1. Share your thoughts about your senior year
Create a poll pod

2. Unit 5 portfolio
ENG12B

3. objective
Review requirements for CHANGED portfolio

4. PORTFOLIO FOR UNIT 5 ASKS FOR A LITERARY ANALYSIS
OLD
NEW
ASKS FOR A LITERARY ANALYSIS
REQUIRES YOU TO TURN IN A THESIS, ROUGH DRAFT, AND FINAL DRAFT.
DON’T DO THIS ONE!!!!!
PERSONAL REFLECTION
YOU WILL ONLY TURN IN ONE DRAFT TO THE LESSON 6 DROPBOX
HAVE FUN WITH THIS ONE!!! IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHARE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED OR EXPERIENCED IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR 

8. brainstorm
In the chat pod, please type in 2 possible things that you might want to write about in your paper.
Respond to another student (type their name) and let them know what you think about their topic.

9. Unit 5 test review
Reminder: This is our last test and will have a large impact on your final grade

10. Short answer & Essay questions

11. remember
Prewrite your short answer and essay questions BEFORE taking the test.
Saves time
Gives you ability to edit
Better answers

12. RACE strategy R: restate A: answer C: cite E: explain
You should have 3 sentences minimum!
VERY IMPORTANT!! Do not forget this part!!

13. "Dreamers" ends with the image of a man going to an office in the train. Why do you think Sassoon chose to end the poem with this image? (5 points)
In the story “A Devoted Son” by Anita Desai, Rakesh, the son, touches his father Varma’s feet. What is the significance of this, and how does it change as the story progresses? (5 points)
How would you describe George Orwell’s feelings about killing the elephant in his essay, “Shooting an Elephant”? (5 points)

14. "Dreamers" ends with the image of a man going to an office in the train. Why do you think Sassoon chose to end the poem with this image?
What is the poem about?
Soldiers and what they dream about when in the trenches and war
What does this image portray?
Ordinary man
Mundane routine
Why?
Reminder of the pleasures of ordinary life

15. In the story “A Devoted Son” by Anita Desai, Rakesh, the son, touches his father Varma’s feet. What is the significance of this, and how does it change as the story progresses?
What is it about?
Father and son relationship
Traditional Hindu family
Son becoming the best doctor in town
What is the significance of the feet touching?
The greatest measure of a son’s devotion
How does it change in the story?
At the end, the father pulls his feet away when the son touches them
He doesn’t approve of the medicine he is receiving and wont allow his son to show devotion to him

16. How would you describe George Orwell’s feelings about killing the elephant in his essay, “Shooting an Elephant”?
What is the story about?
An elephant going savage
Internal battle whether or not to kill it
How did George Orwell feel?
Regretful
Guilty
How do you know?
He didn’t want to do it in the first place
He describes the suffering of the elephant in great detail

17. Essay reminders There are two options. You choose one.
Like the short answer, you should follow the R.A.C.E. method
Unlike the short answer, you will need to answer to essay in at least 3 paragraphs
Introduction
Restate the question and answer it by providing your claim
Included a thesis statement
Body paragraph(s)
Provide textual evidence and explanations
Generally, you should follow this format:
Topic sentence, textual evidence, explanation, textual evidence, explanation, concluding sentence
Conclusion
Wrap up your thoughts

18. Essay options – pick one!
Prompt A
With the beginning of the new twentieth century and the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, a new era of literature had begun.  Write an essay in which you discuss the characteristics of modernism and postmodernism in literature. Use at least three different selections from this unit to serve as examples of the characteristics. (16)
Prompt B
Early in the twentieth century, British citizens were thrust into a tragic world war. This war, however, served as an inspiration for great British poetry.  Write an essay in which you discuss the attitudes of different British poets to the perils of war. (16)

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