May 30

One month from today you will be writing your final exam. Will you be ready? 

 

Sample exam. 

 

 

 

Reading like a writer. 

 

End of Semester Deadlines

  • Ind book finished 12th
  • Ind book content test 15th
  • Ind book Triple journal entries 17th
  • Research Planner, Annotated Sources and Research Notes 19th
  • Annotated Bibliography 26th
  • Ind book review or definition essay June 9th
  • THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT COURSE WORK is JUNE 12TH.  (PURPLE ITEMS IN TRACKING SHEET) or check your ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION FOLDER. If an item is not marked, I haven’t seen it.

April 21

 

The strategies that you should use to answer the variety of questions in the OSSLT at your tables; create an OSSLT strategy poster. 

 

  • Title the poster
  • Name the type of question and the strategy to use

e.g. Writing the Series of paragraphs expressing an opinion–>take a few minutes to plan the answer. 

Remember, there can be more than one strategy per type of question on the test. 

Use the resources in the OSSLT TEAMS to support your thinking. 

 

NON-OSSLT WRITERS —Discuss your novels with each other. 

  • Title, author, genre
  • What you like about the book.
  • How it connects to The Alchemist, generally and/or to the over-arching questions: 

What is more important: the journey or the destination? 

What is my personal legend?  

How does fear stop us from pursuing our dreams?  

Exit Slip

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conducting a reading rate. 

Read for 10 minutes. Note how many pages you read in that time. Multiply that number by 2 to get the number of pages you read that book in 20 mins. Then divide that number into the total number of pages in the book. The result is how many days it will take you to finish. 

The book must be finished by May 26 at the latest.

Annotating a source.— 

Exam

Exam strategies

  • Read the whole exam
  • Be sure you read the instructions to understand them in the context of the course
  • Work on the questions in the order of easiest to hardest
  • Pay attention to the time; allocate time for each section of the exam
  • If time, review and re-read answers. 

Course Essential questions: 

  • Why does society need science fiction? 
  • How do we use science fiction to look at our world today and think about the future?
  • What is the purpose and significance of stories about machines interacting with humans? What traits, fears, or interests of human nature do these stories reveal?
  • How do authors use science fiction to make controversial or abstract subjects more accessible for readers?
  • Can technology take authority away from humans?
  • What happens to human relationships in a technological world?
  • Is the success of a society is more important than the success of individuals?
  • How can we ready for the uncertainty of the future?