find a typo on this page, perish the thought.<BR><BR>This webpage was most recently updated on Monday, March 05, 2012.<BR>Please subscribe to the RSS feed to receive updates when this page is updated.<BR></EM> <HR> <HR> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><BR></SPAN></STRONG></DIV> Automatically clean input to optimize for the web. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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