Final Schedule

May 30, 31:  Go over last proficiency test; work on Chapter 9, 10 Steps

June 1:  Quiz on Chapter 9

June 4:  Final Proficiency Test

June 5, 6:  Panel Discussions

June 7:  Pick up grades; see last 45 minutes of Secret Life of Bees 

Final Novel Homework for May 29

Answer the following questions about the novel.  Use specific examples whenever you can.  Answers that would work for many different books or readings will not get a passing mark!  Each answer should be one PARAGRAPH, not just one sentence. 

1. What did you learn?  Talk about one important thing that you learned.
2. What did you like about the experience of reading this book?
3. What didn't you like?
4. Would you recommend this book to others?  Why or why not?

Secret Life of Bees Questions

May:

• Why didn’t the sisters tell May about Zach?
• May said, “Don’t mess it up.”  What did she mean?
• After 20 minutes, she said, “That’s it.  Let’s go get her.”  Who is the person they’ll go to get?  Why?
• Who found May?
• Why did May kill herself?

June:

• Why did June change her mind about marrying Neil? 
• Do you think they will have a happy future?  Why or why not? 

Zach and Lily:

• What did August, Zach and lily talk about in jail?  Why?
• What promise did Zach make to Lily?  Do you think he’ll keep this promise?

Midterm Week

Thursday:  10 Steps Test - Implied Main Ideas
Friday:  Proficiency Test
Monday:  Bees Quiz on pages 135 - 231 (books ONLY)

Implied Main Idea

   The students made the teacher's job a lot easier yesterday, but not in a way she liked.  First, 5 students failed to do the reading - either they didn't read the book and based their homework on the movie, or they copied from someone who did.  Either way, they all got zeroes.  Next two students did a reasonable job with the assignment; however, their papers were exactly the same.  The teacher imagined that one of the students did the work, but she didn't know which one.  As a result, they both got zeroes.  Next, a really good paper looked too good for a level 5 student, even with a tutor's help.  In fact, this paper had many sentences copied from a website, so it was no surprise the grammar was perfect.  Another zero.  Finally, three students didn't do the work at all, so she didn't have to grade their papers.  3 more zeroes!  Now the teacher wonders how many times she has been fooled before.  Although the cheating students are the losers - they pay money to learn and then work hard not to - she also feels like a loser. 

• What is the topic?
• What is/are the implied main ideas?

Homework for Monday, May 7

Due to the large number of assignments that were based on the movie rather than the book and/or were copied, there is no homework for Monday.  Work like this wastes my time and yours.  Instead you will be quizzed on the material.  You will base your answers on YOUR reading and analysis alone.  Only the book will be available to you in the next quiz, which will be Monday, May 7 and include the material from pages 136 - 231.  Andy, Candice and Echo should still send me 5 vocabulary words and 3 questions next Sunday night.  I will quiz you on the vocabulary and perhaps use their questions on the quiz.  What we do the rest of the quarter depends on how you all do next week.

Homework for Monday, April 30

Pages 136 - 179

Draw a timeline. Choose four events from these pages that are important and will change the direction of the story. At the bottom of the timeline, write 2 or 3 sentences about each one that explain why you think these are important.