Semester Extension

Hello All!

I wanted to share with you the Semester Extension.  Students may only take one course during Semester Extension, the course must be listed below, costs $20, and the student must have between a 60-69 as their final grade to qualify.  Transportation will not be provided.  If you miss one day or are late, you will not complete the opportunity.

You can find a copy of the Semester Extension Contract here.

Final Assignments and Final Exam

Hello all!

We are almost there.  One full day of school left before our Final Exam.  1st and 2nd blocks will have their Final Exams on Tuesday morning.  3rd and 4th blocks will have their Final Exams on Wednesday morning.

On Level:  You have 2 more assignments:

1. The Doll House Character Sketch due on Turnitin.com by Sunday at 11:59pm.  *Make sure you follow the directions, especially the in-text citations!*
2. The Doll House Socratic Seminar Questions are due in class on Monday because we will have our last Socratic Seminar as review for the Final Exam.

Your Final Exam will cover Doll House and will have questions that

1. Ask you to identify who is talking based on analyzing what they are saying.
2. Ask you to analyze quotes from the text based on what they are saying and how they are acting.
3. Ask you to analyze events and actions in Doll House.
4. Ask you to identify a correct in-text citation.

There is a copy of the play both written and audio on the Resources Page.  

Honors:  You have 0 more assignments but your Final Exam is standardized test style--cold readings and analysis.  The study guide is on the Resources Page.  You need to be able to define, identify, and analyze text for ALL of the terms on your study guide.

I have graded your Flood Synthesis Essays.  I will do my best to finish grading your Archetype Mini-posters before I leave today.

Happy Final Friday!

Grades Update and Final Week

Hello All,

I hope you have kept safe and warm during this Winter Weekend.

Of course this loss of time will affect how we handle these last 5 days before final exams.  Some of the opportunities that were planned to get your grades up will not happen because there will be no time for them, but that just means we'll have to adapt and use what time we do have to make the best of these final few days.

On Level, you will finish reading Doll House this week.  It is what your final exam will cover.

Honors, we will finish the last few activities to get us ready for next year.  Your final exam will be standardized test style.

As of right now, I have finished grading everything that has been turned in to me--either on time or late--and have updated Synergy with the scores you've earned.  Please check turnitin.com and your grades to make sure there aren't any discrepancies or things that I might have overlooked.

I'm looking forward to our final week!

School Closing and Changing Plans

Hello All,

Due to issues, not the least of which are the schools closing early, we've had to change our plans.

I spoke to the students who qualify for exam exemptions in 1st and 2nd blocks, and those who don't qualify because they are missing one or more of the qualifications.  I will be messaging students in 4th block individually if they have an 80 or above with their exemption status.  The grades for exemption are set as of today, however, you still have 3+ assignments left that will impact your grade.  If you have any questions about how exemption works, please email me.

Honors:
Your Flood Synthesis Essay and Archetype Miniposters are still due Monday.  Our SLO will now be Wednesday in the Media Center, and our Vocab Test will be Thursday on Laptop carts.  Our Socratic Seminar will be on Friday.

On Level:
We'll be finishing Doll House on Monday and Tuesday.  You should read the rest of Act 1, link on the Resources Page, in order to be prepared for Monday.  Your Vocab Test will be next Wednesday.  Your final Writing Assignment will be in class on Thursday.  Your final Socratic Seminar will be Friday.

We only have 8 days left.  Let's do our best to earn the best grade possible.

Final Deadline for Correcting Absences for Exam Exemptions

Hello All,

As a reminder, tomorrow is the deadline for disputing any unexcused absences for the purposes of exam exemptions.  Please read the letter about Final Exams from Ms. Moore-Williams found here.  The letter contains information about finals, absences, the schedule, and the exam exemption policy.  

Happy Thursday!

Final Deadline for Late Work, Exam Exemptions, and the Last Unit

Hello All,

The final deadline for late work is tomorrow, Thursday.  Please make sure you turn in your late work before 11:59.

The final Power Surge for the semester is this Saturday, from 9-12.  If on level students attend the session, signing in for at least 90 minutes, then they may turn in late work until Saturday.  If honors students attend, they may turn in the Thanksgiving Break assignment by Saturday.

Please read the letter about Final Exams from Ms. Moore-Williams found here.  The letter contains information about finals, absences, the schedule, and the exam exemption policy.  

Our final unit in our on level classes will be Doll House, a play by Henrick Ibsen.

Our final unit in our honors classes will be geared towards preparing you for AP level analysis and skills and consist of a variety of texts.

You can see the tentative schedule for these last 3 weeks on the calendars on the blog.

We only have 15 days of class left.  We can do it!

Thanksgiving Break, Makeup Work, and Raising Grades

Hello All,

I hope you all have a fantastically wonderful Thanksgiving break and holiday.

Many students have already turned in their Capstone Projects to turnitin.com.  As a reminder, that final assignment, the 5 paragraph essay with in text citations, is due tonight before midnight.

Students who have not submitted assignments to Turnitin.com may turn in their assignments for late credit until the end of November.  After that time I will not accept any late credit.  I hope students use this time wisely to make up any major assignments they are still missing.  As always, the instructions for all assignments are on the Resources Page (you'll need to log in to your students.cobbk12.org account--remember, your password is your computer password, the same as Noodletools).

Some students have asked for some ways to raise their grades over the break.  I've created an assignment, that has 2 parts and will go in both the Reading and Writing categories.  You can find that assignment here, or on the Resources Page.

I want every student to do as well as they can in the class and hope that, if you need it, you can use this time to help your grade.  You can do this.  We have 3 more weeks and if you work hard, you can pull your grade up.  I believe in you and am giving you this opportunity to show that you have mastered the standards of World Literature.

To all the students who don't need the extra grades, thank you so much for the effort and work you've put into the class to get your grade to where it should be.  Y'all are fantastic and make sure you keep doing what you're doing in these last 3 weeks.

After the break, On Level will have a small unit on Dramatic Justice and Honors will go back to some classics.  These final weeks, I plan on focusing on the skills you'll need to start next year off right.

Have a great break!