Thursday, January 19, 2012

English study guide for midterms

FOR ALL CLASSES--

YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE ESSAYS AS FOLLOWS (THESE ARE THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS--YOU WILL ONLY WRITE ONE OF THEM):

1. WHO IS MOSTLY TO BLAME FOR THE THE DEATHS OF ROMEO AND JULIET? YOU WILL WRITE A MULTIPLE PARAGRAPH ESSAY DEFENDING AND PROVING YOUR CHOICE. YOU WILL USE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S TEXT FOR YOUR SOURCE OF FACTS AND PROVE. YOU SHOULD QUOTE ACTUAL LINES. YOU WILL PREPARE A BRAINSTORM AND A ROUGH DRAFT FOR THIS QUESTION. YOU MUST, MUST, MUST BRING YOUR PRE-WORK TO THE EXAM SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY WRITE YOUR FINAL DRAFT.

2. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE NURSE'S IDEA OF LOVE WITH JULIET'S IDEA OF LOVE. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE TEXT. AS IN QUESTION #1, YOU MUST WRITE A BRAINSTORM AND ROUGH DRAFT WHICH YOU WILL BRING TO THE MIDTERM TO USE AS YOU WRITE YOUR FINAL DRAFT

YOU MUST TURN IN BOTH BRAINSTORMINGS AND BOTH ROUGH DRAFTS. REMEMBER--YOU WILL ONLY WRITE ONE FINAL DRAFT ON THE DAY OF THE EXAM.

YOU CANNOT USE YOUR BOOK DURING THE EXAM. IF YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF THE BOARD, YOU MUST TRANSFER THE IMAGES TO PAPER. YOU CANNOT USE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE DURING THE EXAM.

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