What was your favorite work that we read this year? Why
What was the most meaningful assignement? Why
What did you learn from Poetry Out Loud and "Where I Am From"?
What did you learn about the 5 Paragraph Essay?

In what way did you become a "writer, speaker or problem solver"?

What do you need to still work on?

Discuss the "big ideas" and themes from the literature we have read this year-
Of Mice and Men, The Metamorphosis, No Exit, The Wall, Araby, The Lottery, A & P, The Cask of Amotillado,
Gimpel the Fool, Bartleby the Scrivener, The Overcoat, The Open Boat, To a Mouse, I Know The Truth, Under A Dark Veil, Miniver Cheevy, Emotional Intelligence 2.0. Catcher in the Rye, Famous All Over Town. Stone Soup.

Compare them to the videos, "Blind Melon-No Rain", "Twilight Zone-Five Characters in Search of an Exit" and " Walk off the Earth-Little Boxes", "The Teen Brain", "The Time You Have In Jellybeans)

Make a new connection.

What have you learned about yourself in relation to the universe? What are the most important questions? Will you be able to avoid the traps?

Summarize the ideas in ZeFrank's video "The Teen Brain" in relation to "Emotionnal Intelligence 2.0" by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves. Why do you think that developing our EQ is important for both teenagers and adults?

What are the elements of satire in Gogol's "Overcoat"? What exactly is Gogol critizing? (Point-Example-Analysis) What is the significance of the Overcoat? Why does Akaky's ghost haunt the people of St. Petersburg?

Write a paragraph about a student who is your friend at Hyde. Explain how they are the Lennie to your George, or the George to your Lennie. Provide details.
Do you have a dream?

Write the first 4 lines of your response to you recent writing assignment-Journal Entry- "How long have you been on the planet?"

Write the first few lines of your poem.

Sartre believes that "Hell is other people".
How is this true in "No Exit"?
In what way are Estelle, Inez and Cradeau (Garcin) responsible for each other's salvation or doom?

"Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger."

Sometimes, our anticipation of an event is so much greater than the actual event itself. The boy is clearly disillusioned. Araby was supposed to be majestically. He seems to realize that his whole journey was a fool's errand.

"If I am going to be drowned--if I am going to be drowned--if I am going to be drowned, why in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far to contemplate sand and trees?"

How does this relate to Crane's worldview and the fate of the oiler?

The coat of arms is described by Poe, as depicting a " human foot d'or, in a field of azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel". The family's motto is
"Nemo me impune lacessit". -No one attacks me with impunity.

What do you make of Sammy's actions at the end of A&P? What are his motives for quitting his job? How do you interpret the final paragraph?

Similar to the short story Araby by James Joyce, write a paragraph that tells the story of your first crush! Remember effective descriptive writing creates an image for the reader. Describe details that capture that memory.

"She had bright gray eyes and pale skin" TR

" She chased me around the playground and we kissed underneath the dinosaur slide." JH

"My cheeks blushed, I could feel it. KE